“The British Navy really wasn’t that much bigger.”
In Naval terms, I would have to say that the Royal Navy was numerically superior. The British Grand Fleet consisted of roughly two sections each. One was the 5th Battle Squadron (new fast battleships) along with the Battle Cruiser fleet under Admiral Beatty. [Fifty-two ships] The second more powerful force was The Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellico. This was the most powerful naval force in the world; consisting of twenty four dreadnoughts plus supporting ships [99 ships in total]. Against this armada, the Germans pitted their 1st and 2nd Scouting Groups under Admiral Hipper [40 ships], and the High Seas Fleet under Admiral Scheer. These groups pretty much mirrored the British but were much smaller. The High Seas Fleet had only sixteen dreadnoughts and six pre-dreadnoughts, along with support ships [61 ships in total].
For a grand total, this places the British Grand Fleet at 151 (approximate) ships compared with the German’s 101 (approximate). That would mean that the size of the German Fleet was only 67% the size of the British Fleet – a BIG difference. Also many of the German supporting ships consisted of Torpedo Boats, while the British used mainly Destroyers, light cruisers, and armored cruisers for supporting ships. However, the main disadvantage of the Grand Royal Navy was that the ships’ armor was generally not as strong as that of the German ships. Another problem lay more with British powder , though could be loaded and fired faster, there was a likely chance they would blow up (causing a chain reaction in the ship) given a direct hit by German shells.
Though military wise, the Germans won, but the strategic victory goes to the British. The threat of the German High Seas Fleet was removed and most of the Grand Fleet remained intact. A potentially more significant result of Jutland was that the Germans increasingly concentrated their efforts on the submarine. The unrestricted submarine warfare was resumed shortly after Jutland, which led the United