Battle of Jutland and HMS Caroline historical panels Tennent St

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I'm at Tennent Street just off the very busy Shankill Road to see the 8 historical panels telling the story of the WW1 1916 naval Battle of Jutland and the Belfast built HMS Caroline connection.
First Minister Arlene Foster unveiled the new wall art installation in Jutland Square, at Tennent Street on the Shankill Road, which commemorates sailors from all over Ireland who lost their lives at the Battle of Jutland, the centenary of which falls on 31st May 2016.
The tennent Street artwork highlights the contribution and sacrifice of sailors from across Ireland who died in the Battle of Jutland 100 years ago.
The eight-panel artwork was created by a Shared History workshop to recognise the valour of Irish sailors who served with the Royal Navy in what was a significant maritime duel.
The battle, near the coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula, involved about 250 ships.
More than 6,000 British personnel and 2,500 Germans died in the battle, which raged between May 31 and June 1, 1916.
Some 348 Irish sailors are believed to have died - many of them young men who signed on at just 15 years of age.
The significance of the battle is that the Royal Navy was the most powerful navy in the world at the time. It was blockading German ports and stopping imports of food and steel, slowly strangling the German war effort. the blockade held because of this costly action and Germany surrendered less than two years later.
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