Word: jutland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Commander Grady discussed the technique of the navy, showing the importance of the cruiser and the battleship and indicating their relative speeds in comparison with that of the submarine. He gave a brilliant description of the battle of Jutland and the flight of the Germans, drawing from the struggle an example of the necessity of preparedness. "In view of these conditions," Commander Grady stated in closing, "no one should view with apprehension the spending of money on the proposed program...
...compared to which many of more classic stories of battle and exploration pale to insignificance. Already it is being noised abroad that the German fleet performed far more creditable exploits during the war than we were allowed to suppose at the time. The true accounts of the Battle of Jutland and Count Luckner's narrative have gone far to explode the myth of British naval supremacy. And, as it becomes less and less treasonous to believe facts, we will come to know that the English as a fighting race are only superior where they are present in overwhelming numbers with...
David Beatty, Earl of the North Sea, Admiral of the Fleet (British), First Sea Lord: "As I dined in state with many a guest, last week, at my estate, the Priory, Reigate, England, the roof caught fire. I, the hero of Jutland, watched the firemen until, convinced that they were louts, I climbed up a gutter pipe to direct their efforts. Stoutly, I shouted commands. My wife, the irrepressible daughter of the late Marshall Field (Dry Goods), cried to our guests: 'You see, the boy stands on the burning deck! Lord Beatty can resist everything but the temptation to command...
...Rushworth Jellicoe was born in 1859, joined the British Navy 13 years later. Sir John Jellicoe commanded the British Grand Fleet (1914-1916), and while personally worshiped by British tars, was considered by some experts to have let the German fleet slip through his fingers at the battle of Jutland (1916). Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa became Admiral of the Fleet in 1919. In 1920 he was sent as Governor General and Commander-in-Chief to New Zealand, returning in 1924, to be created, in 1925 Viscount Brocas of Southampton and Earl Jellicoe...
...cloudy morning in 1916, the craggy rocks off the Jutland coast tickled the belly of the U20 and its ribs caved...