24 JULY 1999, Page 27

Jutland's sunken dream

From Mr Arthur Hamilton Sir: In comparing the summers of 1914 and 1999, Frank Johnson (Shared opinion, 17 July) forgets that the navalists threw away Britain's naval supremacy in 1916 by failing at Jutland to secure a second Trafalgar. Being unable to beat the Germans, we have finally had to join them.

Arthur Hamilton

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