This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only...

 in 1916.

Note: dates given are those of commissioning

Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service, and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to the placing of a warship in active duty with its country's military...

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Summary

Royal Navy	German Navy
Dreadnoughts	(28 total) 4 × Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth class battleship The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England...   3 × Iron Duke Iron Duke class battleship The Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: , , , and... 4 × Orion Orion class battleship The Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navy. The lead ship, , was launched in 1910. They were the first Royal Navy dreadnoughts to have all their main guns in the centreline, although the U.S. South Carolina class had this advanced...   3 × King George V King George V class battleship (1911) The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... 3 × Bellerophon Bellerophon class battleship The Bellerophon class was a class of three dreadnought battleships that were built in the United Kingdom prior to World War I, and served in the Royal Navy during the war. The Bellerophons were near carbon copies of the previous , with the exception of a second tripod mast...   2 × Revenge Revenge class battleship The Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916... 2 × Colossus Colossus class battleship (1910) The Colossus class of two battleships - Colossus and Hercules of the British Royal Navy were among the first battleships following the original of 1906. Originally intended to be part of the Neptune class, the two ships had thicker armour and other differences from , and so Neptune is...   3 × St Vincent 1 × Neptune HMS Neptune (1909) HMS Neptune was a Royal Navy dreadnought battleship, intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune-class battleships, but the subsequent two ships had slightly thicker belt armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class.-Design:...   1 × Agincourt HMS Agincourt (1913) HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought built in the early 1910s. The ship was originally ordered by Brazil, but the collapse of the rubber boom plus a lessening of the rivalry with Argentina led to her resale while still under construction to the Ottoman Empire who renamed her as Sultan Osman I... 1 × Erin  1 × Canada	(16 total) 4 × Kaiser 4 × Helgoland Helgoland class battleship The Helgoland class was the second class of German dreadnought battleships. Constructed from 1908 to 1912, the class comprised four ships: , the lead ship; ; ; and . The design was a significant improvement over the previous ships; they had a larger main battery— main guns instead of the weapons... 4 × Nassau Nassau class battleship The Nassau class were a group of four German dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Navy. They were the German response to the introduction of the "all big gun" British . The class was composed of , , , and . All four ships were laid down in mid-1907, and completed between May and September... 4 × König König class battleship The König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I. The class was composed of , , , and . The most powerful warships of the German High Seas Fleet at the outbreak of war in 1914, the class operated as a unit throughout World War...
Pre-Dreadnought Battleships		(6 total) 5 × Deutschland Deutschland class battleship The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class comprised , , , , and . Built between 1903 and 1908, the ships closely resembled those of the preceding , though they had stronger armor protection... 1 × Braunschweig Braunschweig class battleship The Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised five ships: , , , , and...
Battlecruisers	(9 total) 3 × Invincible Invincible class battlecruiser The three Invincible class battlecruisers were built for the Royal Navy and entered service in 1908 as the world's first battlecruisers. They were the brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship,... 3 × Lion Lion class battlecruiser The Lion class were a class of battlecruisers built by the British Royal Navy before World War I. Nicknamed the "Splendid Cats", the ships were a significant improvement over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour... 2 × Indefatigable Indefatigable class battlecruiser The Indefatigable class were the second class built of British battlecruisersThe Indefatigable-class ships were formally known as armoured cruisers until 1911 when they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. Unofficially a number of designations were used... 1 × Tiger HMS Tiger (1913) The 11th HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1913. Tiger was the most heavily armoured battlecruiser of the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War although she was still being finished when the war began...	(5 total) 2 × Derfflinger Derfflinger class battlecruiser The Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912 to 1913 Naval Building Program of the German Imperial Navy as a reply to the Royal Navy's three new s that had been launched a few years earlier... 1 × Seydlitz SMS Seydlitz SMS Seydlitz"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a 25,000-metric ton battlecruiserAdmiral Alfred von Tirpitz referred to the ship as a large cruiser in his annual budgets in an attempt to reduce opposition from the Reichstag; the ship was not referred... 1 × Moltke Moltke class battlecruiser The Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisersThe German navy classified the ships as Großen Kreuzer . These ships differed from older Großen Kreuzer, such as the Roon class, in that they carried a uniform main battery, instead of four large guns and a mixed array of smaller weapons... 1 × Von der Tann SMS Von der Tann SMS Von der Tann"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine, as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered warship. At the time of her construction, Von der Tann was the fastest dreadnought-type...
Armoured Cruisers	(8 total) 3 × Minotaur Minotaur class cruiser (1906) The Minotaur class was a three-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1906 for the Royal Navy. They served during World War I, with all three being present at the Battle of Jutland, where HMS Defence was sunk. The surviving ships were scrapped postwar.-History:The Minotaur class was the last... 2 × Duke of Edinburgh Duke of Edinburgh class cruiser The Duke of Edinburgh-class was a class of six armoured cruisers built around 1905 for the British Royal Navy. The later four ships were armed differently, and are sometimes considered as a separate class, the Warrior-class.... 2 × Warrior 1 × Devonshire Devonshire class cruiser (1903) The Devonshire class was a class of six armoured cruisers of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1903–1904 at a cost of around £850,000 each....
Smaller Ships	26 × Light Cruisers 79 × Destroyers (one of them Destroyer-Minelayer)	11 × Light Cruisers 61 × Destroyers

British forces

The Grand Fleet (GF)

listed in order from van to rear following deployment, 6:30pm 31st May

Commander-in-chief of Grand Fleet: Admiral Sir John (Rushworth) Jellicoe

John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO was a British Royal Navy admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I...

, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. (flag on “Iron Duke”)

Chief of the Staff of the Commander-in-chief: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (Edward) Madden, K.C.B., C.V.O.

Captain of the Fleet: Commodore 1st class Lionel Halsey

Lionel Halsey

Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey GCMG GCVO KCIE CB ADC was a British Royal Navy officer and courtier.-Early life and career:...

, C.B., C.M.G., AdC., R.N.

Master of the Fleet: Captain Oliver (Elles) Leggett, R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander the Honourable Matthew (Robert) Best, M.V.O., R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander Charles (Morton) Forbes, R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander Alexander (Raill) Wadham, R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander Richard (Lindsay) Nicholson, R.N.

Second Battle Squadron

2nd Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)

The British Royal Navy 2nd Battle Squadron was a naval squadron consisting of battleships. The 2nd Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. After World War I the Grand Fleet was reverted back to its original name, the Atlantic Fleet...

(2BS), Cromarty

Commander 2BS: Vice-Admiral (Thomas Henry) Martyn Jerram

Martyn Jerram

Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram GCMG KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.-Naval career:Jerram joined the Royal Navy in 1871....

, K.C.B.

Second-in-command 2BS: Rear-Admiral Arthur (Cavenagh) Leveson, C.B.

First Division

• Battle ship HMS “King George V”
  HMS King George V (1911)
  The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class of 1911 dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13.5 inch guns in twin gun turrets and a secondary armament of sixteen 4 inch guns and had a crew complement of 870, though this increased...
  
   (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 2BS): Captain Frederick (Laurence) Field
  Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer)
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field GCB KCMG was a British Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet who served as First Sea Lord from 1930 to 1933...
  
  , R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Ajax”
  HMS Ajax (1912)
  HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship , built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde...
  
  : Captain George (Henry) Baird, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Centurion”
  HMS Centurion (1911)
  HMS Centurion was the second battleship of the King George V class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport.The Battleships of the King George V class had been designed as Dreadnought Battleship....
  
  : Captain Michael Culme-Seymour
  Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet
  Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet KCB, MVO was an officer of the Royal Navy. A member of a substantial naval dynasty, he served during the First World War, commanding a ship at the Battle of Jutland in 1916...
  
