Talk:John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

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• Are four, partly almost equal pictures of him really necessary? ~~ Phoe _talk 21:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC) ~~

Reference taken out of context

In the first paragraph of the section "World War 1" a passing reference is made to the effect that Winston Churchill referred to Jellicoe as 'the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon'. This is apparently taken out of context from writings by Winston Churchill. In Churchill's series "The World Crisis 1911~1918" the complete text from which this was originally taken (Volume II, page 1015 of the two volume complete edition), in which Churchill described the difference in effect on the war between the Germans winning the battle of Jutland (i.e., total blockade of the British Isles, interdiction of supplies and re-inforcements moving to France from England for the Allies, America unable to join the war effort in the face of an overwhelming enemy navy, and the eventual loss of the war for England, France, Italy and Russia) and the British navy winning the battle of Jutland (basically a continuance of total sea supremacy that they already maintained), and that a mistake made by Jellicoe during a conflict of this nature could result in the destruction of the British navy, with the aforementioned results. This reference was only meant to imply the awesome responsiblity of Sir John Jellico's position, and the reason he was conservative in his actions at Jutland as he knew he had far more to lose in pursuing the engagement beyond what he thought was safe for the conservation of the British battleship superiority.

It seemed to me an unfair reflection on both Winston Churchill and Sir John Jellicoe, who's promotion had been planned for some time, and was only promoted ahead of time due to the outbreak of war, as Admiral Callaghan was due to retire as Commander-in-Cheif by December 1914 anyway, and it was never the Admiralty's intention to have the old Admiral command the fleet at war anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.252.64.194 (talk) 17:07, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Explanation added.Paulturtle (talk) 13:09, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

You made an amendment to the opening paragraph[1], so that it said:

His handling of the fleet at that battle remains controversial: he made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port - at a time when defeat when would have been catastrophic for Britain - but at the time the public were disappointed that he had lost more ships (mainly due to design faults on British battlecruisers) and had not won a victory as crushing as Trafalgar.

I have changed "design faults" to "dangerous ammunition-handling procedures".[2] The ammunition handling procedures on the battlecruisers were dangerous given the propellant in use and the fact that the armour of the hooded barbettes was not impenetrable. That people chose not to use the safety measures available, can hardly be called a design fault.--Toddy1 (talk) 16:44, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Well it's arguably a design fault that the guns could not be loaded quickly enough, with the result that safety guidelines were flouted for speedy and efficient loading in battle, but it's not really worth arguing about. To be honest I'm not sure Jutland is all that "controversial" any more - when I first started reading about WW1 thirty years ago it was already largely agreed that Beatty was a bit vainglorious and Jellicoe won a strategic victory ("The German Fleet has assaulted its jailer - but it is still in Jail" as the headline went at the time). It would be truer to say that it was controversial at the time and in the 1930s when proponents of Beatty and Jellicoe engaged in controversy in print.Paulturtle (talk) 11:17, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Ammunition

AT Kunene (talk) 15:36, 14 November 2011 (UTC)A veteran from the "New Zealand" at Jutland, told me in the 1960s, that after the poor British Battlecruiser gunnery at the Falklands, the only way to be sure of eventually hitting the enemy was to fire as frequently as possible. To do this the ammunition was stacked inside the turrets and passage ways to keep up the rate of fire.

In other actions, such as the Dogger Bank, where the battlecruiser ammunition supply was carefully controlled the, Battlecruisers seem to have successfully stood up the hits by German heavy shells.

References.

Didn't Jellicoe write his own account of the battle as "The Grand Fleet" or some such title?AT Kunene (talk) 15:36, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Mention of Jellicoe's book "The Crisis of the Naval War" now included under "further reading". Dormskirk (talk) 15:22, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

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John Jellicoe (1859–1935) was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial: he made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port – at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain – but the British public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a victory on the scale of the Battle of Trafalgar. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was removed at the end of 1917. He also served as the Governor-General of New Zealand in the early 1920s.Photograph: Bain News Service; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Non-sequitur

Churchill described Jellicoe later as "the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon" — essentially hinting that Jellicoe's decision to prefer caution was strategically correct. Nevertheless, he was appointed a member of the Order of Merit...

'Nevertheless' seems meaningless. What is being implied? Valetude (talk) 00:19, 10 March 2019 (UTC)