Thanks for the clip! Shooting around in the night with primitive tech was never gonna lead to anything decisive, Brits tried it in WWII too and it didn't do much, there was a torpedo shootout with the IJN in the Pacific and it became a clownshow on both sides, minimal damage, just spaghetti works on the maps. Wonder for Jutland, if the Germans had deployed a subscreen ahead of their fleet, would it have led to a bloodbath for British dreadnoughts? Tactically it was a German victory, more Brit sailors died, more tonnage lost. Strategically it bottled the Germans up leading to severe shortages which cost them the war later, so as usual, they lost the war. Usual geopolitical hindrance, Europe can be blockaded to death and they can NEVER break outta it (Napoleon, Kaiser, Hitler etc.), the strategic advantage lies with the Anglo powers of Britain, US, Canada etc., same with all major developments now, AI race is between the US and China (with the blocs they lead), but EU? They bottled up and living in the middle ages, and with their quarrel with Russia, they're in a straitjacket now. Super navies are a province of the Anglos (and increasingly Chinese/Russian too), Euros might as well save the funding and pump it into their soccer teams instead

Beatty is the equivalent of Almond in the Korean war ... god save the troops from "valorous" generals

I’m shocked at the amount of stokers who were survivors from the two British ships

My uncle Tom David was a stocker on HMS Tiger. He only joined the ship one month before the battle. He was a miner, so was a natural for the job. My father was shown over the ship (Tom was his brother-in-law) when she paid off under the terms of the Washington agreement.

Good simplified documentary of what was a very complex battle. Drachinifel's is thorough more detailed, so of necessity much longer.

Less armor and higher speed in the UK design was SOUND. Beatty failed to use it to his advantage.

what happened to steamer NJ Fjord?

No mention of why Beatty didn’t open fire earlier ? This video appears to have a tiny bit of propaganda in it

Hey, 2-3 months ago there was some talk between us to possibly get a signed book (somewhere further down in the comments). You asked me to contact via Facebook, though I assume that afterwards something got lost in communication. Is the offer still available, and if so how should I contact you (and to what account, which I assume might've been a communication issue). Sorry to bother you if it is not!

Why didn't the Germans send their fleet to Swedish ports if a "neutral port" was all that was required for the Treaty to be negotiated?

The problem wasn't with the ships it was with the battlecruier commander, it's quite strange looking back from so far that Beatty came away smelling of roses and Jellicoe didn't.

Just popped up in my suggested. My great gran along with her sisters were on the Flying Kestrel. She did a few interviews about it throughout her life and the story has passed down to us so this is a very interesting visual to go along with it.

I remember this battle being so split. The side with least deaths, the side with least total casualties, the side with least lost irreplaceable crews, the side with most total immediate war power lost, the side with most morale lost, etc. were a mixture of Germany and Britain. I think the seagulls won the real ancient battle.

The Brits tricked its fool of a captain to do a Leroy Jenkins. While the fool is under fire, the enemy ship types and mentality could be guessed. Of course, the experienced captains on the other "side" also knows about this "survival of the fittest" naval tactic. Welcome to naval warfare.

One of those ships that escorted the High Seas Fleet into the Firth of Forth is the U.S.S. Texas, which is berthed just down the road from where I am now in Texas. Magnificent ship.

What music is this? 0:05

Wonderfully made account of the Battle of Jutland! For future reference the 12 inch equivalent in mm is incorrectly listed at 3:55.

The top of Q turret of HMS Lion was not blown off - rather, one corner was bent back by the shell impact. In the photo shown the damaged plate has been removed as part of repair work. This mistake is an old one.

Personally I do think the Germans won, no bias. Britan lost 3 battlecruisers and objective was not fully completed

Truly an excellent documentary and an instant favorite. The amount of research and editing must have been huge. My only problem is that there are only this and the video about the German navy scuttling their remaining ships in Scappa Flow at the end of WW1, and I wish there were more. Ridiculously good videos! Cheers!

The German fleet ran for their lives into port at Horn’s Reef. Jutland hands down was a British victory

Churchill as the 'First Lord of Admiralty' famously said that 'Jellicoe is the man who could lose the war for Britain in one day' ! Strategically as long as Britain could continue to enforce the sea blockade on Germany, Britain would win the war and she did !

The issues with the British battlecruisers was not primarily a design issue. It was primarily down to poor ammunition handling practices instigated by Admiral Beatty and the decision to use the ships in a role they were not designed for. The first 2 classes (which included Invincible and Indefatigable) were not designed to fight capital ships, they were intended as cruiser killers. They were originally termed Dreadnought Armoured Cruisers. In this role they performed admirably - the Battle of the Falklands for example. The loss of the Queen Mary was almost certainly caused by the poor ammunition handling practices instigated by Beatty. By contrast, the captain of HMS Tiger largely ignored Beatty and as a result Tiger survived Jutland in good fighting order despite taking multiple hits.

