The British Grand Fleet enjoyed a numerical advantage over the German High Sea Fleet of 37:27 in heavy units and 113:72 in light support craft in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.

Re-enacting the Battle of Jutland: U.S. Naval War College tackles lessons from a WWI sea battle 

By David Kohnen, U.S. Naval War College
via the U.S. Naval War College web site

A U.S. Naval War College war game based on a much-studied World War I battle was held at the Queen’s House at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, U.K., on Nov. 8.

The participants included officials from U.S. Naval War College, which has long and historic ties to the 1916 Battle of Jutland.

The re-enactment employed the same methods and technology used a century ago to understand the maritime strategy of what was the largest naval surface engagement of World War I.

The battle was fought between Great Britain and Germany off the coast of Denmark, at the cost of nearly 10,000 lives.

The British broke German signal codes and made good use of ship-handling to force the German admiral into retreat. Both sides claimed victory, though Britain retained control of the disputed waters.

The encounter was studied closely between the two world wars at the Naval War College, including by luminaries such as Fleet Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Ernest J. King and William F. Halsey. The lessons learned were the basis for much of the naval strategy used in World War II.

Read the entire article on the U.S. Naval War College web site.

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