Battle of Jutland

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.

Leads 5 cruisers along the Jutland Peninsula to break the British North Sea blockade. Hipper & Beattys destroyers see each other & the Germans entice the British fleet. Germans have 16 Dreadnoughts, 6 pre-Dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers & 72 destroyers

Commands the Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland

Intends to entice British battle-cruisers offf the Norwegian coast & destroy them. Follows von Hipper with the German Fleet of 99 ships along the Jutland Peninsula

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 Germans claim a victory because they have sunk more ships than they have lost. The German Fleet retrurns to port & does not break out again during the war. Scheer is outgunned by Jellicoes fleet & turns away under cover of smokescreens. Both sides lose 6 ships but the British lose greater tonnage

The Commander of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland

Sees service at the Battle of Jutland