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Orkney Marks Battle Of Jutland Centenary

Events are being held on the islands of Orkney to mark 100 years to the day since the start of the Battle of Jutland.

A service is taking place at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, which will be followed by a ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery on the island of Hoy.

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The Princess Royal and the Prime Minister are leading the commemorations, along with the German president.

But the Duke of Edinburgh was advised by a doctor not to travel to Orkney.

Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip has not gone to hospital, but he is understood to be staying in a private residence on the Balmoral estate.

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He is expected to fulfil public engagements later this week.

The Battle of Jutland was the biggest naval confrontation of World War One .

Some 250 ships and 100,000 men fought in the North Sea when the Royal Navy intercepted the German fleet.

The British ships were based at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys and the Germans wanted to break through to the northern Atlantic.

Both sides had the fearsome Dreadnought, the most advanced warship of the time.

At 2.28pm on 31 May 1916 the first shot was fired by the cruiser HMS Galatea off the northwest coast of Denmark.

In one day of confused but fierce battle, the Royal Navy lost 14 ships and 6,000 men - the Germans 11 ships and more than 2,500 sailors.

Historians have long argued over who won the battle. The truth is that it was closer to a draw.

The Royal Navy suffered more casualties and lost more ships, but the German fleet was damaged to the extent it never took on the British in such numbers again.