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M i n e d
A r e a
0
0
10,000yds
10,000m
15,300 yds
14,000m
BEATTY SIGHTS
1531
HIPPER
BEATTY OPENS
FIRE,1548
INDEFATIGABLE
SUNK, 1606
QUEEN MARY
SUNK, 1626
BEATTY SIGHTS
SCHEER
, TURNS, 1642
BEATTY
1647
BEATTY
1730
HIPPER, 1531
HIPPER OPENS
FIRE, 1548
1606
HIPPER
1730
1642
1647
SCHEER
1730
1647
SCHEER
1642
SCHEER
Battlecruiser Action
1530–1730, 31 May
N
Main Engagement
1730–2100, 31 May
BEATTY SEARCHES
FOR JELLICOE, 1740
JELLICOE
1740
JELLICOE FORMS
LINE, 1816
1816
JELLICOE TURNS
SOUTH, 1855
BEATTY
1835
BEATTY
1917
JELLICOE
2020
BEATTY, 2020
FIGHTS
SCHEER
JELLICOE TURNS
2100
BEATTY
BEATTY,
2100
SCHEER
2100
1730
SCHEER CHASING
HIPPER JOINS
SCHEER, 1740
SCHEER
TURNS, 1855
a
SCHEER TURNS, 1835SCHEER FIGHTS JELLICOE, 1917
b
a
b
N
KATTEGAT
N O R T H S E A
D O G G E R B A N K
I R I S H S E A
ST GEORGE'S CHANNEL
FIRTH OF FORTH
MORAY FIRTH
ORKNEY IS.
SCAPA FLOW
SHETLAND IS.
S K A G E R R A K
G E R M A N Y
B E L G I U M
N E T H E R L A N D S
E N G L A N D
W A L E S
IRELAND
S C O T L A N D
D E N M A R K
N O R W A Y
F R A N C E
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Belfast
Newcastle
Sunderland
Dublin
Hull
Manchester
Grimsby
Liverpool
Cardiff
London
Bristol
Southampton
Folkestone
Dartmouth
Falmouth
Plymouth
Paris
Rouen
Le Havre
Cherbourg
Brest
Lorient
Boulogne
Dunkirk
Nieuwpoort
Zeebrugge
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Hamburg
Kiel
Esbjerg
Stavanger
Bergen
Amsterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Cologne
Kristiania
E N G L I S H C H A N N E L
STRAIT OF DOVER
BATTLEAREA
Sailed Late30 May
JELLICOE1400, 31 May
BEATTY1400, 31 May
SCHEER1400, 31 May
HIPPER1400, 31 May
Sailed Early 31 May
NORTH SEA
BATTLE OF JUTLAND
Movements on 30–31 May 1916
LEGEND
Battlecruiser Movements
Battleship Movements
Each Arrow Represents Several Ships
Destoyers and Cruisers not shown.