If Jutland had proved that protection and firepower always outweighed speed, the Royal Navy could have pursued only heavily protected N3-like ships. Its commitment to the fast G3 shows that manoeuvre remained central to postwar thinking. Dogger Bank and the wider operational record reinforced the importance of naval movement. Jutland was the war's great set-piece fleet battle, but it was not the whole experience of war at sea. Treating Nelson as a knee-jerk response to one engagement overlooks class size and complementary fleet roles.
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Jutland was not the Royal Navy's only design lesson
The continued pursuit of the fast G3 challenges the claim that Jutland taught a simple protection-over-speed lesson for every postwar British capital ship.