The Battle of Jutland - Running South then North
Posted on Thursday 31st May 2012








SMS Friedrich der Grosse
Kaiser Class Dreadnought Battleship
Built Vulcan, Hamburg, laid down January 1910, completed January 1913, cost 45,802,000 Marks. Trial speed 22.1 knots. Fleet flagship and part of III Battle Squadron at the start of the war. Present at the Battle of Jutland 1916 as flagship of Vice Admiral Scheer. Fired 72 rounds and received no damage. October 1917 operations in the Baltic Islands. Interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow at the end of the First World War.
With Beatty steaming at full speed toward Hipper... the long-awaited opportunity to inflict serious damage on the British fleet was possible...
Vice Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper.
SMS Derfflinger Battlecruiser. Length 690 feet
The damaged 'Q' turret of HMS Lion, showing the missing plate.
HMS Indefatigable.
HMS Indefatigable sinks beneath the waves after being shelled by the Von der Tann.
SMS Von Der Tann. Length 563 feet 4 inch, displacement 19,064 tons. Trail speed 27.4 knots. It was hit by 2x15in and 2x13.5in rounds with 11 killed and 35 wounded. After the war it was interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow.
'There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today!'
Commodore William Goodenough, on board HMS Southampton, sighted the High Seas Fleet and reported back to Beatty and Jellicoe.
The Battle of Jutland
(Hardback - 224 pages)
ISBN: 9781844155293
by Jon Sutherland
Only £15.99 RRP £19.99
The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. The events leading up to the battle gave the indication that it would be a major British naval victory. But as it would transpire the results were a lot less clearcut. It had been the German vessels that had soured relations between Britain and Germany, but in the end the fleet had proved inadequate. Whilst the Germans claimed a victory, in Britain, Jutland was celebrated as another Trafalgar.
Detailing…
Read more at Pen & Sword Books...
Part two of the epic story of The Battle of Jutland, by Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell. Extracted from The Battle of Jutland and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Read article...
To mark the 75th anniversary of the institution of the George Cross in September 1940, Tony Gledhill GC examines its formation. Read article...
An article by Peter Marren on the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Extracted from 1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge and Hastings, and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Read article...

SMS Lützow Derfflinger Class Battlecruiser
Built Schichau, Danzig, laid down May 1912, completed August 1915, cost 58,000,000 Marks. Trial speed 28.3 knots. I Scouting Group. 24 April 1916 bombardment of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Flagship of Vice Admiral von Hipper. Took part in sinking of HMS Invincible and sunk at the Battle of Jutland.







Further Reading
The Battle of Jutland
(Hardback - 224 pages)
ISBN: 9781844155293
by Jon Sutherland
Only £15.99 RRP £19.99
The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War, if not any war. The events leading up to the battle gave the indication that it would be a major British naval victory. But as it would transpire the results were a lot less clearcut. It had been the German vessels that had soured relations between Britain and Germany, but in the end the fleet had proved inadequate. Whilst the Germans claimed a victory, in Britain, Jutland was celebrated as another Trafalgar.
Detailing…
Read more at Pen & Sword Books...
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The Battle of Jutland - The Run to the North
Thu 31st MayPart two of the epic story of The Battle of Jutland, by Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell. Extracted from The Battle of Jutland and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Read article...

The George Cross – For Gallantry
Tue 11th AugustTo mark the 75th anniversary of the institution of the George Cross in September 1940, Tony Gledhill GC examines its formation. Read article...

Nation in Conflict - the Battle of Hastings
Fri 5th OctoberAn article by Peter Marren on the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Extracted from 1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge and Hastings, and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Read article...
