A comment treats HMS Tiger as a newly commissioned and disordered ship at Jutland. Tiger entered service in October 1914, so that description fits Dogger Bank in early 1915 better than Jutland in May 1916. Forming a new crew at the start of war was difficult because existing ships were reluctant to surrender their best men. Her initial complement included newcomers and men accepted from detention, under a popular captain and a demanding executive officer. Their contrasting roles created friction, and the executive officer's temperament is judged a poor fit for this particular crew despite his later success as a captain elsewhere. By Jutland, troublesome men had been removed and the remaining crew had become cohesive over roughly eighteen months. Tiger is consequently judged one of the better-performing British ships at that battle, a different assessment from her early service.
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HMS Tiger's crew had changed by Jutland
A correction separates Tiger's unsettled early service at Dogger Bank from the more cohesive crew that fought at Jutland.