Battle Of Jutland Battleships
Website dedicated to the centenary of the battle of jutland 1916 2016.
Battle of jutland battleships. Fought in may 1916 in mist fog and darkness jutland revealed the strengths and weaknesses of battleships and battle cruisers. This battle was fought between the british royal navy s grand fleet and the imperial german navy s high seas fleet on 31 may and 1 june 1916 during the first world war. The battle of jutland 31 may 1 june 1916 was the largest naval battle of the first world war. The battle involved 250 warships of the british and german navies and in terms of combined tonnage of vessels engaged was the largest naval battle in history.
It was the only time that the british and german fleets of dreadnought battleships actually came to blows. The list of ships sunk at the battle of jutland is a list of ships which were lost during the battle of jutland. Large scale clash of battleships the battle of jutland. Jutland was the third fleet action between steel battleships following the battle of the yellow sea in 1904 and the decisive battle of tsushima in 1905 during the russo japanese war.