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Order of battle at Jutland

This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Note: dates given are those of commissioning.

Summary

British German
Battleships (28 total)
4 x Queen Elizabeth
3 x Iron Duke
4 x Orion
3 x King George V
3 x Bellerophon
2 x Revenge
2 x Colossus
3 x St. Vincent
1 x Neptune
1 x Agincourt
1 x Erin
1 x Revenge
(16 total)
4 x Kaiser
4 x Helgoland
4 x Nassau
4 x Konig
Pre-Dreadnought Battleships   (6 total)
5 x Deutschland
1 x Braunschweig
Battlecruisers (9 total)
3 x Invincible
3 x Lion
2 x Indefatigable
1 x Tiger
(5 total)
3 x Derfflinger
1 x Moltke
1 x Von der Tann
Armoured Cruisers (8 total)
3 x Minotaur
2 x Warrior
2 x Duke of Edinburgh
1 x Devonshire
 
Light Cruisers 26 11
Destroyers 78 61

British forces

The Battle Fleet

The Battlecruiser Fleet

German forces

The Battle Fleet

  • First Battle Squadron (I. Geschwader)
    • Friedrich der Grosse (Fleet Flagship of Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer; Captain T. Fuchs; Kaiser-class battleship; 1912; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 24,330 tons)
    • Ostfriesland (Flagship of Vice Admiral E. Schmidt; Captain von Natzmer; Helgoland-class battleship; 1911; twelve 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 22,400 tons))
    • Thüringen (Captain H Küsel; Helgoland-class battleship)
    • Helgoland (Captain von Kameke; Helgoland-class battleship)
    • Oldenburg (Captain Höpfner; Helgoland-class battleship)
    • Posen (Flagship of Rear Admiral Engelhardt; Captain Lange; Nassau-class battleship; 1910; twelve 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 18,570 tons)
    • Rheinland (Captain Rohardt; Nassau-class battleship)
    • Nassau (Captain H. Klappenbach; Nassau-class battleship)
    • Westfalen (Captain Redlich; Nassau-class battleship)
  • Second Battle Squadron (II. Geschwader)
    • Deutschland (Flagship of Rear Admiral Mauve; Captain H. Meurer; Deutschland-class battleship; 1906; four 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 14,200 tons)
    • Pommern (Captain Bölken; Deutschland-class battleship; 1906)
    • Hannover (Flagship of Rear Admiral F. von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels; Captain W. Heine; Deutschland-class battleship)
    • Schlesien (Captain F. Behncke; Deutschland-class battleship)
    • Schleswig-Holstein (Captain Barrentrapp; Deutschland-class battleship)
    • Hessen (Captain R. Bartels; Braunschweig-class battleship; 1904; four 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 13,200 tons)
  • Third Battle Squadron (III. Geschwader)
  • Fourth Scouting Group (Light Cruisers) (IV. Aufklärungsgruppe)
  • Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)
    • Rostock (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Andreas Michelsen; Captain O. Feldmann)
  • First Half-Flotilla (Commander C. Albrecht in G39)
  • Third Flotilla (Captain Hollmann in S53)
  • Fifth Flotilla (Captain Heinecke in G11)
  • Seventh Flotilla (Captain von Koch in S24)

The Battlecruiser Force

  • First Scouting Group (Battlecruisers) (I. Aufklärungsgruppe)
    • Lützow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper; Captain Harder)
    • Derfflinger (Captain Hartog)
      • Derfflinger class; 1914; eight 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 26,200 tons)
    • Seydlitz (Captain M. von Egidy)
      • Seydlitz class; 1913; ten 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 25,000 tons)
    • Moltke (Captain von Karpf)
      • Moltke class; 1912; ten 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 22,600 tons)
    • Von der Tann (Captain Hans Zenker)
      • Von der Tann class; 1911; eight 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 19,100 tons)
  • Second Scouting Group (Light Cruisers) (II. Aufklärungsgruppe)
  • Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)
    • Regensburg (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Heinrich; Captain Heuberer)
  • Second Flotilla (Captain Schuur in B98)
  • Sixth Flotilla (Captain Schultz in G41)
  • Ninth Flotilla (Captain Goehle in V28)

References

Macintyre, Donald. Jutland Evans Brothers Ltd. 1957; ISBN: 0-330-20142-5

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