South Jutland County effect. South Jutland county is also known as Northern Schleswig (Danish: "Nordslesvig", German: "Nordschleswig"). The name refers specifically to the southernmost 50 kilometers of the Danish part of the Jutland Peninsula that formerly belonged to the former Duchy of Schleswig (Danish: "Slesvig" or "Sønderjylland"); a Danish fief under the Kings of Denmark. Denmark lost the Duchy of Schleswig, as well as the German Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, to Prussia and Austria in 1864 in the Second War of Schleswig. Following Austria's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War (1866), all three provinces were annexed to Prussia. Following the defeat of Germany
HMS Jutland (D62) HMS Jutland (D62) HMS "Jutland" (D62) was a later or 1943 fleet destroyer of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the First World War. The first "Jutland" was launched in 1945, but was cancelled that same year. Her sister ship, "Malplaquet" - named after a battle between Britain and France during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1709 - was renamed "Jutland" just prior to her launch on 20 February 1946, and was commissioned on 30 July 1947. The original "Jutland" was finally broken up in 1957