The altered battle changes the lessons each navy could carry forward. Firing 15-inch shells in combat could give Britain evidence about its own ammunition and shell performance. If SMS Seydlitz sinks, Germany loses the damaged ship whose near-disaster exposed dangerous magazine and ammunition-handling practices before Jutland. The initial German search for spies after Dogger Bank also shows how a navy can misread evidence and miss weaknesses in its communications.
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A victory that could erase Germany's Dogger Bank lessons
If heavier British fire sinks SMS Seydlitz, Germany may lose the magazine-warning evidence that historically prompted ammunition-handling changes before Jutland.