Would Germany seek peace if reliable British shells turned Jutland into another Trafalgar?
Short answerProbably not immediately, but the German fleet would be crippled and Britain could release major forces for other operations.
NotesEven a Trafalgar-scale German defeat at Jutland would be unlikely to produce an immediate peace. It would nonetheless give Britain a major moral victory and leave Germany severely constrained at sea. The Grand Fleet would no longer need to keep the same mass concentrated against the High Seas Fleet. Britain could then redirect a large quantity of mobile heavy artillery toward bombardment or other operations, creating new strategic problems for Germany.