A 12-inch shell from Lützow wrecks Lion's Q turret at about 16:00. Mortally wounded Royal Marines Major Francis Harvey orders the magazine doors shut and the magazines flooded. His order prevents a later flash fire from reaching Q magazine when the fire kills the men in the surrounding chambers. Lion survives a failure chain that destroys other British battlecruisers, showing how immediate magazine discipline could decide whether a turret hit became a ship loss.
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Francis Harvey prevents Lion's magazine explosion
Watch the shell hit that nearly destroys Lion and Major Francis Harvey's order that prevents the flash fire from reaching Q magazine.