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.

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

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

• Battle ship HMS “King George V” (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 2BS): Captain Frederick (Laurence) Field, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Ajax”: Captain George (Henry) Baird, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Centurion”: Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, 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” (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 2BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Oliver Backhouse, C.B., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Monarch”: Captain George (Holmes) Borrett, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Conqueror”: Captain Hugh (Henry Darby) Tothill, AdC., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Thunderer”: Captain James (Andrew) Fergusson, R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Boadicea” (attached 2BS): Captain Louis (Charles Stirling) Woollcombe, M.V.O., R.N.
  

Flagship (in company with 4BS)

• Battle ship HMS “Iron Duke” (flag to Admiral Commander-in-Chief GF): Captain Frederic (Charles) Dryer, C.B., R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Active” (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” (tender Fleet Flagship): Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Faviell, M.V.O., R.N.
  

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

• Battle ship HMS “Royal Oak”: Captain Crawford Maclachlan, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Superb” (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, R.N.
  

Fourth Division

• Battle ship HMS “Benbow” (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 4BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Henry Wise Parker, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Bellerophon”: Captain Edward (Francis) Bruen, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Temeraire”: Captain Edwin (Veale) Underhill, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Vanguard”: Captain James (Douglas) Dick, R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Blanche” (attached 4BS): Captain John (Moore) Casement, R.N.

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

• Battle ship HMS “Colossus” (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 1BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Alfred (Dudley Pickman Rogers) Pound, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Collingwood”: Captain James (Clement) Ley, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “St. Vincent”: Captain William (Wordsworth) Fisher, M.V.O., R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Neptune”: Captain Vivian (Henry Gerald) Bernard, R.N.

Sixth Division

• Battle ship HMS “Marlborough” (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”: Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Agincourt”: Captain Henry (Montagu) Doughty, R.N.
  

• Scout cruiser HMS “Bellona” (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” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1CS): Captain Stanley (Venn) Ellis, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Warrior”: Captain Vincent Barkly Molteno, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Duke of Edinburgh”: Captain Henry Blackett, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Black Prince”: Captain Thomas (Parry) Bonham, R.N.
  

Second Cruiser Squadron (2CS), Scapa Flow

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

• Armoured cruiser HMS “Minotaur” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2CS): Captain Arthur (Cloudesly Shoval Hughes) D'Aeth, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Hampshire”: Captain Herbert (John) Savill, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Shannon”: Captain John (Saumarez) Dumaresq, M.V.O., R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Cochrane”: Captain Eustace La (Trobe) Leatham, R.N.
  

Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron (4LCS), Scapa Flow

• Light cruiser HMS “Calliope” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 4LCS): Captain Charles (Edward) Le Mesurier, R.N. (Commodore 2nd class) (Commander 4LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Constance”: Captain Cyril (Samuel) Townsend, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Comus”: Captain Alan (Geoffrey) Hotham, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Caroline”: Captain (Henry) Ralph Crooke, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Royalist”: 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”: Lieutenant-Commander Clarence (Walter Eyre) Trelawney, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Sparrowhawk”: Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Hopkins, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Garland”: Lieutenant-Commander Reginald (Stannus) Goff, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Contest”: Lieutenant-Commander Ernald (Gilbert Hoskins) Master, R.N.
  

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

• Destroyer HMS “Midge”: Lieutenant-Commander James (Robert Carnegie) Cavendish, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mischief”: Lieutenant-Commander Honourable Cyril (Augustus) Ward, M.V.O., R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Hardy”: Commander Richard (Anthony Aston) Plowden, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Owl”: Commander Robert (Gerald) Hamond, R.N.
  

Second Half-Flotilla 4DF

Third Division 4DF

• Flotilla leader HMS “Broke”: Commander Walter (Lingen) Allen, R.N. (Commander 2HF/4DF)
• Destroyer HMS “Porpoise”: Commander Hugh (Davenport) Colville, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Unity”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Macaulay) Lecky, R.N.
  