  , M.V.O., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Erin”: Captain the Honourable Victor (Albert) Stanley, M.V.O., AdC., R.N.
  

Second Division

• Battle ship HMS “Orion”
  HMS Orion (1910)
  HMS Orion was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1910, she was the lead ship of her class; she was the first so-called "super-dreadnought", being the first British dreadnought to mount guns of calibre greater than twelve inches, and the first British dreadnought to have...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 2BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Oliver Backhouse, C.B., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Monarch”
  HMS Monarch (1911)
  HMS Monarch was an Orion-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage....
  
  : Captain George (Holmes) Borrett, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Conqueror”
  HMS Conqueror (1911)
  HMS Conqueror was an Orion class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage....
  
  : Captain Hugh (Henry Darby) Tothill
  Hugh Tothill
  Admiral Sir Hugh Henry Darby Tothill KCB KCMG KCVO was a Royal Navy officer who served as Captain in World War I and went on to become Commander-in-chief of East Indies Station following his promotion to Admiral.-History:...
  
  , AdC., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Thunderer”
  HMS Thunderer (1911)
  HMS Thunderer was the third Orion class battleship built for the Royal Navy and was the last vessel to be constructed by Thames Iron Works. She was the last and largest warship ever built on the River Thames, and after her completion her builders declared bankruptcy.By a margin of £1000, she was...
  
  : Captain James (Andrew) Fergusson
  James Fergusson (Royal Navy officer)
  Admiral Sir James Andrew Fergusson KCB KCMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
  
  , R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Boadicea”
  HMS Boadicea (1908)
  HMS Boadicea was the lead ship of the Boadicea-class scout cruisers which served with the British Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard, being laid down in June 1907, launched on 14 May 1908 and commissioned in June 1909.-Design:...
  
   (attached 2BS): Captain Louis (Charles Stirling) Woollcombe, M.V.O., R.N.
  

Flagship (in company with 4BS)

• Battle ship HMS “Iron Duke”
  HMS Iron Duke (1912)
  HMS Iron Duke was a battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, including at the Battle of Jutland...
  
   (flag to Admiral Commander-in-Chief GF): Captain Frederic (Charles) Dryer
  Frederic Charles Dreyer
  Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, GBE, KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy who developed a fire control system for British warships...
  
  , C.B., R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Active”
  HMS Active (1911)
  HMS Active was an Active class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 14 March 1911.-Career:...
  
   (attached Fleet Flagship): Captain Percy Withers, R.N.
• Flotilla leader HMS “Abdiel” (destroyer-minelayer, attached Fleet Flagship): Commander Berwick Curtis, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Oak”
  HMS Oak (1912)
  HMS Oak was a modified Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1912, she saw extensive service during World War I as a tender to the Flagship of the Grand Fleet, and for this purpose she was painted white, instead of the usual warship grey. She was sold in 1921 to be scrapped...
  
   (tender Fleet Flagship): Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Faviell, M.V.O., R.N.
  

Fourth Battle Squadron

4th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)

The British Royal Navy 4th Battle Squadron was a squadron consisting of battleships. The 4th Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. During World War I the Home Fleet was renamed the Grand Fleet...

(4BS), Scapa Flow

Commander 4BS: Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick Charles) Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet

Doveton Sturdee

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet, GCB, KCMG, CVO was a British admiral.-Naval career:...

, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.

Flag Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding 4BS: Commander William (Mibourne) James

William Milbourne James

Admiral Sir William Milbourne James GCB was a British Naval commander, politician and author, perhaps most notable for his activities in the Naval Intelligence Division in the First World War.-Family:...

, R.N.

Second-in-command 4BS: Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander (Ludovic) Duff

Alexander Ludovic Duff

Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff GCB GBE KCVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.-Naval career:...

, C.B., 1st Baronet, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.

Third Division

• Battle ship HMS “Royal Oak”: Captain Crawford Maclachlan, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Superb”
  HMS Superb (1907)
  HMS Superb was a of the British Royal Navy. She was built in Elswick at a cost of £1,744,287, and was completed on 19 June 1909. She was only the fourth dreadnought-type battleship to be completed anywhere in the world, being preceded only by and by her two sister-ships and -Origin:The advent of...
  
    (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 4BS): Captain (Acting as Flag Captain) Edmond Hyde Parker, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Canada”: Captain William (Coldingham Masters) Nicholson
  William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer)
  Admiral Sir William Coldingham Masters Nicholson KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy.-Naval career:...
  
  , R.N.
  

Fourth Division

• Battle ship HMS “Benbow”
  HMS Benbow (1913)
  HMS Benbow was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, the third ship of the class and the third ship to be named in honour of Admiral John Benbow....
  
   (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 4BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Henry Wise Parker, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Bellerophon”
  HMS Bellerophon (1907)
  HMS Bellerophon was a dreadnought of the Royal Navy. She was the lead ship of the Bellerophon class, and the fourth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek hero...
  
  : Captain Edward (Francis) Bruen, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Temeraire”
  HMS Temeraire (1907)
  HMS Temeraire was a Bellerophon-class battleship in the Royal Navy built at the Royal Dockyard, Devonport.She was ordered under the 1906 Naval Estimates at the cost of £1,641,114. Although not externally much different from predecessor , internally she and others of the Bellerophon-class were much...
  
  : Captain Edwin (Veale) Underhill, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Vanguard”
  HMS Vanguard (1909)
  The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent-class battleship, an enhancement of the "" design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness...
  
  : Captain James (Douglas) Dick, R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Blanche”
  HMS Blanche (1909)
  HMS Blanche was a Blonde class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in December 1909 at Pembroke Dockyard, launched on 25 November 1909 and completed in November 1910.-Design:...
  
   (attached 4BS): Captain John (Moore) Casement, R.N.

First Battle Squadron

1st Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)

The British 1st Battle Squadron was a squadron of battleships, initially part of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet, renamed the Grand Fleet during World War I...

(1BS), Scapa Flow

Second-in-command GF, Commander 1BS: Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney

Cecil Burney

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet GCB GCMG was a British Royal Navy admiral.-Early life and service before flag rank:...

, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1BS: Captain (Edmund) Percy (Fenwick George) Grant, R.N. (Commodore 2nd class)

Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1BS: Lieutenant-Commander James (Buller) Kitson, R.N.

Second-in-command 1BS: Rear-Admiral Ernest (Frederick Augustus) Gaunt

Ernest Gaunt

Admiral Sir Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt KBE , a native of Australia, was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches.-Naval career:...

, C.M.G.

Fifth Division

• Battle ship HMS “Colossus”
  HMS Colossus (1910)
  HMS Colossus of the British Royal Navy was the nameship of her class of dreadnought battleships.She was launched on 9 April 1910 and commissioned in 1911. Although very similar to Neptune she was not part of Neptunes class as Colossus and her sister-ship, Hercules, had greater armour...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 1BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Alfred (Dudley Pickman Rogers) Pound, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Collingwood”
  HMS Collingwood (1908)
  HMS Collingwood was a dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy. Her design was essentially similar to the design of the previous ships, the . The Admiralty perceived in the planned building of German dreadnoughts a potential threat to the naval security of Great Britain, and saw the need...
  
  : Captain James (Clement) Ley, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “St. Vincent”
  HMS St. Vincent (1908)
  HMS St. Vincent was the lead ship of the St. Vincent class battleships of the British Royal Navy.She was commissioned on 3 May 1910 as 2nd flagship of 1st Division Home Fleet at Portsmouth. She was commanded by Capt. Douglas R. L. Nicholson and was flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard H...
  
  : Captain William (Wordsworth) Fisher
  William Wordsworth Fisher
  Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, GCB, GCVO was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet...
  
