Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
As Commander of the British Grand Fleet, Jellicoe's general approach was one of caution. He was influenced in particular by advice from the Admiralty that the Germans had perfected a new kind of torpedo that gave off no surface bubbles and was therefore virtually undetectable.
The information proved false, but it was sufficient for Jellicoe, before the Battle of Jutland, to insist that he would turn his fleet away from such weapons if attacked - and the Admiralty had agreed to this.
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