Battle of Jutland
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The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer,
Reinhard Scheer, German fleet commander
John Jellicoe, British fleet commander
David Beatty, commander of the British battlecruiser fleet
HMS Warspite and Malaya, seen from HMS Valiant at around 14:00 hrs
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jut
Battle of Jutland
…Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, lit. 'Battle of the Skagerrak') was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War. The battle unfolded in extensive…
The battleship HMS Victoria sinking
Jellicoe as captain, in command of HMS Centurion, flagship on the China Station (His depiction on a contemporary cigarette card shows he was in the public eye long before becoming an admiral.)
Admiral, or as the French knew him: Amiralissime Jellicoe, shown as a captain earlier in his career