  , M.V.O., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Neptune”
  HMS Neptune (1909)
  HMS Neptune was a Royal Navy dreadnought battleship, intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune-class battleships, but the subsequent two ships had slightly thicker belt armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class.-Design:...
  
  : Captain Vivian (Henry Gerald) Bernard, R.N.

Sixth Division

• Battle ship HMS “Marlborough”
  HMS Marlborough (1912)
  HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow...
  
   (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1BS): Captain George (Parish) Ross, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Revenge”: Captain Edward (Buxton) Kiddle, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Hercules”
  HMS Hercules (1910)
  HMS Hercules was a Colossus-class battleship built by Palmers, launched on 10 May 1910, and commissioned on 31 July 1911 at Portsmouth. She was a 20,000-ton dreadnought, mounting ten 12 inch guns in five twin gun turrets, sixteen 4 inch , four 3 pounders, and three 21 inch ...
  
  : Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker
  Lewis Clinton-Baker
  Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker KCB KCVO CBE was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.-History:...
  
  , R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Agincourt”
  HMS Agincourt (1913)
  HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought built in the early 1910s. The ship was originally ordered by Brazil, but the collapse of the rubber boom plus a lessening of the rivalry with Argentina led to her resale while still under construction to the Ottoman Empire who renamed her as Sultan Osman I...
  
  : Captain Henry (Montagu) Doughty, R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Bellona”
  HMS Bellona (1909)
  HMS Bellona was one of two Boadicea class scout cruisers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched from Pembroke Dockyard on 20 March 1909 and completed in February 1910....
  
   (attached 1BS): Captain Arthur (Brandreth Scott) Dutton, R.N.
  

First Cruiser Squadron (1CS), Cromarty

Commander 1CS: Rear-Admiral Sir Robert (Keith) Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, K.C.B., M.V.O.

• Armoured cruiser HMS “Defence”
  HMS Defence (1907)
  HMS Defence was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. She was the last armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser and light cruiser...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1CS): Captain Stanley (Venn) Ellis, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Warrior”: Captain Vincent Barkly Molteno
  Vincent Barkly Molteno
  -Further reading:* Uys, I. South African Military History Who's who. 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers Germiston . ISBN 095831733X....
  
  , R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Duke of Edinburgh”
  HMS Duke of Edinburgh (1904)
  HMS Duke of Edinburgh was the lead ship of the armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser and light cruiser...
  
  : Captain Henry Blackett, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Black Prince”
  HMS Black Prince (1904)
  HMS Black Prince was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. During the First World War she served in the Mediterranean before joining the Grand Fleet...
  
  : Captain Thomas (Parry) Bonham, R.N.
  

Second Cruiser Squadron (2CS), Scapa Flow

Commander 2CS: Rear-Admiral Herbert (Leopold) Heath

Herbert Heath

Admiral Sir Herbert Leopold Heath KCB MVO was Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in the Royal Navy.-Military career:...

, M.V.O.

• Armoured cruiser HMS “Minotaur”
  HMS Minotaur (1906)
  HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class of armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1906.-Career:She served in the First World War with her sisters, taking part in convoy duties from Australia to the Mediterranean. She fought at Jutland as part of the Second Cruiser Squadron. ...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2CS): Captain Arthur (Cloudesly Shoval Hughes) D'Aeth, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Hampshire”
  HMS Hampshire (1903)
  HMS Hampshire was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and commissioned in 1905 at a cost of £833,817....
  
  : Captain Herbert (John) Savill, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Shannon”
  HMS Shannon (1906)
  HMS Shannon was a ship of the Minotaur-class of armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy.-Career:She was built at Chatham and launched on 20 September 1906. She served in the First World War with her sisters and fought at Jutland, where she was captained by John S. Dumaresq...
  
  : Captain John (Saumarez) Dumaresq
  John Saumarez Dumaresq
  Rear Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq CB, CVO was an officer in the Royal Navy. He served during World War I but is most remembered as an inventor, for development of the device named after him, the Dumaresq, which helped users calculate the rate at which the range to an enemy ship was changing...
  
  , M.V.O., R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Cochrane”
  HMS Cochrane (1905)
  HMS Cochrane was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy before the First World War. She served in the 2nd Cruiser Squadron during the war under Rear-Admiral Herbert Heath, taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. She was based in Murmansk in mid-1918 during the Allied intervention in the...
  
  : Captain Eustace La (Trobe) Leatham, R.N.
  

Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron (4LCS), Scapa Flow

• Light cruiser HMS “Calliope”
  HMS Calliope (1914)
  HMS Calliope was a British C class light cruiser of the Royal Navy under construction at the outbreak of World War I. Both Calliope and her sister ship Champion were based on HMS Caroline. They were effectively test ships for the use of geared turbines which resulted in the one less funnel. They...
  
   (pennant to Commodore Commanding 4LCS): Captain Charles (Edward) Le Mesurier, R.N. (Commodore 2nd class) (Commander 4LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Constance”
  HMS Constance (1915)
  HMS Constance was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers....
  
  : Captain Cyril (Samuel) Townsend, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Comus”
  HMS Comus (1914)
  HMS Comus was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Caroline group of the C-class of cruisers.She was laid down on 13 November 1913, launched 16 December 1914 and commissioned into the navy on 15 May 1915. She was assigned to the Grand Fleet upon completion, and then went...
  
  : Captain Alan (Geoffrey) Hotham
  Alan Geoffrey Hotham
  Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham, KCMG, CB was an officer of the Royal Navy. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901....
  
  , R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Caroline”
  HMS Caroline (1914)
  HMS Caroline was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At the time of her decommissioning in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory...
  
  : Captain (Henry) Ralph Crooke, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Royalist”
  HMS Royalist (1915)
  HMS Royalist was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 14 January 1915 at William Beardmore and Company's shipyard....
  
  : Captain the Honourable Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., R.N.
  

Fourth Destroyer Flotilla (4DF) (escorted 2BS), Scapa Flow

• Flotilla leader HMS “Tipperary”: Captain Charles (John) Wintour, R.N. (Commander 4DF)
  

First Half-Flotilla 4DF

• Destroyer HMS “Spitfire”
  HMS Spitfire (1912)
  HMS Spitfire was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916.-Pennant numbers:-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Clarence (Walter Eyre) Trelawney, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Sparrowhawk”
  HMS Sparrowhawk (1912)
  HMS Sparrowhawk was an Acasta-class destroyer built in 1912 and sunk in 1916 at the battle of Jutland after a collision with the destroyer leader HMS Broke.-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Hopkins, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Garland”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Reginald (Stannus) Goff, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Contest”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Ernald (Gilbert Hoskins) Master, R.N.
  

Group 8 4DF (detached as escort to 2CS)

• Destroyer HMS “Midge”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander James (Robert Carnegie) Cavendish, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mischief”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Honourable Cyril (Augustus) Ward, M.V.O., R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Hardy”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Commander Richard (Anthony Aston) Plowden, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Owl”
  HMS Owl (1913)
  HMS Owl was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1913 and sold for scrap in 1921....
  
  : Commander Robert (Gerald) Hamond, R.N.
  

Second Half-Flotilla 4DF


Third Division 4DF

• Flotilla leader HMS “Broke”
  HMS Broke (1914)
  HMS Broke was a Faulknor-class destroyer leader of the Royal Navy, initially built for the Chilean Navy as the Almirante Lynch-class destroyer Almirante Goni. The outbreak of the First World War led to her being purchased by the Admiralty in August 1914 shortly after her launching, and renamed HMS...
  
  : Commander Walter (Lingen) Allen, R.N. (Commander 2HF/4DF)
• Destroyer HMS “Porpoise”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Commander Hugh (Davenport) Colville, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Unity”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Macaulay) Lecky, R.N.
  