I’m stunned that the German navy lowered the flag in honor of Jellicoe when he died- 1935 is right in the middle of the nazi era. Perhaps hitler was in one of those moods when he was convinced the British would “come to their senses” and recognize their German-ness and fight along side them once he started the war…

beatty was a serious egotist using lives to feed his moronic hunger

There WAS something wrong with their bloody ships that day - the preening, incompetent boob standing on the compass platform of the Lion, and the even more incompetent boob he put on her flag deck.

Scapa Flow! Die Rohre leer, die Kammern leer, so zogen wir hin, ein entwaffnetes Heer, und brachten unsere Schiffe mit eigener Hand, nach Scapa Flow! Dort liegen wir so manchen Tag, doch komme, was kommen mag! Zerbrochen die Macht, doch nicht unser Stolz, wir sind geschnitzt aus zähem Holz, wir Deutschen! Autor: Karl Heidebrunn, Torpedoboot (Zerstörer) B 110, Kaiserliche Deutsche Hochseeflotte, Internierungsverband Scapa Flow, 1919 Scapa Flow! The tubes empty, the chambers empty, so we went, a disarmed Army, and brought our ships with our own hands, to Scapa Flow! There we lie many a day, but come what may! Broken is our power, but not our pride, we are carved from tough wood, we Germans! Author: Karl Heidebrunn, Torpedo boat (destroyer) B 110, Imperial German High Seas Fleet, Scapa Flow internment unit, 1919 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHXHlq1unLpmhrc

Blaming Evan-Thomas for bad signalling from the Flagship (Lion) seems to be poorly placed.

Beatty was a jerk both during and after this battle. Jellicoe was brilliant. Scheer avoided destruction because of a skillful and difficult u-turn, and also use of the battlecruisers and torpedo attacks to enable the escape. Also, the battle started late in the day, thereby limiting the time available. WWI navies did not have night fighting capabilities to continue the fight.

Insanity in Action.

A well thought out presentation with a good amount of detail. Thanks.

Background music is beyond annoying. Cant watch this

blame Beatty for not making better use of Evan-Thomas' BBs.

I tire of hyperbole in these type of videos.

Extremely well done!!

Good synopsis.

may god bless the British people for sacrificing to much in both world wars they were at the start and the middle my country the good old us of a was the finisher

This is one of the finest documentaries I have ever seen. Will there ever be more?

Wonderful thank you. It ignites my amazement at Beattie's stunning silence as Hipper manoeuvres calmly into firing position.

Truly Excellent!

"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today!" --- "Today"?!

TY for a great account of a historic battle.

What of The RN and the famous Signals Intelligence ?

This is a most excellent film... Thank You.

Wow admit that the US helped a little

The British capacity for passive aggressive vindictive sadism is unequaled in the annals of human conflict.

"Lass die alten in frieden ruhen, unter den wellen von Scapa." High Seas Fleet 1907 - 1919

It would have been an interesting sight to see Derfflinger on the bottom of Scapa, along with the battleships Markgraf, Konig, and Kronprinz Wilhelm. If she had not have been raised before the outbreak of WWII, she would have been one of the last German battlecruisers on the sea floor today, alongside her sistership, Lutzow.

History The narrow sand tombolo of Agger Tange connected North Jutland Island to the Jutland Peninsula between c. 1200 and 1825. The area became an island again due to a storm on 3 February 1825, when the North Sea broke through the Agger Tange in its far southwest, separating the area from mainland Jutland and creating the Agger Channel.[3] The current separator is the Thyborøn Channel, created slightly further south by a flood in 1862. The original Agger Channel filled up with sand in 1877. The system was a medieval sub-division regarded as the oldest type of administrative unit in Denmark, having existed since before the Middle Ages. The land of the North Jutlandic Island was divided into two of these: Thysyssel (including Hanherred) and Vendsyssel vide more www.wikipedia.org

Again that stupid Myth of stock piling charges outside the magazin.first the speed of firing is determined by theSHELL hoists! thats a insult to all brave sailors who died calling them suicidal idiots! the myth was created to save Churchill . after the Doggerbank battle it was evident british and german flashproof doors were faulty designs.the germans made investigations and no cordite explosion happend on german shipsagain Mr Churchill forbade any investigation, he wante a unquestioned victory. than happened Jutland. something had to be done to save his career.the new myth had two benefits. no no no not the germans could not sink our flawless ships our turret crews did it while trying to perform best! the british sources can be found anywhere outside the Imperial War Museum(Ihad often visited) bot must of you will prefere to ignore them. at last did HOOD SUNK again by leaving doors open??