![]() ![]() HMS Galatea fires the first shot of the Battle of Jutland at 2.28pm. The Danish steamer also catches the attention of two of Beatty's light cruisers – HMS Galatea and HMS Phaeton.Īt 2.20pm HMS Galatea, noticing the two German ships, signals 'Enemy in sight'. The rest of the German High Seas fleet, under Admiral Reinhard Scheer, is put to sea at 2am.Īt 2pm SMS Elbing, a German light cruiser, sights the Danish steamer N J Fjord and sends two destroyers to investigate. The German battlecruisers of Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper's I Scouting Group set sail at 1am on 31 May.
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