Fourth Division 4DF

• Destroyer HMS “Achates”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Commander Reginald (Becher Caldwell) Hutchinson, D.S.C., R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ambuscade”
  HMS Ambuscade (1913)
  HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1913 and sold for breaking in 1921.-Pennant Numbers:-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Gordon (Alston) Coles, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ardent”
  HMS Ardent (1913)
  HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class destroyer and the seventh Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She was launched in 1913 and was sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.-Pennant Numbers:-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Fortune”
  HMS Fortune (1913)
  HMS Fortune was an Acasta-class destroyer, and the twenty-first ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was launched in 1913 and was sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.-Pennant Numbers:-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Frank (Goodrich) Terry, R.N.
  

Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla (11DF) (escorted 4BS), Scapa Flow

• Light cruiser HMS “Castor”
  HMS Castor (1915)
  HMS Castor was one of the Cambrian subclass of the C-class of light cruisers. Her sister ships were HMS Cambrian, HMS Canterbury, and HMS Constance...
  
   (pennant to Commodore Commanding 11DF): Captain James (Rose Price) Hawksley, M.V.O. R.N. (Commodore 2nd class) (Commander 11DF)
  

First Half-Flotilla 11DF


First Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Ossory”
  HMS Ossory (1915)
  HMS Ossory was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 9 October 1916 and served during the First World War....
  
  : Commander Harold (Victor) Dundas, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Martial”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Julian Harrison, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Magic”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Gerald (Charles) Wynter, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Minion”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Clive) Rawlings, R.N.
  

Second Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Mystic”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Commander Claud (Finlinson) Allsup, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mons”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mandate”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Edward (McConnell Wyndham) Lawrie, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Michael”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Claude (Lindsay) Bate, R.N.
  

Second Half-Flotilla 11DF

• Flotilla leader HMS “Kempenfelt”: Commander Harold (Ernest) Sulivan, R.N. (Commander 2HF/11DF)
  

Third Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Marne”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieatenant-Commander George (Bibby) Hartford, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Milbrook”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant Charles (Granville) Naylor, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Manners”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Gerald (Cartmell) Harrison, R.N.
  

Fourth Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Moon”
  Yarrow M class destroyer
  The Yarrow M class was a class of ten destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. They were generally similar to the standard Admiralty M class, but were instead designed by the builder, Yarrow & Company. Generally, they had two instead of three shafts, as well as two...
  
  : Commander (Acting) William (Dion) Irvin, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mounsey”
  Yarrow M class destroyer
  The Yarrow M class was a class of ten destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. They were generally similar to the standard Admiralty M class, but were instead designed by the builder, Yarrow & Company. Generally, they had two instead of three shafts, as well as two...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Ralph (Vincent) Eyre, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Morning Star”
  Yarrow M class destroyer
  The Yarrow M class was a class of ten destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. They were generally similar to the standard Admiralty M class, but were instead designed by the builder, Yarrow & Company. Generally, they had two instead of three shafts, as well as two...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Hugh (Undecimus) Fletcher, R.N. destroyer)
  

Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla (12DF) (escorted 1st Battle Squadron), Scapa Flow

• Flotilla leader HMS “Faulknor”
  HMS Faulknor (1914)
  HMS Faulknor was a British destroyer of the First World War. She was purchased by the Royal Navy whilst still under construction in Britain for the Chilean Navy who had ordered her in 1912 as part of the Almirante Lynch class...
  
  : Captain (D) Anselan (John Buchanan) Stirling, R.N. (Commander 12DF)
  

First Half-Flotilla 12DF


First Division 12DF

• Destroyer HMS “Obedient”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Commander George (William McOran) Campbell, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mindful”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander John (Jackson Cuthbert) Ridley, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Marvel”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Reginald (Watkins) Grubb, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Onslaught”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Gerald) Onslow, D.S.C., R.N.
  

Second Division 12DF

• Destroyer HMS “Maenad”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Commander John (Pelham) Champion, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Narwhal”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Victor) Hudson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nessus”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Eric (Quentin) Carter, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Noble”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Percy) Boxer, R.N.
  

Second Half-Flotilla 12DF

• Flotilla leader “HMS Marksman”: Commander Norton (Allen) Sulivan, R.N. (Commander 2HF/12DF)
• Destroyer HMS “Opal”
  HMS Opal (1915)
  HMS Opal was an Admiralty M class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War following her construction at Sunderland in 1915...
  
  : Commander Charles (Geoffrey Coleridge) Sumner, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nonsuch”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Herbert (Inglis Nigel) Lyon, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Menace”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Astley) Poignand, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Munster”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Spencer (Francis) Russell, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mary Rose”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Edwin (Anderson) Homan, R.N.
  

Third Battle Cruiser Squadron (3BCS) (temporarily attached to Grand Fleet in place of 5BS)

Commander 3BCS: Rear-Admiral the Honourable Horace (Lambert Alexander) Hood

Horace Hood

Rear Admiral the Honourable Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood KCB, DSO, MVO was a British Royal Navy admiral of the First World War, whose lengthy and distinguished service saw him engaged in operations around the world, frequently participating in land campaigns as part of a shore brigade...

 KCB, DSO, MVO

• Battle cruiser HMS “Invincible”
  HMS Invincible (1907)
  HMS Invincible was a battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class of three, and the first battlecruiser to be built by any country in the world. She participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in a minor role as she was the oldest and slowest of the British battlecruisers...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3BCS): Captain Arthur (Lindesay) Cay, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Inflexible”: Captain Edward (Henry Fitzhardinge) Heaton-Ellis, M.V.O., R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Indomitable”
  HMS Indomitable (1907)
  HMS Indomitable was an of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war. She tried to hunt down the German ships Goeben and Breslau in the Mediterranean when war broke out and bombarded Turkish fortifications protecting the Dardanelles even...
  
  : Captain Francis (William) Kennedy, R.N.
  

• Light cruiser HMS “Canterbury”
  HMS Canterbury (1915)
  HMS Canterbury was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers. Unlike the rest of the subclass, Canterbury was armed with six torpedo tubes instead of the usual four....
  
   (attached from 5LCS): Captain Percy (Molyneux Rawson) Royds
  Percy Royds
  Admiral Sir Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds CB CMG ADC was a British admiral and politician.Royds was born in Rochdale, the son of Ernest Royds and the older brother of Charles Royds, also later an admiral. He was educated at Eastman's School in Southsea, a naval school, and joined HMS Britannia,...
  
  , R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Chester”
  HMS Chester (1915)
  HMS Chester was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, and one of two ships forming the Birkenhead subtype. Along with her sister ship, HMS Birkenhead, she was originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914 and was to be named Lambros Katsonis...
  
   (attached from 3LCS): Captain Robert (Neale) Lawson, R.N.
  

• Destroyer HMS “Ophelia”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
   (attached from 4th DF): Commander Lewis (Gonne Eyre) Crabbe, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Christopher”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
   (etc.): Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax (Moresby) Kerr, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Shark”
  HMS Shark (1912)
  HMS Shark, was an Acasta-class destroyer built in 1912 and sunk during the Battle of Jutland on the evening of 31 May 1916.-Construction:She was built at the Wallsend yard of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson and launched on 30 July 1912...
  
   (etc.): Commander Loftus (William) Jones
  Loftus William Jones
  Commander Loftus William Jones VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
  
  , R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Acasta”
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
   (etc.): Lieutenant-Commander John (Ouchterlony) Barren, R.N.
  

Battle Cruiser Fleet (BCF)

Commanding the Battle Cruiser Fleet: Vice-Admiral Sir David (Richard) Beatty

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO was an admiral in the Royal Navy...

, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.

Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Captain Rudolf (Walter) Bentinck

Rudolph Bentinck

Admiral Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck KCB KCMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.-Naval career:Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Bentinck joined the Royal Navy in 1882...

