简介：OnMay311916,theRoyalNavyprecipitatedanapocalyptichead-to-headbattlewiththeGermanImperialfleet.151Britishwarships,manythemostmoderninBritain’sGrandFleet,confronted99Germanships.Thiswassupposedtobeawalkover–Britain’ssecondTrafalgar.Butitdidn’tworkoutthatway.Instead,theBattleofJutlandwasthebloodiestdayinthehistoryoftheRoyalNavy.During12chaotichours,14BritishwarshipssanktothebottomoftheNorthSeawiththelossofmorethan6,000Alliedlives.Foracenturyit’sbeenconsideredoneofthegreatestdisastersofWWI. PresentedbyDanSnow,engineerShiniSomaraandnavalhistorianNickHewitt,TheNavy’sBloodiestDaywillgototheheartofthe12-hourbattleatJutland.Withbrand-newscientificexperiments,theywillprobethereasonswhysomanymendied.Throughthepowerfulwordsofeyewitnesses,readbycurrentRoyalNavypersonnel;throughemotionalmeetingswithrelativesofthosewhodied;andonboardtheonlysurvivingDreadnoughtfromtheera,theycometounderstandwhatitwasliketofightthatday.AndastheRoyalNavypreparestocommemoratethecentenary,theyjointhefirstofficialsurveyofthebattlefield,searchingtopinpointthewrecksofthefivegiantBritishwarshipsinwhichthevastmajorityoftheAllieddeadnowlieentombed. Theprogrammealsofeaturesbrandnewdocumentaryevidencethathelpsareassessmentofthesignificanceofthebattle.WasJutlandadisaster,orinfacttheforgottenbattlewheretheFirstWorldWarwaswon,andlost?Theprogrammeprovidesamazingvisceralandvisualdetailhelpingtouncoverwhatwentwrongandwhythebattleunfoldedthewayitdid.…