Introduction
The Naval Race
The Outbreak of War
Plans
The Fleets:
        - The Ships
First Contact
The Race to the South
The Race to the North
The Grand Fleet in Action
Night Action
After the Battle
Who Won?

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The British Fleet

Commander in Chief: Admiral John Jellicoe

Commander of the Battle Cruiser Fleet:
Sir David Beatty

Dreadnoughts: 28
Battlecruisers: 9
Cruisers: 8
Light Cruisers: 26
Destroyers: 78

The German Fleet

Commander of the High Seas Fleet:
Admiral Reinhard Scheer

Commander of the Battlecruiser Fleet:
Admiral Franz von Hipper

Dreadnoughts: 16
Pre-Dreadnoughts: 6
Battlecruisers: 5
Light Cruisers: 11
Destroyers: 61

The Ships

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