Flag Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Commander the Honourable Reginald (Aylmer Ranfurly) Plunkett, R.N.

Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Ralph (Frederick) Seymour, R.N.

Flagship (in company with 1BCS)

• Battle cruiser HMS “Lion”
  HMS Lion (1910)
  HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, which were nicknamed the "Splendid Cats". They were significant improvements over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour...
  
   (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF): Captain (Flag Captain) Alfred (Ernie Montacute) Chatfield, C.V.O., R.N.
  

First Battle Cruiser Squadron (1BCS), Rosyth

Commander 1BCS: Rear-Admiral Osmond de (Beauvior) Brock

Osmond Brock

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Osmond de Beauvoir Brock KCB, KCMG, KCVO was a Royal Navy officer.-Naval career:Brock was the eldest son of Commander Osmond de Beauvoir Brock of Guernsey and he joined the Navy in 1882. Appointed midshipman in 1886, he passed for Lieutenant with first classes in every...

, C.B.

• Battle cruiser HMS “Princess Royal”
  HMS Princess Royal (1911)
  HMS Princess Royal was the second of two s built for the Royal Navy before World War I. Designed in response to the s of the German Navy, the ships significantly improved on the speed, armament, and armour of the preceding...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1BCS): Captain Walter (Henry) Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O., R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Queen Mary”
  HMS Queen Mary
  HMS Queen Mary was a battlecruiser built by the British Royal Navy before World War I, the sole member of her class. She was similar to the s, though she differed in details from her half-sisters. She was the last battlecruiser completed before the war and participated in the Battle of Heligoland...
  
  : Captain Cecil (Irby) Prowse, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Tiger”
  HMS Tiger (1913)
  The 11th HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1913. Tiger was the most heavily armoured battlecruiser of the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War although she was still being finished when the war began...
  
  : Captain Henry (Bertram) Pelly, M.V.O., R.N. (Commodore 2nd class)
  

Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (2BCS), Rosyth

Commander 1BCS: Rear-Admiral. William (Christoper) Pakenham, C.B., M.V.O.

• Battle cruiser HMS “New Zealand”
  HMS New Zealand (1911)
  HMS New Zealand was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire. Launched in 1911, the ship's construction was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain, and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2BCS): Captain John (Frederick Ernest) Green
  John Green (Royal Navy officer)
  John Green CB became Chaplain of the Fleet; Director General, Naval Chaplaincy Service and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy in March 2006.He was born on 14 August 1953 and educated at North East London Polytechnic. From 1974 to 1980 he was a Project Engineer with Thorn Lighting Ltd...
  
  , R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Indefatigable”
  HMS Indefatigable (1909)
  HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her class. Her keel was laid down in 1909 and she was commissioned in 1911...
  
  : Captain Charles (Fitzgerald) Sowerby, R.N.
  

First Light Cruiser Squadron (1LCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Galatea”
  HMS Galatea (1914)
  HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 14 May, 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard....
  
   (pennant to Commodore Commanding 1LCS): Commodore 1st class Edwyn (Sinclair) Alexander-Sinclair
  Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair
  Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, GCB, MVO was a British Royal Navy officer, notable for firing the first shots of the Battle of Jutland, and for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia and Latvia in 1918-19.-Naval career:Born in Malta and...
  
  , M.V.O. (Commander 1LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Phaeton”
  HMS Phaeton (1914)
  HMS Phaeton was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 21 October 1914 at Vickers Limited shipyard.On being commissioned, she was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and between February and March 1915 was operating in the Dardanelles in support of...
  
  : Captain John (Ewen) Cameron
  John Cameron (Royal Navy officer)
  Admiral John Ewen Cameron CB MVO was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.-Naval career:...
  
  , M.V.O., R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Inconstant”
  HMS Inconstant (1914)
  HMS Inconstant was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 6 July, 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard....
  
  : Captain Bertram (Sackville) Thesiger, C.M.G., R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Cordelia”
  HMS Cordelia (1914)
  HMS Cordelia was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Caroline group of the C-class of cruisers.She was laid down in July 1913, launched 23 February 1914 and commissioned into the navy in January 1915...
  
  : Captain Tufton (Percy Hamilton) Beamish, R.N.
  

Second Light Cruiser Squadron (2LCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Southampton”
  HMS Southampton (1912)
  HMS Southampton was a Royal Navy warship that served in the First World War.Southampton was one of the third batch of "Town" class light cruisers, her sister ships were Dublin and Chatham...
  
   (pennant to Commodore Commanding 2LCS): Commodore 1st class William (Edmund) Goodenough, M.V.O., AdC. (Commander 2LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Birmingham”
  HMS Birmingham (1913)
  HMS Birmingham was lead ship of the Birmingham group of three ships of the "Town" class of light cruisers built by the Royal Navy. Her sister ships were and...
  
  : Captain Arthur (Allan Morison) Duff, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Nottingham”
  HMS Nottingham (1913)
  The fifth HMS Nottingham was launched in 1913 and commissioned in 1914. A light Town class light cruiser of , in length and a complement of 401 men, she had thick armour plating and was armed with nine guns, one 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun and two torpedo tubes...
  
  : Captain Charles (Blois) Miller, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Dublin”: Captain Albert (Charles) Scott
  Albert Charles Scott
  Albert Charles Scott CBE , was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy.Scott was born in 1872 and was educated at Burgoyne House Academy. He subsequently entered the Royal Navy....
  
  , R.N.
  

Third Light Cruiser Squadron (3LCS), Rosyth

Commander 1BCS: Rear-Admiral Trevylyan (Dacres Willes) Naper, M.V.O.

• Light cruiser HMS “Falmouth”
  HMS Falmouth (1910)
  HMS Falmouth was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 20 September 1910 from the yards of William Beardmore and Company. She was part of the Weymouth subgroup.She saw action in a number of major naval engagements of the war...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3LCS): Captain John (Douglas) Edwards, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Yarmouth”
  HMS Yarmouth (1911)
  HMS Yarmouth was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 12 April 1911 from the yards of the London & Glasgow Co. She was part of the Weymouth subgroup....
  
  : Captain Thomas (Drummond) Pratt, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Birkenhead”
  HMS Birkenhead (1915)
  HMS Birkenhead was one of two Town class light cruisers originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914. She was to be named Antinavarchos Kountouriotis after Vice Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis. The order was placed with Cammell Laird and production continued for the Greek account after the outbreak...
  
  : Captain Edward Reeves, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Gloucester”
  HMS Gloucester (1909)
  HMS Gloucester was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 28 October 1909 from the yards of William Beardmore and Company. She formed part of the Bristol subgroup....
  
  : Captain William (Frederick) Blunt, D.S.O., R.N.
  

• Seaplane tender HMS “Engadine”
  HMS Engadine (1911)
  HMS Engadine was a seaplane tender which served in the First World War. She was built as a Folkestone-Boulogne ferry by William Denny and Brothers, launched on 23 September 1911 and named after the Engadine valley in Switzerland...
  
   (4 Short Type 184 seaplanes) (Rosyth): Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Gwillim) Robinson, R.N.
  

Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla (13 DF) (escorted 1BCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Champion”
  HMS Champion (1915)
  HMS Champion was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy.Eight light cruisers were ordered for the Royal Navy in the 1913 budget. The six ships of the Caroline class used conventional direct drive turbine engines but two, Champion and Calliope had experimental engine designs using geared...
  
  : Captain James (Uchtred) Farie, R.N. (Commander 13DF)
  

First Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Obdurate”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Cecil (Henry Hulton) Sams, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nerissa”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Montague (George Bentinck) Legge, R.N.
• Destroyer TMS “Termagant”
  Talisman class destroyer
  The Talisman class were a class of destroyers that were being built for the Turkish Navy at the outbreak of World War I but were taken over in November 1914 and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service...
  
