Order of battle at Jutland

Order of battle at Jutland
The British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland

This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

Note: dates given are those of commissioning.

Contents

Summary

Royal Navy German Navy
Dreadnoughts
(28 total)
4 × Queen Elizabeth 3 × Iron Duke
4 × Orion 3 × King George V
3 × Bellerophon 2 × Revenge
2 × Colossus 3 × St Vincent
1 × Neptune 1 × Agincourt
1 × Erin 1 × Canada
(16 total)
4 × Kaiser
4 × Helgoland
4 × Nassau
4 × König
Pre-Dreadnought
Battleships
(6 total)
5 × Deutschland
1 × Braunschweig
Battlecruisers
(9 total)
3 × Invincible
3 × Lion
2 × Indefatigable
1 × Tiger
(5 total)
2 × Derfflinger
1 × Seydlitz
1 × Moltke
1 × Von der Tann
Armoured
Cruisers
(8 total)
3 × Minotaur
2 × Duke of Edinburgh
2 × Warrior
1 × Devonshire
Smaller Ships
26 × Light Cruisers
79 × Destroyers (one of them Destroyer-Minelayer)
11 × Light Cruisers
61 × Destroyers

British forces

Royal Navy Ensign


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, 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, 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 (2BS), Cromarty

Commander 2BS: Vice-Admiral (Thomas Henry) Martyn Jerram, K.C.B.
Second-in-command 2BS: Rear-Admiral Arthur (Cavenagh) Leveson, C.B.

First Division

Second Division


Flagship (in company with 4BS)


Fourth Battle Squadron (4BS), Scapa Flow

Commander 4BS: Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick Charles) Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.
Flag Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding 4BS: Commander William (Mibourne) James, R.N.
Second-in-command 4BS: Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander (Ludovic) Duff, C.B., 1st Baronet, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.

Third Division

Fourth Division


First Battle Squadron (1BS), Scapa Flow

Second-in-command GF, Commander 1BS: Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, 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, C.M.G.

Fifth Division

Sixth Division


First Cruiser Squadron (1CS), Cromarty

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


Second Cruiser Squadron (2CS), Scapa Flow

Commander 2CS: Rear-Admiral Herbert (Leopold) Heath, M.V.O.


Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron (4LCS), Scapa Flow


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

First Half-Flotilla 4DF

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

Second Half-Flotilla 4DF

Third Division 4DF

Fourth Division 4DF


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

  • Light cruiser HMS “Castor (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

Second Division 11DF

Second Half-Flotilla 11DF

Third Division 11DF

Fourth Division 11DF


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

First Half-Flotilla 12DF

First Division 12DF

Second Division 12DF

Second Half-Flotilla 12DF


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

Commander 3BCS: Rear-Admiral the Honourable Horace (Lambert Alexander) Hood KCB, DSO, MVO


Battle Cruiser Fleet (BCF)

Commanding the Battle Cruiser Fleet: Vice-Admiral Sir David (Richard) Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.
Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Captain Rudolf (Walter) Bentinck
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)


First Battle Cruiser Squadron (1BCS), Rosyth

Commander 1BCS: Rear-Admiral Osmond de (Beauvior) Brock, C.B.


Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (2BCS), Rosyth

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


First Light Cruiser Squadron (1LCS), Rosyth


Second Light Cruiser Squadron (2LCS), Rosyth


Third Light Cruiser Squadron (3LCS), Rosyth

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



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

First Division 13DF

Second Division 13DF

Third Division 13DF


Attached Harwich Destroyers (escorted 2BCS)

First Division

Second Division


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

Commander 5BS: Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, M.V.O.

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

First Division 1DF

Second Division

German forces

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Hochseeflotte


Hochseestreitkräfte

Chef der Hochseeflotte und Hochseestreitkräfte:Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer
Chef der Stabes: Kapitän zur See Adolf von Trotha
Chef der Operationsabteilung: Kapitän zur See Magnus von Levezow


III. Geschwader

Geschwaderchef: Konteradmiral Paul Behncke
2. Admiral: Konteradmiral Hermann Nordmann
1. Admiralstabsoffizier: Korvettenkapitän Freiherr Ernst von Gagern

5. Division

6. Division


Flaggschiff


I. Geschwader

Geschwaderchef: Vizeadmiral Eberhardt Schmidt
2. Admiral: Konteradmiral Walter Engelhart
1. Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Wegener

1. Division

2. Division


II. Geschwader

Geschwaderchef: Konteradmiral Franz Mauve
2. Admiral: Konteradmiral Freiherr Gottfried von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels
1. Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Willy Kahlert

3. Division

4. Division


IV. Aufklärungsgruppe

Gruppenchef: Kapitän zur See und Kommodore Ludwig von Reuter
Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Weber


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


1. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Conrad Albrecht


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


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
  • Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “Lützow” (Gruppeflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Victor Harder
  • Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “Derfflinger”: Kapitän zur See Johannes Hartog
  • Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “Seydlitz”: Kapitän zur See Moritz von Egidy
  • Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “Moltke”: Kapitän zur See Johannes von Karpf
  • Großer Kreuzer S.M.S. “Von der Tann”: Kapitän zur See Hans Zenker


II. Aufklärungsgruppe

Gruppenchef: Konteradmiral Friedrich Boedicker


Torpedoboots-Flottillen

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


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

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


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: 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
  • Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 35: Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Ihn

References

  • Captain Donald Macintyre, Jutland, Evans Brothers Ltd. 1957; ISBN 0-330-20142-5
  • Lieutenant-Commander P.K. Kemp, H. M. Destroyers, (London: Herbert Jenkins, 1956).
  • Julian Corbett, Naval Operations Volume III, (London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1923).
  • V. E. Tarrant, Jutland: the German perspective, (London, Cassell & Co., 1995); ISBN 0-304-35848-7.
  • Captain Otto Groos, Der Krieg zur See, 1914-18. Der Krieg in der Nordsee vol.5 (Berlin: Mittler, 1925).
  • Commander H. H. Frost, The Battle of Jutland, (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1936); ISBN 0-87021-098-X.
  • Professor Arthur Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow Vol.3: Jutland and After, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978); ISBN 0-19-215841-4.

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