Reproduction of the Record of the Battle of Jutland

This book, generally referred to as the Harper Record was the Admiralty''s first attempt to compile a chronological and statistical record of the Battle of Jutland 1916. It was compiled by Captain J. E. T. Harper of the Navigational School and a team of officers in 1919-1920. The subsequent blocking of its publication was one of the initiators of the Jutland Controversy which raged for over a decade. In 1927 Harper retired from the Royal Navy and wrote The Truth About Jutland . In order to deflect attention from it, the Admiralty belatedly released this version of the Harper record, being the most complete it could locate. It remains the most comprehensive chronology of the battle. Recent archaeological surveys of the battlefield have shown that the Harper record is a consistently accurate depiction of events. It is an invaluable source document to anyone studying the battle. See more