   (attached from 10DF, Harwich Force): Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert (Patrick) Blake, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Moresby”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
   (detached to escort HMS “Engadine”): Lieutenant-Commander Roger (Vincent) Alison, R.N.
  

Second Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Nestor”
  HMS Nestor (1915)
  HMS Nestor, launched on 9 October 1915, was an . She served in the 13th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet and was sunk on 31 May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland...
  
  : Commander the Honourable Edward (Barry Stewart) Bingham
  Edward Bingham
  Rear Admiral The Honourable Edward Barry Stewart Bingham VC, OBE served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in engaging the German fleet during the Battle of Jutland.Bingham, the son of Lord Clanmorris, entered the Royal Navy in 1895...
  
  , R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nomad”
  HMS Nomad (1916)
  HMS Nomad, built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, and launched on 7 February 1916, was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield and briefly served in the 13th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nicator”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant Jack (Ernest Albert) Mocatta, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Onslow”
  HMS Onslow (1916)
  HMS Onslow was an M class destroyer launched on 15 February 1916, completed by 15 April 1916 and sold for breaking up on 26 October 1921. During the First World War, her captain was John Tovey, ....
  
   (detached to escort HMS “Engadine”): Lieutenant-Commander John (Cronyn) Tovey, R.N.
  

Third Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Narborough”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Corlett, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Pelican”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth (Adair) Beattie, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Petard”
  HMS Petard (1916)
  HMS Petard was an Admiralty M class destroyer built by Denny for the Royal Navy, commenced 5 July 1915 and launched on 24 March 1916. She saw service during the First World War...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Evelyn (Claude Ogilvie) Thomson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Turbulent”
  HMS Turbulent (1916)
  HMS Turbulent, launched on 5 January 1916, was a Talisman-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. The vessel was originally have to been named HMS Ogre, but was renamed whilst under construction, on 15 February 1915....
  
   (attached from 10DF, Harwich Force): Lieutenant-Commander Dudley Stuart, R.N.
  

Attached Harwich Destroyers (escorted 2BCS)


First Division

• Destroyer HMS “Lydiard”
  HMS Lydiard (1914)
  HMS Lydiard was a Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 26 February 1914.She served in World War I with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, and fought at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916...
  
   (from 9DF): Commander Malcolm (Lennon) Goldsmith, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Liberty”
  Laforey class destroyer (1913)
  The Laforey class was a class of 22 torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy, twenty of which were built under the Naval Programme of 1912 - 1913 and a further two under the War Emergency Programme of 1914. As such they were the last pre-war British destroyer design. All served during World War I...
  
   (from 9DF): Lieutenant-Commander Philip (Wilfred Sidney) King, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Landrail”
  Laforey class destroyer (1913)
  The Laforey class was a class of 22 torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy, twenty of which were built under the Naval Programme of 1912 - 1913 and a further two under the War Emergency Programme of 1914. As such they were the last pre-war British destroyer design. All served during World War I...
  
   (from 9DF): Lieutenant-Commander Francis (Edward Henry Graham) Hobart, R.N.
  

Second Division

• Destroyer HMS “Moorsom”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
   (from 10DF): Commander John (Coombe) Hodgson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Laurel”
  Laforey class destroyer (1913)
  The Laforey class was a class of 22 torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy, twenty of which were built under the Naval Programme of 1912 - 1913 and a further two under the War Emergency Programme of 1914. As such they were the last pre-war British destroyer design. All served during World War I...
  
   (from 9DF): Lieutenant Henry (Dawson Crawford) Stanistreet, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Morris”
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
   (from 10DF): Lieutenant-Commander Edward (Sidney) Graham, R.N.
  

Fifth Battle Squadron (5BS) (temporarily attached BCF), Rosyth, from Scapa Flow

Commander 5BS: Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas

Hugh Evan-Thomas

Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas GCB, KCMG, MVO was a British Royal Navy officer.During World War I he commanded the 5th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, flying his flag in HMS Barham, and fought at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916.-Background:Evan-Thomas' family came from...

, M.V.O.

• Battle ship HMS “Barham”
  HMS Barham (1914)
  HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1914...
  
   (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 5BS): Captain Arthur (William) Craig, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Valiant”
  HMS Valiant (1914)
  HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. She was laid down at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan on 31 January 1913 and launched on 4 November 1914...
  
  : Captain Maurice Woollcombe, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Warspite”
  HMS Warspite (1913)
  HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. During World War II Warspite gained the nickname "The Grand Old Lady" after a comment made by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in 1943....
  
  : Captain Edward (Montgomery) Phillpotts, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Malaya”
  HMS Malaya (1915)
  HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the British Royal Navy, built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company at High Walker and launched in March 1915...
  
  : Captain the Honourable Algernon (Douglas Edward Harry) Boyle
  Algernon Boyle
  Admiral The Hon. Sir Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle KCB CMG MVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.-Naval career:...
  
  , C.B., M.V.O., R.N.
  

First Destroyer Flotilla (1DF) (part, attached from GF, in company with 5BS), Rosyth, from Scapa Flow

• Scout cruisers HMS “Fearless”
  HMS Fearless (1912)
  HMS Fearless was an Active-class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 12 June 1912.On commissioning she was assigned to the Harwich Force with her sisters, and was the leader of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla...
  
  : Captain Charles (Donnison) Roper, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Defender”
  HMS Defender (1911)
  HMS Defender was an Acheron-class destroyer which was built in 1911, served throughout World War I and was broken up in 1921. She was the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Laurence (Reynolds) Palmer, R.N.
  

First Division 1DF

• Destroyer HMS “Acheron”
  HMS Acheron (1911)
  HMS Acheron was the name ship of the Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named after the River Acheron, believed in Greek Mythology to be a branch of the River Styx...
  
  : Commander Charles (Gordon) Ramsey, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ariel”
  HMS Ariel (1911)
  HMS Ariel was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during the First World War and sank in 1918 after striking a mine...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Grendon) Tippet, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Attack”
  HMS Attack (1911)
  HMS Attack was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during the First World War and was sunk in 1917 in the Mediterranean by a German U-Boat...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Herbert Neill) James, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Hydra”
  HMS Hydra (1912)
  HMS Hydra was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1912, fought throughout World War I and was sold for breaking in 1921.-Pennant Numbers:-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant Francis (George) Glossop, R.N.
  

Second Division

• Destroyer HMS “Badger”: Commander Charles Albert Fremantle, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Lizard”
  HMS Lizard (1911)
  HMS Lizard was an Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named for the Lizard peninsula in the county of Cornwall in England. and was the twelfth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.-Pennant numbers:-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Edward Brooke, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Goshawk”
  HMS Goshawk (1911)
  HMS Goshawk was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the sixth Royal Navy ship to be named after the bird of prey, Accipiter gentilis.-Construction:...
  
  : Commander Dashwood (Fowler) Moir, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Lapwing”
  HMS Lapwing (1911)
  HMS Lapwing was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named after vanellus vanellus, the Northern Lapwing.-Construction:...
  
  : Lieutenant-Commander Alexander (Hugh) Gye, R.N.
  

German forces

(on German language)

Hochseeflotte

High Seas Fleet

The High Seas Fleet was the battle fleet of the German Empire and saw action during World War I. The formation was created in February 1907, when the Home Fleet was renamed as the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful enough to...

Hochseestreitkräfte

Chef der Hochseeflotte und Hochseestreitkräfte:Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer

Reinhard Scheer

Reinhard Scheer was an Admiral in the German Kaiserliche Marine. Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet; he progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battleships, as well as major staff positions on land. At the outbreak of World War I, Scheer was the commander of the II...

