The British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet fielded a total of fifty-eight dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, ships over the twice the size of most modern surface combatants.

The British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet fielded a total of fifty-eight dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, ships over the twice the size of most modern surface combatants.

At the time, the backbone of the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet consisted of dozens of dreadnought battleships. The HMS Dreadnought, commissioned in 1906, was the latest in a line of warships ...

On May 31st—exactly 100 years ago—the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet met for battle in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. Over the course of a day and a night, 250 ...

At the height of World War I, Germany’s High Seas Fleet remained trapped in port by the dominant British Royal Navy. Admiral Reinhard Scheer devised a plan to lure part of the British Grand ...

¶ Were warned by Hero-Admiral Earl Beatty, Commander of the British Grand Fleet (1916-19), First Sea Lord (1919-27), “our situation with regard to cruisers is indeed serious.” He recalled ...

Professor Chuck Steele talked about the role of sea power during World War I. He spoke about the state of the British Grand Fleet and the activity of German submarines prior to the U.S. entering ...

Inspired command. Contrasting leadership styles Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and Admiral Sir David Beatty were successive commanders of the British Grand Fleet. Beatty had commanded the autonomous ...

On April 19, 1587, the British fleet under Francis Drake sacked Cadiz, Spain. In 1824, Lord (George Gordon) Byron, the British poet, died in Greece during the fight for Greek independence. In 1892 … ...