HMS Southampton sights the main body of the High Seas Fleet as Scheer's battleships approach the battlecruiser action. Commodore William Goodenough's Second Light Cruiser Squadron reports sixteen dreadnoughts and six pre-dreadnoughts. Southampton sends the report while avoiding heavy-calibre salvos. It gives Beatty and Jellicoe their first news that Scheer's battle fleet is at sea.
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Southampton reports the High Seas Fleet
Goodenough's reconnaissance gives Beatty and Jellicoe their first warning that Scheer's main battle fleet is at sea.