Chef der Stabes: Kapitän zur See Adolf von Trotha

Adolf von Trotha

Adolf von Trotha was a German admiral in the Kaiserliche Marine from Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia.-Family:...

Chef der Operationsabteilung: Kapitän zur See Magnus von Levezow

III. Geschwader

Geschwaderchef: Konteradmiral Paul Behncke

Paul Behncke

Paul Behncke was a German admiral during the First World War, most notable for his command of the Third Battle Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet during the Battle of Jutland....

2. Admiral: Konteradmiral Hermann Nordmann

1. Admiralstabsoffizier: Korvettenkapitän Freiherr Ernst von Gagern

5. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “König”
  SMS König
  SMS König"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the first of four König class dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy during World War I. König was named in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who was the king of Prussia as well as the German Emperor...
  
   (Geschwaderflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Friedrich Brüninghaus
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Großer Kurfürst”: Kapitän zur See Ernst Goette
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Kronprinz”
  SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
  SMS Kronprinz"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the last battleship of the four-ship of the German Imperial Navy. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 21 February 1914. She was formally commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 8 November 1914, just over 4...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Constanz Feldt
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Markgraf”
  SMS Markgraf
  SMS Markgraf"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was the third battleship of the four-ship . She served in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 4 June 1913...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Karl Seiferling
  

6. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Kaiser”
  SMS Kaiser
  SMS Kaiser has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:* SMS Kaiser , a Kaiser class armored frigate* SMS Kaiser , a Kaiser-class battleship which served through World War I...
  
   (Divisionflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Freiherr Walter von Keyserlingk
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Prinzregent Luitpold”
  SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
  SMS Prinzregent Luitpold "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fifth and final vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Prinzregent Luitpolds keel was laid in October 1910 at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Karl Heuser
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Kaiserin”
  SMS Kaiserin
  SMS Kaiserin "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Kaiserins keel was laid in November 1910 at the Howaldtswerke dockyard in Kiel. She was launched on 11 November 1911 and was commissioned into the fleet on 15 May 1913...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Karl Sievers
  

Flaggschiff

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Friedrich der Große”
  SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911)
  SMS Friedrich der Grosse "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the second vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Friedrich der GrossesOr Große in German, with a "sharp S"; see ß...
  
   (Flottenflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Theodor Fuchs
  

I. Geschwader

Geschwaderchef: Vizeadmiral Eberhardt Schmidt

2. Admiral: Konteradmiral Walter Engelhart

1. Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Wegener

1. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Ostfriesland”
  SMS Ostfriesland
  SMS Ostfriesland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the second vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Named for the region of East Frisia, Ostfrieslands keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven...
  
   (Geschwaderflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Thüringen”
  SMS Thüringen
  SMS Thüringen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Thüringens keel was laid in November 1908 at the AG Weser dockyard in Bremen. She was launched on 27 November 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 July 1911...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Hans Küsel
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Helgoland”
  SMS Helgoland
  SMS Helgoland ,"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" the lead ship of her class, was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy. Helgolands design represented an incremental improvement over the preceding , including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns, from 28 cm ...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Friedrich von Kameke
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Oldenburg”
  SMS Oldenburg
  There were two ships in the German Imperial Navy with the name SMS Oldenburg, both named after the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg:*SMS Oldenburg *SMS Oldenburg...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Wilhelm Höpfner
  

2. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Posen”
  SMS Posen
  SMS Posen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four battleships in the , the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy...
  
   (Divisionflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Richard Lange
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Rheinland”
  SMS Rheinland
  SMS Rheinland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four Nassau-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy . Rheinland mounted twelve main guns in six twin turrets in an unusual hexagonal arrangement...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Heinrich Rohardt
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Nassau”
  SMS Nassau
  SMS Nassau"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial German Navy, a response to the launching of the British battleship HMS Dreadnought in 1906...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Robert Kühne
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Westfalen”
  SMS Westfalen
  SMS Westfalen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of the s, the first four dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy. Westfalen was laid down at AG Weser in Bremen on 12 August 1907, launched nearly a year later on 1 July 1908, and commissioned into the...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Johannes Redlich
  

II. Geschwader

Geschwaderchef: Konteradmiral Franz Mauve

2. Admiral: Konteradmiral Freiherr Gottfried von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels

1. Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Willy Kahlert

3. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Deutschland”
  SMS Deutschland (1904)
  SMS Deutschland was the first of five Deutschland class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1903 and 1906. She was named after the German name for Germany, and built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, where she was launched on 20 November 1904...
  
   (Geschwaderflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Hugo Meurer
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Hessen”
  SMS Hessen
  SMS Hessen"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She was laid down in 1902, launched the following year, and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in 1905. She was named after the state of Hesse. Her sister ships...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Rudolf Bartels
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Pommern”
  SMS Pommern
  SMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the Prussian province of Pomerania, she was built at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin, where she was laid down on 22 March 1904 and launched on 2 December...
  
  : Kapitän zur See Siegfried Bölken
  

4. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Hannover”
  SMS Hannover
  SMS Hannover was the second of five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy . Hannover and the three subsequently constructed ships differed slightly in both design and construction from the lead ship in their propulsion systems and slightly thicker armor...
  
   (Divisionflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Wilhlem Heine
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Schlesien”: Kapitän zur See Friedrich Behncke
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Schleswig-Holstein”: Kapitän zur See Eduard Varrentrapp
  

IV. Aufklärungsgruppe

Gruppenchef: Kapitän zur See und Kommodore Ludwig von Reuter

Ludwig von Reuter

Ludwig von Reuter was a German admiral during World War I, who commanded the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet when it was interned at Scapa Flow at the end of the war. On 21 June 1919 he ordered the scuttling of the fleet to prevent the British from seizing the ships.-Early life:Reuter was...

Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Weber

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Stettin”
  SMS Stettin
  SMS Stettin was a Königsberg class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine. Laid down at AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard in 1906, she was launched on 7 March 1907, and commissioned on 29 July 1907. The ship served in European waters during World War I, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in...
  
   (Gruppeflaggschiff): Fregattenkapitän Friedrich Rebensburg
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “München”: Korvettenkapitän Oscar Böcker
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Frauenlob”
  SMS Frauenlob
  SMS Frauenlob was a Gazelle-class light cruiser in the German Imperial Navy. She was the second ship of that name, after a schooner launched in 1853.-History:Frauenlob was built at A.G. Weser in Bremen...
  
  : Fregattenkapitän Georg Hoffman
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Stuttgart”: Fregattenkapitän Max Hagedorn
  

Unterseeboots-Flottillen

Führer der Unterseeboote: Kapitän zur See Hermann Bauer

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Hamburg” (Flottillenführerschiff): Korvettenkapitän Gerhard von Gaudecker
  

Torpedoboots-Flottillen

I. Führer der Torpedoboote: Kapitän zur See und Kommodore Andreas Michelsen

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Rostock”
  SMS Rostock
  SMS Rostock was a light cruiser of the built by the German Kaiserliche Marine . She had one sister ship, ; the ships were very similar to the previous s. The ship was laid down in 1911, launched in November 1912, and completed by February 1914...
  
   (Führerschiff): Fregattenkapitän Otto Feldmann
  

1. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Conrad Albrecht

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 39”
  SMS G39
  SMS G39 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 15th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was commissioned in August 1915...
  
   (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Franz-Ferdinand von Loefen
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 40”
  SMS G40
  SMS G40 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 16th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was launched in February 1915.-Service:...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Richard Beitzen
  Richard Beitzen
  Kapitänleutnant Richard Beitzen was a German Naval officer killed in World War I. He was the commander of the 14th Torpedo boat flotilla, in torpedo boat G.87, which ran into a British minefield in the North Sea. He died leading his flotilla out. The German destroyer Z4 was named Richard Beitzen...
  
