+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 11

Thread: Jutland Doco

Click here to increase the font size Click here to reduce the font size

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Contributing Member CINDERS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Last On
    03-25-2024 @ 11:01 AM
    Location
    South West Western Australia
    Posts
    7,734
    Real Name
    CINDERS
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    08:06 PM

    Jutland Doco

    I just watched a 2 part doco on Jutland where they extensively surveyed the wrecks of the Britishicon ships and found out what was "wrong with their bloody ships today" to quote I think it was Beatty's words.
    It did not go to heavily into the tactics but more of how the Brittish set up the Germanicon fleet for the encounter the ensuing bungles which they blamed Jellicoe for.
    This information I have in books on Jutland about Jellicoe whom they said lost the war in a single afternoon but the doco proves he did the right thing in turning away from all those torpedoes.
    There was one thing they pointed out though most of the battle cruisers which Beatty was commanding all except one of that group engaged the same target.
    Meaning some British Battle cruisers were targeting the same ship along the German line making it very hard to plot the ships individual shell splashes from under/overs then correcting the shot.

    They found out the following;

    What it boils down to is the gunnery training of the High Seas Fleet and that was (in that era) to swamp the target with a deluge of shells.
    So they discovered in the wrecks that the stowage of extra shells in cases 50% more than allowed and its associated cordite charges.
    Normal load for BL 12" Mk X guns(HMS Indefatigable) was 40 rounds per gun each round took something like 4 x 65Lb bags of cordite per charge to fire the projectile.
    That class had 8 - 12" so a normal load of cordite would have been 1,280 65lb bags of cordite they were carrying 50% more for a total 1,980 65lb bags of cordite.
    Leaving it stacked in areas that should not have seen it there whilst the shells did not really pose a explosion risk the cordite certainly did.
    The result of those ships losses was due to poor storage of this extra cordite that saw the those ships just disintegrate, it certainly was a "Somme" day on the ocean that day.
    The brits though hampered early by poor visuals very grey background for some reason closed to within the German kill zone before opening up on the Germans.
    When they with their more powerful guns and longer range could have stood off and started to extract a toll on the Grand fleet.

    They missed out one bit which is in my books that the Warspite at a critical moment of the battle had her steering gear jam hard over and started and completed a full 360.
    The Germans seeing a Super Dreadnaught seemingly doing something stupid gave her a right pasting without to much injury before steering was resumed.
    The observers witnessing the volume of fire enveloping her were glad she extracted herself from that debacle and called that episode "Windy Corner"

    Off the top of my head 'cause I cannot be bothered getting my books out on it but there was something like 8000+ deaths that day combined, the Brittish came off worse though.
    Its well worth a look about the greatest naval battle of the modern era which involved Battle Cruisers and Battleships together.
    Information
    Warning: This is a relatively older thread
    This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.
    Last edited by CINDERS; 11-19-2019 at 02:12 AM. Reason: spell check

  2. The Following 4 Members Say Thank You to CINDERS For This Useful Post:


  3. #2
    Contributing Member 30Three's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2013
    Last On
    03-19-2024 @ 03:50 PM
    Location
    France
    Posts
    809
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    01:06 PM
    What channel is it on? Youtube?

  4. Avoid Ads - Become a Contributing Member - Click HERE
  5. #3
    Contributing Member CINDERS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Last On
    03-25-2024 @ 11:01 AM
    Location
    South West Western Australia
    Posts
    7,734
    Real Name
    CINDERS
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    08:06 PM
    Thread Starter
    Yes 30three it was on you tube

  6. Thank You to CINDERS For This Useful Post:


  7. #4
    Legacy Member Mk VII's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last On
    03-20-2024 @ 07:30 PM
    Location
    England
    Age
    62
    Posts
    1,406
    Real Name
    James West
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    12:06 PM
    The Germans won the PR battle, getting their version halfway around the world before the Admiralty got their boots on. It took some months before more perceptive commentators observed that a fleet which quit the field, fled back to its bases and stayed there, was not the winner.

  8. The Following 2 Members Say Thank You to Mk VII For This Useful Post:


  9. #5
    Legacy Member Sunray's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Last On
    03-29-2021 @ 03:01 PM
    Location
    London, Ontario
    Posts
    1,053
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    08:06 AM
    "...the doco proves..." How old is it?
    The whole issue was caused by faulty intel on the RN's part. Read a recently published(like 2014ish) book about Brit W.W. I spooks (I forget the title. I'll have to look.) that said the RN knew where the Imperial Fleet was and what it was doing but didn't tell Beatty or Jellicoe in order to keep Room 40 secrets secret. Along the lines of not talking about Ultra.
    Spelling and Grammar count!

