With the Kongos reinforcing Beatty, Fifth Battle Squadron could remain with Jellicoe from the start. Its Queen Elizabeth-class ships would enter the fleet engagement fresh instead of arriving after the earlier fighting. The proposed formation puts them at the head of the line, followed by Second Battle Squadron, Fourth Battle Squadron with Fuso, and First Battle Squadron. Their modern equipment and well-trained gun crews would then face the leading German ships. Beatty's battlecruisers, potentially reinforced by Hood's squadron, could maneuver separately to threaten the German retreat.
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Fresh Queen Elizabeths could lead Jellicoe's battle line
Keeping Fifth Battle Squadron with Jellicoe would bring its strongest gunnery ships into the fleet action before they had endured the battlecruiser fight.