Fourth Division 4DF

• Destroyer HMS “Achates”: Commander Reginald (Becher Caldwell) Hutchinson, D.S.C., R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ambuscade”: Lieutenant-Commander Gordon (Alston) Coles, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ardent”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Fortune”: Lieutenant-Commander Frank (Goodrich) Terry, R.N.
  

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

• Destroyer HMS “Ossory”: Commander Harold (Victor) Dundas, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Martial”: Lieutenant-Commander Julian Harrison, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Magic”: Lieutenant-Commander Gerald (Charles) Wynter, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Minion”: Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Clive) Rawlings, R.N.
  

Second Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Mystic”: Commander Claud (Finlinson) Allsup, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mons”: Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mandate”: Lieutenant-Commander Edward (McConnell Wyndham) Lawrie, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Michael”: 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”: Lieatenant-Commander George (Bibby) Hartford, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Milbrook”: Lieutenant Charles (Granville) Naylor, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Manners”: Lieutenant-Commander Gerald (Cartmell) Harrison, R.N.
  

Fourth Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Moon”: Commander (Acting) William (Dion) Irvin, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mounsey”: Lieutenant-Commander Ralph (Vincent) Eyre, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Morning Star”: Lieutenant-Commander Hugh (Undecimus) Fletcher, R.N. destroyer)
  

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

• Flotilla leader HMS “Faulknor”: Captain (D) Anselan (John Buchanan) Stirling, R.N. (Commander 12DF)
  

First Half-Flotilla 12DF

First Division 12DF

• Destroyer HMS “Obedient”: Commander George (William McOran) Campbell, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mindful”: Lieutenant-Commander John (Jackson Cuthbert) Ridley, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Marvel”: Lieutenant-Commander Reginald (Watkins) Grubb, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Onslaught”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Gerald) Onslow, D.S.C., R.N.
  

Second Division 12DF

• Destroyer HMS “Maenad”: Commander John (Pelham) Champion, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Narwhal”: Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Victor) Hudson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nessus”: Lieutenant-Commander Eric (Quentin) Carter, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Noble”: 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”: Commander Charles (Geoffrey Coleridge) Sumner, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nonsuch”: Lieutenant-Commander Herbert (Inglis Nigel) Lyon, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Menace”: Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Astley) Poignand, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Munster”: Lieutenant-Commander Spencer (Francis) Russell, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mary Rose”: 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 KCB, DSO, MVO

• Battle cruiser HMS “Invincible” (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”: Captain Francis (William) Kennedy, R.N.
  

• Light cruiser HMS “Canterbury” (attached from 5LCS): Captain Percy (Molyneux Rawson) Royds, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Chester” (attached from 3LCS): Captain Robert (Neale) Lawson, R.N.
  

• Destroyer HMS “Ophelia” (attached from 4th DF): Commander Lewis (Gonne Eyre) Crabbe, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Christopher” (etc.): Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax (Moresby) Kerr, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Shark” (etc.): Commander Loftus (William) Jones, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Acasta” (etc.): Lieutenant-Commander John (Ouchterlony) Barren, R.N.
  

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)

• Battle cruiser HMS “Lion” (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, C.B.

• Battle cruiser HMS “Princess Royal” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1BCS): Captain Walter (Henry) Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O., R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Queen Mary”: Captain Cecil (Irby) Prowse, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Tiger”: 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” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2BCS): Captain John (Frederick Ernest) Green, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Indefatigable”: Captain Charles (Fitzgerald) Sowerby, R.N.
  

First Light Cruiser Squadron (1LCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Galatea” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 1LCS): Commodore 1st class Edwyn (Sinclair) Alexander-Sinclair, M.V.O. (Commander 1LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Phaeton”: Captain John (Ewen) Cameron, M.V.O., R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Inconstant”: Captain Bertram (Sackville) Thesiger, C.M.G., R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Cordelia”: Captain Tufton (Percy Hamilton) Beamish, R.N.
  

Second Light Cruiser Squadron (2LCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Southampton” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 2LCS): Commodore 1st class William (Edmund) Goodenough, M.V.O., AdC. (Commander 2LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Birmingham”: Captain Arthur (Allan Morison) Duff, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Nottingham”: Captain Charles (Blois) Miller, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Dublin”: Captain Albert (Charles) Scott, R.N.
  

