Editing St Vincent-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 battlecruisers, which were to act as bait. The British code breakers of [[Room 40]] at the Admiralty had [[Signals intelligence|decoded]] German radio traffic containing plans of the operation and the Admiralty ordered the Grand Fleet to sortie the night before the Germans, to cut off and destroy the High Seas Fleet.<ref>[[#Tarr|Tarrant]] (1999), pp. 54–55, 57–58.</ref>

The Grand Fleet rendezvoused with the [[2nd Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)|2nd Battle Squadron]], coming from [[Cromarty]], [[Scotland]], on the morning of 31 May and Jellicoe organised the main body of the Grand Fleet in parallel columns of four-ship divisions. 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. ''Vanguard'' and ''St Vincent'' were the rear ships of their divisions while ''Collingwood'' was the second ship in its division. 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 centre and rear of the line of battle, respectively, which meant that the sisters were in the rear of the Grand Fleet once it was deployed.<ref>[[#Corbett|Corbett]], p. 431 and frontispiece map.</ref> This limited their ability to engage the German ships in the poor visibility. All three ships fired at the crippled [[light cruiser]] {{SMS|Wiesbaden}}, possibly scoring some hits, but only ''St Vincent'' and ''Collingwood'' were able to engage any of the German capital ships. The former hit the battlecruiser {{SMS|Moltke}} twice, inflicting only minor damage, while ''Collingwood'' hit the battlecruiser {{SMS|Derfflinger}} once, also with little effect. ''Vanguard'' and ''Collingwood'' also fired at German [[destroyer]]s, but failed to achieve any hits. None of the sisters fired more than 98 rounds from their main guns during the battle.<ref>[[#Campbell|Campbell]], pp. 157, 205, 208, 212, 214, 229–230, 232–234, 349.</ref>