  10. Thank You to Sunray For This Useful Post:


  11. #6
    Contributing Member 30Three's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2013
    Last On
    03-19-2024 @ 03:50 PM
    Location
    France
    Posts
    809
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    01:06 PM
    Very interesting documentary. Watched it today.
    The wreckage seems to clarify the poor handling of the cordite charges as the reason the ships effectively blew themselves up after being hit.

  12. Thank You to 30Three For This Useful Post:


  13. #7
    Legacy Member Mk VII's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last On
    03-20-2024 @ 07:30 PM
    Location
    England
    Age
    62
    Posts
    1,406
    Real Name
    James West
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    12:06 PM
    The intelligence was there but commanders didn't make proper use of it. Knowing that Scheer's flagship had exchanged call-signs with the guardship in the Jade, but failing to pass it on to the analysts - not good.

  14. Thank You to Mk VII For This Useful Post:


  15. #8
    Contributing Member CINDERS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Last On
    03-25-2024 @ 11:01 AM
    Location
    South West Western Australia
    Posts
    7,734
    Real Name
    CINDERS
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    08:06 PM
    Thread Starter
    It was not what was and what wasn't passed on as far as who was where etc it was proven that the Brit's has laid the foundations for the swift demise of their ships due to p*ss poor storage of the cordite and plus the fact they went past what could be safely stored on the ships. And it proved costly in the lives of all those poor bl**dy sailors lives.
    There was nothing wrong with the ships they could have probably withstood hits but having explosive material poorly stored just negated their survive-ability in that encounter.
    Why they closed in when they could have stood off to begin with no one knows only reason could be the visual assessment of the targets, we had a similar thing in WWII why did Capt Burnett close on the Kormoran who knows why it went down with him and the ship!

    Scheer did an awesome thing saving the fleet from what would have been a slaughter, and Jelicoe the same by turning away from those torpedoes as if he turned into them then the closing speed of them would have been doubled by going away he halved the rate the torpedoes gained on them better to comb them.

    Hind sights great on what should have been done but in reality on the day those ships should not have had unsafe storage of cordite and carrying well 50% more than they were supposed to have anyway.
    Last edited by CINDERS; 11-22-2019 at 09:12 AM.

  16. #9
    Legacy Member RCS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Last On
    Yesterday @ 10:18 PM
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    4,314
    Real Name
    Robert Seccombe
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    07:06 AM

    HMS Defence

    I have a 1908 photo of my Great Uncle Richard H. Jose, Petty Officer 236246 who died on the HMS Defence at Jutland in 1916. He was born at The Lizard in Cornwall in 1890.

    The photo shows him on his first ship, the HMS Hogue in 1908. He was promoted to Petty Officer in 1915.Attachment 103859

  17. Thank You to RCS For This Useful Post:


  18. #10
    Legacy Member Sunray's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Last On
    03-29-2021 @ 03:01 PM
    Location
    London, Ontario
    Posts
    1,053
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    08:06 AM
    Published in 2014.
    Secret Warriors
    By Taylor Downing
    Little Brown Book Group
    100 Victoria Embankment
    London, Englandicon
    EC4AY ODY
    ISBN: 978-1-4087-0421-9
    Seems there were a lot of new books published around the 100th Anniversary of W.W. I. No idea if this is still in print. Totally different POV of the War though. Much like 'Ultra goes to war'.
    Max Aiken(Lord Beaverbrook. Minister of Aircraft Production for Winston.) was who Conrad Black tried to emulate before he got caught and sent to jail. Conrad didn't seem to get that Max earned the knighthood and the peerage he got.
    Spelling and Grammar count!

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Massive thanks Doco Overboard and BDL
    By nijalninja in forum Milsurps General Discussion Forum
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 09-01-2018, 10:04 AM
  2. Happy Birthday Doco overboard
    By Badger in forum The Watering Hole OT (Off Topic) Forum
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 02-05-2018, 12:00 AM
  3. Doco
    By CINDERS in forum Milsurps General Discussion Forum
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 07-14-2016, 02:17 PM
  4. Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916
    By RCS in forum The Watering Hole OT (Off Topic) Forum
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 06-02-2016, 08:54 AM
  5. HMS Defence sunk May 31, 1916 Jutland
    By RCS in forum The Watering Hole OT (Off Topic) Forum
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 05-31-2014, 04:39 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Raven Rocks