Editing Bellerophon-class battleship (section)

===Battle of Jutland===
[[File:Map of the Battle of Jutland, 1916.svg|thumb|upright=1.7|Maps showing the manoeuvres of the British (blue) and German (red) fleets on 31 May&nbsp;– 1 June 1916|alt=The British fleet sailed from northern Britain to the east while the Germans sailed from Germany in the south; the opposing fleets met off the Danish coast]]
In an attempt to lure out and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, the German [[High Seas Fleet]] departed the [[Jade Bight]] early on the morning of 31 May 1916 in support of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Franz von Hipper]]'s [[battlecruiser]]s which were to act as bait. The Royal Navy's [[Room 40]] had [[Signals intelligence|intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic]] containing plans of the operation, so the Admiralty ordered the Grand Fleet to sortie the night before to cut off and destroy the High Seas Fleet.<ref>Tarrant, pp. 54–55, 57–58</ref>

Once Jellicoe's ships had rendezvoused with the [[2nd Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)|2nd Battle Squadron]], coming from [[Cromarty]], [[Scotland]], on the morning of 31 May, he organised the main body of the Grand Fleet in parallel columns of divisions of four dreadnoughts each. The two divisions of the 2nd BS were on his left (east), the 4th BS was in the centre and the 1st BS on the right. When Jellicoe ordered the Grand Fleet to deploy to the left and form [[line astern]] in anticipation of encountering the High Seas Fleet, this naturally placed the 4th and 1st Battle Squadrons in the center and rear of the line of battle, respectively, which meant that the sisters were in the middle of the Grand Fleet once it finished deploying.<ref>Corbett, p. 431 and frontispiece map</ref> All three ships fired at the crippled [[light cruiser]] {{SMS|Wiesbaden}}, possibly scoring some hits, as well as the battlecruiser {{SMS|Derfflinger}}. ''Temeraire'' was the only one of the sisters to score a hit on the battlecruiser, although it did little damage. ''Bellerophon'' and ''Temeraire'' also fired at German [[destroyer]]s, but failed to make any hits. None of the sisters fired more than 62 rounds from their main guns during the battle.<ref>Campbell, pp. 156–57, 208, 210, 212, 231–32, 349</ref>