  
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 38”
  SMS G38
  SMS G38 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 14th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was launched in December 1914.-Service:...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Hermann Metger
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 32”: Kapitänleutnant Hermann Froelich
  

III. Flottille

Flottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Hollmann

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 53” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Götting
  

5. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Theophil Gautier

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 71” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich Ulrich
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 73”: Kapitänleutnant Martin Delbrück
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 88”: Kapitänleutnant Hans Scabell
  

4. Halbflottille

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 54” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Otto Karlowa (Halbflottillenchef)
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 48”
  SMS V48
  SMS V48 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 24th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in August 1915...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Eckoldt
  Friedrich Eckoldt
  Kapitanleutenant Friedrich Eckoldt was a German naval officer killed during World War I. He commanded torpedo boat V48 which was sunk during the Battle of Jutland...
  
  
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 42”
  SMS G42
  SMS G42 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 18th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was laid down in February 1915...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Bernd von Arnim
  Bernd von Arnim
  Kapitänleutnant Bernd von Arnim was a German naval officer killed during World War I. He was killed in action with Royal Navy forces aboard torpedo boat SMS G42 during the Battle of Dover Strait. The World War II German destroyer Z11 was named Bernd von Arnim in his honour.-External links:* at...
  
  
  

V. Flottille

Flottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Oskar Heinekke

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 11” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Adolf Müller
  

9. Halbflottille

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 2” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Hoefer (Halbflottillenchef)
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 4”: Kapitänleutnant Armin Barop
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 6”: Oberleutnant zur See Hans Behrendt
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 1”: Oberleutnant zur See Hans Röthig
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 3”: Kapitänleutnant Manfred von Killinger
  

10. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Klein

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 8” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Rodenberg
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 5”: Oberleutnant zur See Paul Tils
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 7”: Kapitänleutnant Johannes Weinecke
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 9”: Kapitänleutnant Hans Anschütz
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 10”: Oberleutnant zur See Waldemar Haumann
  

VII. Flottille

Flottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Gottlieb von Koch

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 24” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Max Fink
  

13. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Georg von Zitzewitz

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 15” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Christian Schmidt
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 17”: Kapitänleutnant Hans-Joachim von Puttkammer
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 20”: Kapitänleutnant Albert Benecke
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 16”: Kapitänleutnant Walter Loeffler
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 18”: Kapitänleutnant Bruno Haushalter
  

14. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Hermann Cordes

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 19” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Georg Reimer
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 23”: Kapitänleutnant Arthur von Killinger
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 189”: Oberleutnant zur See Wilhelm Keil
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 186”: Kapitänleutnant Freiherr Wedig von Keyserlingk
  

Aufklärungsstreitkräfte

I. Aufklärungsgruppe

Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte: Vizeadmiral Franz Hipper

1. Admiralstabsoffizier: Korvettenkapitän Erich Raeder

Erich Raeder

Erich Johann Albert Raeder was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank—that of Großadmiral — in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Alfred von Tirpitz...

• Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “” (Gruppeflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Victor Harder
• Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “”: Kapitän zur See Johannes Hartog
• Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “”: Kapitän zur See Moritz von Egidy
• Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “”: Kapitän zur See Johannes von Karpf
• Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “”: Kapitän zur See Hans Zenker
  

II. Aufklärungsgruppe

Gruppenchef: Konteradmiral Friedrich Boedicker

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Frankfurt”
  SMS Frankfurt
  SMS Frankfurt was a Wiesbaden class light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy. Construction of the ship started before World War I, but she was not completed until after hostilities began. She was laid down at the Kiel Navy dockyard in January 1913 and launched in 1915.-Dimensions and...
  
   (Gruppeflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Thilo von Trotha
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Elbing”
  SMS Elbing
  The SMS Elbing was a German Pillau class light cruiser, named after the East Prussian city of Elbing. Intended for the Russian navy under the name Admiral Newelski , the ship was built at F. Schichau-Werft in Danzig in 1913-1914...
  
  : Fregattenkapitän Rudolf Madlung
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Pillau”
  SMS Pillau
  SMS Pillau was a German light cruiser in World War I. She and her sistership SMS Elbing were originally ordered from German shipyards by the Russian Navy, but were confiscated at the outbreak of war and taken over by the German Navy...
  
  : Fregattenkapitän Konrad Mommsen
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Wiesbaden”
  SMS Wiesbaden
  SMS Wiesbaden was the lead ship of the Wiesbaden-class of light cruisers of the German Imperial Navy in World War I, the other being the Frankfurt-Specifications:...
  
  : Fregattenkapitän Fritz Reiß
  

Torpedoboots-Flottillen

II. Führer der Torpedoboote: Kapitän zur See und Kommodore Paul Heinrich

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Regensburg”
  SMS Regensburg
  SMS Regensburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a light cruiser built for the German Imperial Navy by AG Weser in Bremen shortly before World War I. She was laid down in 1912, launched on 25 April 1914, and completed by 3 January 1915. Regensburg...
  
   (Führerschiff):Fregattenkapitän Bruno Heuberer
  

II. Flottille

Flottillenchef: Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Schuur

• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 98” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Theodor Hengstenberg
  

3. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Boest

• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “G 101”(Halbflottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Schulte
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “G 102”: Kapitänleutnant von Barendorff (?)
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 112”: Kapitänleutnant August Claussen
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 97”: Kapitänleutnant Leo Riedel
  

4. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Adolf Dithmar

• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 109” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Victor Hahndorff
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 110”: Kapitänleutnant August Vollheim
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 111”: Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Schickhardt
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “G 103”: Kapitänleutnant Fritz Spiess
• Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “G 104”: Kapitänleutnant Georg von Bartenwerffer
  

Vl. Flottille

Flottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Max Schultz

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 41”
  SMS G41
  SMS G41 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 17th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was launched in April 1915...
  
   (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Hermann Boehm
  Hermann Boehm (admiral)
  Hermann Boehm was a German naval officer who rose to the rank of General Admiral during the Second World War.-Military service:...
  
  
  

11. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Rüman

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 44” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Karl von Holleuffer
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 87”: Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Karstens
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 86”: Kapitänleutnant Kurt Grimm
  

12. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Lahs

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 69” (Halbflottillenführerboot):Kapitänleutnant Robert Stecher
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 45”
  SMS V45
  SMS V45 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 21st ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Martin Laßmann
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 46”
  SMS V46
  SMS V46 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 22nd ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Bruno Krumhaar
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 50”: Kapitänleutnant Philipp Recke
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 37”
  SMS G37
  SMS G37 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 13th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Wolf von Trotha
  

IX. Flottille

Flottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Herbert Goehle

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 28” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Otto Lenssen
  

17. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Hermann Ehrhardt

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 27”(Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Hartmut Buddecke
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 26”: Kapitänleutnant Hans Köhler
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 36”
  SMS S36
  SMS S36 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 12th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by Schichau-Werke in Elbing, she was launched in October 1914...
  
  : Kapitänleutnant Franz Fischer
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 51”: Kapitänleutnant Werner Dette
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 52”: Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Ehrentraut
  

18. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Werner Tillessen

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 30” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Wolf
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 34”: Kapitänleutnant Otto Andersen
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 33”: Kapitänleutnant Waldemar von Münch
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 29”: Kapitänleutnant Erich Steinbrinck
  Erich Steinbrinck
  Kapitanleutenant Erich Steinbrinck was a German naval officer killed in action during World War I. He was commander of Torpedoboot V29 which was sunk during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916...
  
  
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 35”: Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Ihn
  Friedrich Ihn
  Kapitanleutenant Friedrich Ihn was a German naval officer killed in World War I. He died commanding the torpedo boat S35 during the Battle of Jutland. The Second World War German destroyer Z14 was named Friedrich Ihn in his honour.-External links:*...