1-153-392 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Battlecruiser HMS 'Lion' coming into action, Battle of Jutland 31 May - 1 June 1916. Jutland (also called Battle of the Skagerrak) was the only full-scale engagement between the British and German navies in World War I The British fleet under Jellicoe saw off the German fleet commanded by Scheer but battle was not fully joined and the outcome was inconclusive.