BlueDotMusic's video: The Battle of Jutland Commemoration WW1 Poem: read by Sir Derek Jacobi Ye Mariners Of England

The Battle of Jutland ~ or the Battle of the Skagerrak, as it was known to the Germans ~ engaged a total of 100,000 men aboard 250 ships over the course of 72 hours. The naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. The battle was fought from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, near the coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the war. The German navy lost 11 ships, including a battleship and a battle cruiser, and suffered 3,058 casualties; the British sustained heavier losses, with 14 ships sunk, including three battle cruisers, and 6,784 casualties. Ten more German ships had suffered heavy damage, however, and by June 2, 1916, only 10 ships that had been involved in the battle were ready to leave port again (Jellicoe, on the other hand, could have put 23 to sea). On July 4, 1916, Scheer reported to the German high command that further fleet action was not an option, and that submarine warfare was Germany’s best hope for victory at sea. Despite the missed opportunities and heavy losses, the Battle of Jutland had left British naval superiority on the North Sea intact. The German High Seas Fleet would make no further attempts to break the Allied blockade or to engage the Grand Fleet for the remainder of World War I. Poem 'Ye Mariners of England read by Sir Derek Jacobi From the album 'Heroic Poems' https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heroic-poems/id268258049 The Great War Poets' Download here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-great-war-poems/id268167309?i=268169767 WW1 Commemoration Poetry Playlist; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqIk601MRX0gGX46Z7eZNnvUxuGzc_8ZF The Hymn: 'Eternal Father, Strong To Save' ( For Those In Peril On The Sea) (Dykes/Watson) Sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir First released 1962 By arrangement with Tony Watts. Join the Blue Dot Music Experience. http://www.youtube.com/BlueDotMusic http://www.facebook.com/BlueDotMusic ©2016 blue dot music All Worldwide Rights Reserved. http://www.facebook.com/bluedotmusic Video created for blue dot music by Robert Nichol/Allcast http://www.allcast.co.uk