The Grand Fleet - Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe
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Description: A personal account of the Battle of Jutland, the First World War's biggest naval clash, by the commander in chief of the British Grand Fleet.
British Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe was born in 1859 at Southampton, England. After serving in the First Peking Relief Expedition and the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded in various capacities until his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet on August 4, 1914. Admiral Jellicoe's command of the Royal Navy's most important fleet was highlighted by the need to contain Germany's new navy while simultaneously maintaining a decisive commercial blockade. Under these circumstances, it became imperative that the British Fleet not accept battle under anything less than favorable conditions. This resulted in accusations of timidity which were partially unjustified, he was afterall, probably the only individual on either side who could have lost the war in a single day! The Admiral led the largest fleet in the world through a period of enormous change, during which a number of new technologies threatened to sway the balance of power away from the battleships which composed a majority of British naval strength at the time. The mere fact that Jellicoe took the time to educate himself about these new technologies was commendable, although his somewhat inaccurate declarations regarding them showed that not all of the lessons were well taken.
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| Page title: | The Grand Fleet |
| Keywords: | jellicoe, admiral, admiral jellicoe, naval war, navy, naval battle, jutland, dogger bank, royal navy, battleship, dreadnought, cruisers, scouting, airships, mines, torpedoes, history, world war one, wwi, first world war, great war |
| Description: | On-line excerpts of Admiral John Jellicoe's narrative about the naval war in World War I. At The War Times Journal. |
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