The Battle of Jutland did prove that both navies were still employing naval tactics devised in the days of wood and sail.
‘Ships of the line’, in the days when ‘cannonade broadsides’ were the strength, sailing in lines with ships with movable turrets with guns that could reach out in miles, instead of yards, (20,000 yards equals 3.33 nautical miles.).
Was it important, in the Monday morning evaluation of The Great War? Yes. Why? It laid the foundation of Hitler’s determination to develop the U-boat as the backbone of the German navy, with only a few ‘mega-battleship’ designs, to mess-up the chessboard a little bit.
“The Battle of Jutland did prove that both navies were still employing naval tactics devised in the days of wood and sail.”
Mostly true. But had the German Navy not executed a mass individual ship battle turn — a major violation of Line Ahead formations — the Royal Navy would have succeeded in “Crossing the Tee” and the lead elements of the High Seas Fleet would have been destroyed decissively. Instead the Germans gave the British Battle cruises a mauling and slipped the trap.
20,000 yards equals 9.84 nautical miles.