30 May 1916
Battlecruiser Fleet Sorties for Jutland
Beatty leads the Battle Cruiser Fleet from the Forth toward its planned North Sea rendezvous.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Firth of Forth in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Beatty leads the Battle Cruiser Fleet from the Forth toward its planned North Sea rendezvous.
Beatty takes a large force from the Forth for an intensive night exercise involving ships and submarines.
Beatty's command reviews the chain of collisions during the night exercise later called the Battle of May Island.
Beatty prepares the Grand Fleet to meet and escort German surface warships into Allied custody.
Beatty orders the German flag lowered at sunset after the High Seas Fleet enters Allied custody.
As Grand Fleet commander, Beatty receives the German High Seas Fleet for internment in the Firth of Forth.
1st air attack on British territory
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