 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 Spitfire , badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship Nassau , 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 . 
 <a href='dey_it' title='1'><mark>There</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> 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 Spitfire , badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship Nassau , 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 <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> 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 <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>having</mark></a> collapsed or been shot away . 
It was no positive sightings of Black Prince by da British fleet after that , although a wireless signal from her was received at 20 : 45 , reporting a submarine sighting . durin the night of 31 May – 1 June , tdaBritish destroyer Spitfire , badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship Nassau , sighted what appeared to be a German battlecruiser , with two widely spaced funnels , described as bein " ... a mass of fire from foremast to mainmast , on deck and between decks . Flames was issuing outt 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 , w the two midships funnels done collapsed or been shot away .