David Beatty Beatty, 1st30 May 1916
Beatty sails from Rosyth with six battlecruisers and the four fast battleships of the Fifth Battle Squadron.
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Beatty sails from Rosyth with six battlecruisers and the four fast battleships of the Fifth Battle Squadron.
British and German scouting forces make contact, drawing Beatty's and Hipper's battlecruisers toward battle.
Commands the Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland
Commands the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland
Commands the Colossus during the Battle of Jutland
Scheer is outgunned by Jellicoes fleet & turns away under cover of smokescreens. Learns of the movement of the German Fleet along the Jutland Peninsula & mobilizes. Britain claims victory because the German Fleet stays in its harbour during the war
Sails from Scapa Flow with 28 Dreadnoughts & 3 Battle cruisers
The Commander of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland
Sees service at the Battle of Jutland
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