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During World War I, the British Home Fleet was renamed the Grand Fleet. It was initially commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He was later succeeded by the commander of the Grand Fleet battlecruisers Admiral Sir David Beatty.
The Grand Fleet only took part in one fleet action during the war, that indecisive Battle of Jutland. Jutland was a tactical loss for the British because more British ships were sunk than German, but a strategic win because the British fleet retained control of the North Sea.
Squadrons of the Grand Fleet included:
Ships that served in the Grand Fleet included:
- HMS New Zealand
- HMS Revenge
- HMS Hercules
- HMS Repulse
- HMS Inflexible
- HMS Revenge
- HMS Liverpool
- HMS Cardiff
- HMS ArgyllThe second HMS Argyll was launched in 1904 after an absence of an Argyll presence in the Royal Navy for over 160 years. She was a Devonshire class armoured cruiser. The ship displaced over 10,850 tons and had a length of 473 feet, making her slightly long
- HMS GoliathHMS Goliath (1898 was one of the six Canopus class battleships built by the British Royal Navy in the late 18th century. She was laid down at the Chatham Dockyard on January 4, 1897 and was launched in March 23, 1898. She was commissioned in March 1900.
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