battle fleet

• “At 2: 35 p.m., as Beatty was turning his battle cruisers toward Hipper and leaving Evan-Thomas behind, Jellicoe signaled the battle fleet to raise steam for full speed.”

  Castles of Steel

• “By including them, he handicapped himself by reducing the speed of the German battle line to 18 knots and awarding the British battle fleet a 2-knot advantage.”

  Castles of Steel

• “Ingenohl would support Hipper by taking the dreadnought battle fleet to the eastern edge of the Dogger Bank.”

  Castles of Steel

• “For Jellicoe, as for Scheer, the appearance of the enemy battle fleet in this part of the North Sea was a surprise.”

  Castles of Steel

• “Jellicoe with the battle fleet and Beatty with the battle cruisers and fast battleships were both moving eastward.”

  Castles of Steel

• “On March 5, he took the fleet to a position off Texel at the mouth of the Zuider Zee, the farthest south the German battle fleet would venture during the war.”

  Castles of Steel

• “But his own battle fleet would be at sea, and if — as he hoped — either Beatty or Tyrwhitt came out to intercept, these separate elements of the British fleet would be overwhelmed.”

  Castles of Steel

• “Unless they could find a way out, the grand battle fleet of Tyre was trapped.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “Calmly smoking his cigar, he immediately but erroneously signaled Scheer that the British battle fleet was in sight.”

  Castles of Steel

• “Until the threat could be dealt with, Jellicoe suggested, he should operate the battle fleet at a latitude of 60 degrees north — above the Orkneys — with a line of cruisers spread 120 miles to the south to continue the blockade.”

  Castles of Steel

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