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Jutland

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Jutland

Death at Sea

On 31 May 1916 the largest naval battle of the First World War took place off the coast of Jutland in Denmark.

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Over 6,000 British sailors lost their lives.

These high losses were partly due to the unexpected sinking of three large battleships which were designed to take heavy hits without sinking.

At the time the sailors who died were heralded as gallant comrades who died gloriously in battle.

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Some historians believe these sailors died because people made careless mistakes.

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