Letter of condolence to Jurat
and Mrs Malet de Carteret dated 27th June 1916
Dear Mr & Mrs Malet de Carteret
Just a very short line to express my sincerest
sympathy for you all. It must have been a most dreadful
blow and I can assure you all that you are not alone
in your sorrow. He spent quite a considerable time
in the London with us all and most of the senior
officers, as well as ourselves, remember him well
and have expressed their regret that "such
a promising officer" should have been lost.
Everybody has remarked from time to time how calmly
he went about his work even under the most trying
conditions and more especially at the time when
he was wounded at the Dardanelles, when his first
thought was for the men under his charge.
I am also sure that when his ship went down, although
we can obtain no details, he met his death as a
true British officer and gentleman.
Yours very sincerely
E Oloff du Wet
About HMS Queen Mary
She was launched in 1912 and completed in 1913
She had a displacement of 27,000 tons and had a
capacity of 75,000 Shaft Horse Power giving her
a speed of 28 knots, while her armour consisted
of:
