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With naval battles it's often hard to understand the decisions that were made at the time in the light of hindsight. These decisions were often made with little time for reflection, based on incomplete or even inaccurate information. Often the psychological state, biases and assumptions of the commanders at that point in time were crucial in the decision making process. Naval commanders of that, and earlier, eras were often force to make key decisions based on little more than their 'gut' instinct - which could be disasterously wrong.
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