This is the complete
order of battle for the
Battle of Jutland in 1916. Note: dates given are those of
commissioning.
Summary
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British
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German
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Battleships
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(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
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(16 total)
4 x Kaiser
4 x Helgoland
4 x Nassau
4 x Konig
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Pre-Dreadnought Battleships
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(6 total)
5 x Deutschland
1 x Braunschweig
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Battlecruisers
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(9 total)
3 x Invincible
3 x Lion
2 x Indefatigable
1 x Tiger
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(5 total)
3 x Derfflinger
1 x Moltke
1 x Von der Tann
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Armoured Cruisers
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(8 total)
3 x Minotaur
2 x Warrior
2 x Duke of Edinburgh
1 x Devonshire
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Light Cruisers
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26
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11
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Destroyers
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78
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61
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British forces
The Battle Fleet
- First Battle Squadron
- Sixth Division
- Marlborough (Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Captain G. P. Ross; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 25,000 tons)
- Revenge (Captain E. B. Kiddle; Revenge-class battleship; 1916; eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns, 25,750 tons)
- Hercules (Captain L. Clinton-Baker; Colossus-class battleship; 1911; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 20,000 tons)
- Agincourt (Captain H. M. Doughty; non-typical battleship; 1914; fourteen 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 27,500 tons)
- Fifth Division
- Colossus (Flagship of Rear Admiral E. F. A. Gaunt; Captain A. D. P. R. Pound; Colossus-class battleship; 1911; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 20,000 tons)
- Collingwood (Captain J. C. Ley; St Vincent-class battleship; 1910; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 19,250 tons)
- St. Vincent (Captain W. W. Fisher; St Vincent-class battleship; 1910)
- Neptune (Captain V. H. G. Bernard; Neptune-class battleship; 1911; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 19,900 tons)
- Second Battle Squadron
- Fourth Battle Squadron
- Third Battlecruiser Squadron (temporarily attached to Grand Fleet)
- First Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
- Second Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
- Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron
- Attached light cruisers mainly for repeating signals between units of Battle Fleet
- Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
- Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla
- Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla
- Miscellaneous ships
- Abdiel (Minelayer)
- Oak (Destroyer tender to the fleet flagship)
The Battlecruiser Fleet
- Flagship
- Lion (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty; Captain A. E. M. Chatfield; Lion-class battlecruiser; 1912; eight 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 26,270 tons)
- First Battlecruiser Squadron
- Princess Royal (Flagship of Rear Admiral O. de B. Brock; Captain W. H. Cowan; Lion-class battlecruiser; 1912; eight 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 26,270 tons)
- Queen Mary (Captain C. I. Prowse; Lion-class battlecruiser; 1913; eight 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 27,000 tons)
- Tiger (Captain H. B. Pelly; Tiger-class battlecruiser; 1914; 8 guns 343mm, 28,500 tons)
- Second Battlecruiser Squadron
- Fifth Battle Squadron (fast battleships — 23 knots (43 km/h) — temporarily attached to the battlecruiser fleet)
- Barham (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. Evan-Thomas; Captain A. W. Craig; Queen Elizabeth class battleship; 1915; eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns, 27,500 tons)
- Valiant (Captain M. Woollcombe; Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
- Warspite (Captain E. M. Philpotts; Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
- Malaya (Captain the Honourable A. D. E. H. Boyle; Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
- First Light Cruiser Squadron
- Second Light Cruiser Squadron
- Third Light Cruiser Squadron
- First Destroyer Flotilla
- Ninth and Tenth Destroyer Flotillas (combined)
- Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla
- Seaplane Carrier
- Engadine (Lieutenant-Commander C.G. Robinson)
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