The German and British flags were laid on the altar during the ceremony led by Fraser MacNaughton from the cathedral, with the royal naval and German naval chaplains. Victory is now generally considered to have been with the British: the German battle fleet played no further significant role in the war. At Jutland Bank, the site of the battle, poppies, forget-me-nots and a specially designed poppy-shaped copper capsule were cast into the water. The music included a piece by the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, an Orkney resident, which was one of his last compositions. At Jutland Caroline was part of the force that sailed ahead of the main fleet to establish the position of the German battleships.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2016 18:22 UTC