Naval Order of 24 October 1918 put into effect

Saphroneth

Banned
It's worth noting that the Grand Fleet basically doubled in effectiveness ship-for-ship since Jutland - they definitely did not rest on their laurels after Jutland.



After Jutland all British ships were fitted with anti-flash devices, safety routines were instituted in the loading cycles and in deference to the strong opinion in the fleet that the magazines were insufficiently protected from dropping shells, extra horizontal armour was fitted. To increase offensive power new shells were designed to withstand oblique impact, and fire control received a radical overhaul, the leisurely, peace-begotten method of ranging salvoes— which the Germans also practised— was speeded up so that two salvoes were in the air at the same time, spread first for deflection, then for range; 'concentration' fire of two or more ships against one of the enemy was perfected, and in the matériel field director firing was fitted to secondary as well as main armament, while the director gear itself was improved with gyro-stabilization so that the guns were fired automatically when the ship reached an even keel; in addition all the aids to night firing perfected by the Germans were faithfully copied. By the end of the war, the Grand Fleet was perhaps twice as effective a hitting unit as it had been in 1916. This is not to decry Grand Fleet gunnery at Jutland; it had been fully equal to German gunnery, and the chances are that it would have proved a great deal better in heavy weather because of full director control and the higher and better sighting position aloft.

Padfield, Peter (2015-07-14). Battleship (p. 295). Thistle Publishing. Kindle Edition.

All the diagrams in the confidential book Tactics brought out at this time had a dotted line drawn parallel to the enemy formation and 15,000 yards from it; this marked the danger area for enemy torpedo fire. The gun battle was to be fought outside it.

Padfield, Peter (2015-07-14). Battleship (p. 297). Thistle Publishing. Kindle Edition.


What that means is that the Grand Fleet would have basically crushed the HSF in any actual battle-line engagement, with considerable improvements over 1916 (and, indeed, air based fall of shot ranging as well as early torpedo-dropping aircraft.)
 
It's worth noting that the Grand Fleet basically doubled in effectiveness ship-for-ship since Jutland - they definitely did not rest on their laurels after Jutland.





Padfield, Peter (2015-07-14). Battleship (p. 295). Thistle Publishing. Kindle Edition.



Padfield, Peter (2015-07-14). Battleship (p. 297). Thistle Publishing. Kindle Edition.


What that means is that the Grand Fleet would have basically crushed the HSF in any actual battle-line engagement, with considerable improvements over 1916 (and, indeed, air based fall of shot ranging as well as early torpedo-dropping aircraft.)

Basically, a Tsushima on the North Sea, then?
 
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