The Battle of Jutland: A Naval Clash of World War I Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

even though HMS Marlborough was hit by a torpedo at the Battle of Jutland, the crew suffered only four casualties.

during the Battle of Jutland, the captain of HMS New Zealand (pictured) wore a Māori piupiu (grass skirt) and carried a greenstone tiki to ward off evil.

five of the seven German battlecruisers (SMS Von der Tann pictured) took part in the Battle of Jutland, where they sank three of their British rivals.

the British battlecruiser HMS Lion (pictured) fired seven torpedoes during the Battle of Jutland without success.

the German battleship SMS Kaiser damaged the British battleship HMS Warspite at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, forcing the Warspite to withdraw from the battle.

during the Battle of Jutland, the German dreadnought SMS Posen accidentally rammed the light cruiser SMS Elbing, which had to be scuttled due to the damage.

during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, SMS Deutschland (pictured) took part in the last engagement between capital ships in World War I.

Exercise Verity, a 1949 multilateral exercise involving over 60 warships, was described by a British newsreel as involving "the greatest assembly of warships since the Battle of Jutland?"

Royal Marine Francis Harvey, the mortally wounded commander of HMS Lion's 'Q' turret, was awarded the Victoria Cross for ordering the magazine flooded, which saved the ship during the Battle of Jutland.

Rear-Admiral Horace Hood was posthumously knighted following his death in the destruction of HMS Invincible at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

SMS Westfalen led the retreat of the German High Seas Fleet from the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916.

because of her tough resistance during the Battle of Jutland, the German battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger (pictured) was nicknamed "Iron Dog" by the British Royal Navy.

Iron Duke, the lead ship of the Iron Duke class battleships was the flagship of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.

The Battle of Jutland: A Naval Clash of World War I

1 The former First Lord of the Admiralty ________ said of the battle that Jellicoe "was the only man on either side who could have lost the war in an afternoon."[129]

2 What was the Battle of Jutland a part of?

3 It was the task of the scouting forces, consisting primarily of ________ and cruisers, to find the enemy and to report this information in sufficient time, and, if possible, to deny the enemy's scouting forces the opportunity of obtaining the equivalent information.

4 With them were six light cruisers and thirty-one ________.

5 Which of the following was a combatant in the Battle of Jutland?

6 Where did the Battle of Jutland take place?

7 Who was a commander in the Battle of Jutland?

8 How many casualties were there in the Battle of Jutland?

9 According to Scheer, the German ________ was:

10 [6] Most of the battleships and battlecruisers on both sides also carried ________ of various sizes, as did the lighter craft.

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