What route would the Royal Navy take into the Baltic after a decisive victory at Jutland?
Short answerIt would pass through the Skagerrak and Kattegat and likely use the deeper Danish strait farther from Germany, while contesting German moves against Denmark.
NotesGeography gives the fleet choices only after it passes through the Skagerrak and Kattegat. The deeper route farther from Germany is attractive for capital ships. The shallower alternative helps explain specialized shallow-draft design proposals for ships such as Courageous, Glorious, and Furious. Danish neutrality would be precarious because both Germany and Britain would treat control of the straits as operationally decisive. Germany might move into Denmark, while Britain might ignore objections to passage once a Baltic operation had begun.