Plans of the Battle of Jutland, May 31st 1916

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Map Description

Old nautical chart of North Sea.

Created by Great Britain. Admiralty, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Malby & Sons in 1916.

British-produced maps showing British-German naval-battle actions in the North Sea on 31 May1916 to the west of Denmark, which actions were later called "The Battle of Jutland"--the largest naval battle of World War One.
Common title adapted by cataloguer from the individual sheet titles.
On sheets where the name "The Battle off Jutland" appears, the middle word is spelt "off", not "of".
Some sheets have the commanding admiral's name below the sheet title, for example: JnBellicoe 18 June 1916; David Beatty.
May have been removed from a textual publication (unidentified).
Some sheets include text, notes, and index of battle positions.
In lower margin on each sheet: 10072. 24266. P1173 [number in circle] 5,000. 12.20.