Night action at the Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland took place in the North Sea between the German High Seas Fleet and British Grand Fleet on the afternoon and evening of 31 May 1916, continuing sporadically through the night into the early hours of 1 June. The battle was the only direct engagement between the two fleets throughout World War I. The war had already been waged for two years without any major sea battle, and many of the people present did not expect that this patrol would end differently. Lack of experience still accounted for a number of mistakes by the combatants. The battle has been described in a number of phases, the last of which is the subject of this article.
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Night action at the Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland took place in the North Sea between the German High Seas Fleet and British Grand Fleet on the afternoon and evening of 31 May 1916, continuing sporadically through the night into the early hours of 1 June. The battle was the only direct engagement between the two fleets throughout World War I. The war had already been waged for two years without any major sea battle, and many of the people present did not expect that this patrol would end differently. Lack of experience still accounted for a number of mistakes by the combatants. The battle has been described in a number of phases, the last of which is the subject of this article.
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(113,300 tons sunk)
177 captured
3 armoured cruisers
3 battlecruisers
510 wounded
6,094 killed
8 destroyers
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65px|border|Kaiserliche Marine JackHigh Seas Fleetof the
75px|borderGrand Fleetof the
Kaiserliche Marine
Royal Navy
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1916-05-31
1916-06-01
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British dominance of the North Sea maintained
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11light cruisers
16battleships
1minelayer
1seaplane carrier
26light cruisers
28battleships
5battlecruisers
61torpedo-boats
6pre-dreadnoughts
78destroyers
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The Battle of Jutland, 1916
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Battle of Jutland
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