"3.40. We opened fire. Their first few salvoes were over. They are getting very close. They have straddled us. No. 3 of the enemy line has been hit and is on fire. We have been hit forward... M. staggered into conning tower badly burnt all over, and reported a large number of his gun's crew killed or wounded." (Narrative of HMS Princess Royal)

"I mourn the loss of brave men, many of them personal friends of my own, who have fallen in their country's cause. Yet even more do I regret that the German High Seas Fleet, in spite of heavey losses, was enabled by the misty weather to evade the full consequences of an encounter they have always professed to desire, but for which when the opportunity arrived they show no inclination." (His Majesty King George 3 JUN 1916)