Lost Ships VI: The Ghosts of Jutland
May 31st 1916: 250 ships of the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy and the High Seas Fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine met in what was to become the largest naval battle of the First World War: The Battle of Jutland
By the time the guns fell silent on June 1st 1916, 24 ships had been sunk and 8,645 crewmen had been killed, with both sides failing to achieve their objectives
Song: Ghost of a Rose
Artist: Blackmore's Night
Subject: the Battle of Jutland