Battle of Jutland 1916 - The Main Fleet Action

http://www.battle-of-jutland.com - The Battle of Jutland in 1916 became the largest sea battle in naval warfare history. Why - despite leading the most powerful naval force in the world - did Admiral John Jellicoe turn away from the German High Seas Fleet at Jutland?

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[acr08807]

@Axel88Flak If you think that's what happened, no wonder you think history is CRAP. Anyway, to my mind, ethnic nationalism is the worst kind of mental impairment.

[GRAHAM5020]

@harlsbottom I actually agree with you here. Had the torpedos hit any of the British Battleships, they would almost certainly been sunk or disabled, even by one or two torpedo hits, the German Battleships had superior below-waterline division. I can understand why Jellicoe turned away.

[ralphomat]

Scheer was not the best commander AT THAT MOMENT, but the German ships an ammo were better, and maybe even the gunners, the motivation. Let's be happy, that this will never will happen again!

[tincoffin]

I believe that the 180 degree turn of a fleet like this is incredibly hard to accomplish succesfully and that the German fleet must have practised it endlessly . It might lend some support to Axeflaks arguments though Hartfords seem good as well.

[BlitzWotan]

Scheer was certainly not at his peak during these moments, he later on tried to explain it in his book, however if there is a "Hero" of this battle only one Man can be named HIPPER - his Battlecruisers alone made the job. That they later have been crippeled on their "Death Run" was again Scheers order, where T Boats would have been "Good ennough" (Actually one the better English Comanders )

[caferacer56]

When the horizon appeared full of a line of British Dreadnoughts from west to east Sheer must have been shocked, outnumbered, outgunned, slower fleet speed, light favouring the enemy he was desperate, why he turned back again is a mystery, a failure in a moment of stress, he was lucky to escape. Jellicoe as Churchill has said, the only man who could lose the war in an afternoon, he had to be cautious but he did his job, Grand Fleet ready again, High Seas Fleet battered and saved by stout design

[Axel88Flak]

What they are calling "The main fleet action" is just the part that makes the Brits look best. The attempt to break the blockade actually took days and was performed mainly in mathematical calculations regarding weight engine power and fuel consumption. The British Battlecruisers having their asses handed to them is very much played down.

[Axel88Flak]

Regurgitating missinformation artfully dubbed "history" by the paedophile members of the religious who have turned the Celtic Saxon and Norwegian inhabitants of Britania against their kinmen is not understanding... its the worst kind of mental impariment. Regurgitating lies empowers the lier and lobotomises the simple trusting reader. I have very regretfully come to the conclusion that history is almost valueless after wasting many years I cant get back in its study.

[Hartford688]

They had the option to close, but Jellicoe knew full well that the British battleships were very vulnerable to underwater hits - poor torpedo protection (see HMS Audacious being hit by a mine in 1914) so while the Grand Fleet could have sunk the destroyers, it was at very high risk of losing far more valuable battleships. History is not crap; you just don't understand it.

[Axel88Flak]

History should have its own category... it is niether Fiction or Non Fiction. You count the torpedos... but fail to realise that the British boats had the option of close encounter using guns arnour and numbers that would have shredded the Central powers tiny boats. The defending fleet had one option that it was designed to attempt... which it did... it failed.. they retired never to venture out again during the war.. SO the information that I have read goes. As I said.. HISTORY IS CRAP