Battle of Jutland (1916)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:British_casualties 6,094
gptkbp:British_ships_lost 14
gptkbp:category Battles involving Germany
Battles involving the United Kingdom
Conflicts in 1916
Naval battles of World War I
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:German_Empire
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:David_Beatty
gptkb:John_Jellicoe
gptkb:Franz_von_Hipper
gptkb:Reinhard_Scheer
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:Jutland_Centenary_2016
gptkbp:date 31 May – 1 June 1916
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight
gptkbp:German_casualties 2,551
gptkbp:German_fleet gptkb:High_Seas_Fleet
gptkbp:German_ships_lost 11
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Jutland (1916)
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Sea
off coast of Denmark
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Jutland_Memorial_at_Portsmouth_Historic_Dockyard
gptkb:Jutland_Memorial_at_St._Anne’s_Cathedral,_Belfast
gptkbp:notableEvent night fighting
torpedo attacks
German fleet escaped destruction
heavy losses on both sides
miscommunication among British commanders
use of dreadnought battleships
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:SMS_Derfflinger
gptkb:SMS_Seydlitz
gptkb:SMS_Lützow
gptkb:HMS_Indefatigable
gptkb:HMS_Lion
gptkb:HMS_Queen_Mary
gptkbp:objective break British naval blockade
destroy British Grand Fleet
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Dogger_Bank
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Jutland_(board_game)
gptkb:Jutland_(video_game)
gptkb:The_Grand_Fleet:_Warship_Design_and_Development_1906–1922_(book)
gptkbp:result inconclusive
strategic British victory
British maintained blockade
German fleet retreated
gptkbp:Royal_Navy_fleet gptkb:Grand_Fleet
gptkbp:shipsInvolved 250+
gptkbp:significance largest naval battle of World War I
only full-scale clash of battleships in WWI
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jutland_Peninsula
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6