her to sink. There were no positive sightings of Black Prince by the British fleet after that, although a wireless signal from her was received at 20:45, reporting a submarine sighting. During the night of 31 May–1 June, the British destroyer , badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship , sighted what appeared to be a German battlecruiser, with two widely spaced funnels, described as being "...a mass of fire from foremast to mainmast, on deck and between decks. Flames were issuing out of her from every corner." The mystery ship exploded at about midnight. It was later thought that the burning ship may have been Black Prince, with the two midships funnels having collapsed or been shot away. Recent historians, however, hold to the German account of the ship's sinking. Black Prince briefly engaged the German battleship at about 23:35 GMT, scoring two hits with 6-inch shells. Separated from the rest of the British fleet, Black Prince approached the German lines shortly after midnight. She turned away from the German battleships, but it was too late. The German battleship fixed Black Prince in her searchlights and opened fire. Up to five other German ships, including the battleships , , and , joined in the bombardment, with return fire from Black Prince being ineffective. Most of the German ships were between of Black Prince — effectively point-blank range for contemporary naval gunnery. The ship was hit by at least twelve heavy shells and several smaller ones, sinking within 15 minutes. There were no survivors from her crew of 857. The wrecksite is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. Popular culture In the first episode of Series 4 of the SBS-TV (Australia) series Who Do You Think You Are?, Australian writer-actor-comedian Shaun Micallef discovered that his great-grandfather Giovanni (John) Micallef, a steward on Black Prince, was among those killed. Footnotes References External links Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS Black Prince crew list Duke of Edinburgh-class cruisers Ships built in Leamouth World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom Maritime incidents in 1916 Ships sunk at the Battle of Jutland Protected Wrecks of the United Kingdom 1904 ships Warships lost in combat with all hands Edward the Black Prince