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2006-05-31 Europe

Today in History: the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland

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Posted by Mike 2006-05-31 07:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Don't fall for it! Stay after the main body!

Posted by 6 2006-05-31 12:45|| 2006-05-31 12:45|| Front Page Top

#2 sloppy signalling, lack of initiative and bad luck

Factors certainly not the exclusive domain of sailors.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-31 13:48|| 2006-05-31 13:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Seems that the British got much improved ships after Jutland because after the war when the British fleet was sent to supervise the suurendering of the German one the feeling on the German side was that their own ships were completely obsolete and no longer a match for the British.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-05-31 15:14|| 2006-05-31 15:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, once the Queen Lizzies started rolling itn was all over. I wished the Brits had saved one.

Posted by 6 2006-05-31 17:42|| 2006-05-31 17:42|| Front Page Top

#5 The RN was much bigger and more experienced in naval warfare than the German, but suffered at Jutland from the above + poor to barely adequate damage control, weak armor in many vital spaces, and Navy-wide poor to obsolete ammo handling methods-systems. The over-confident Brits were shocked post-Jutland at how advanced or superior the Germans were in many key aspects compared to the contemporary RN. BRAVE SAILORS ALL.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-31 21:57|| 2006-05-31 21:57|| Front Page Top

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