FIJ-6-Queen-Mary-blowing-up-British battle cruiser HMS Queen Mary explodes after being repeatedly struck by shells from German battle cruisers SMS Derfflinger and Seydlitz, Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916: comtemporary photograph taken from HMS Lydiardand, with shots falling-short of Lion. The Destroyer, Naval History, Celebrity Moms, British History, Queen Mary, Royal Navy, Military History, Abandoned Places, The Battle