Third Light Cruiser Squadron (3LCS), Rosyth

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

• Light cruiser HMS “Falmouth” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3LCS): Captain John (Douglas) Edwards, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Yarmouth”: Captain Thomas (Drummond) Pratt, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Birkenhead”: Captain Edward Reeves, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Gloucester”: Captain William (Frederick) Blunt, D.S.O., R.N.
  

• Seaplane tender HMS “Engadine” (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”: Captain James (Uchtred) Farie, R.N. (Commander 13DF)
  

First Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Obdurate”: Lieutenant-Commander Cecil (Henry Hulton) Sams, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nerissa”: Lieutenant-Commander Montague (George Bentinck) Legge, R.N.
• Destroyer TMS “Termagant” (attached from 10DF, Harwich Force): Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert (Patrick) Blake, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Moresby” (detached to escort HMS “Engadine”): Lieutenant-Commander Roger (Vincent) Alison, R.N.
  

Second Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Nestor”: Commander the Honourable Edward (Barry Stewart) Bingham, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nomad”: Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nicator”: Lieutenant Jack (Ernest Albert) Mocatta, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Onslow” (detached to escort HMS “Engadine”): Lieutenant-Commander John (Cronyn) Tovey, R.N.
  

Third Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Narborough”: Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Corlett, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Pelican”: Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth (Adair) Beattie, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Petard”: Lieutenant-Commander Evelyn (Claude Ogilvie) Thomson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Turbulent” (attached from 10DF, Harwich Force): Lieutenant-Commander Dudley Stuart, R.N.
  

Attached Harwich Destroyers (escorted 2BCS)

First Division

• Destroyer HMS “Lydiard” (from 9DF): Commander Malcolm (Lennon) Goldsmith, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Liberty” (from 9DF): Lieutenant-Commander Philip (Wilfred Sidney) King, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Landrail” (from 9DF): Lieutenant-Commander Francis (Edward Henry Graham) Hobart, R.N.
  

Second Division

• Destroyer HMS “Moorsom” (from 10DF): Commander John (Coombe) Hodgson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Laurel” (from 9DF): Lieutenant Henry (Dawson Crawford) Stanistreet, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Morris” (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, M.V.O.

• Battle ship HMS “Barham” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 5BS): Captain Arthur (William) Craig, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Valiant”: Captain Maurice Woollcombe, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Warspite”: Captain Edward (Montgomery) Phillpotts, R.N.
• Battle ship HMS “Malaya”: Captain the Honourable Algernon (Douglas Edward Harry) Boyle, 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”: Captain Charles (Donnison) Roper, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Defender”: Lieutenant-Commander Laurence (Reynolds) Palmer, R.N.
  

First Division 1DF

• Destroyer HMS “Acheron”: Commander Charles (Gordon) Ramsey, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ariel”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Grendon) Tippet, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Attack”: Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Herbert Neill) James, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Hydra”: Lieutenant Francis (George) Glossop, R.N.
  

Second Division

• Destroyer HMS “Badger”: Commander Charles Albert Fremantle, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Lizard”: Lieutenant-Commander Edward Brooke, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Goshawk”: Commander Dashwood (Fowler) Moir, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Lapwing”: Lieutenant-Commander Alexander (Hugh) Gye, R.N.
  

German forces

(on German language)

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

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “König” (Geschwaderflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Friedrich Brüninghaus
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Großer Kurfürst”: Kapitän zur See Ernst Goette
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Kronprinz”: Kapitän zur See Constanz Feldt
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Markgraf”: Kapitän zur See Karl Seiferling
  

6. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Kaiser” (Divisionflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Freiherr Walter von Keyserlingk
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Prinzregent Luitpold”: Kapitän zur See Karl Heuser
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Kaiserin”: Kapitän zur See Karl Sievers
  

Flaggschiff

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Friedrich der Große” (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” (Geschwaderflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Thüringen”: Kapitän zur See Hans Küsel
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Helgoland”: Kapitän zur See Friedrich von Kameke
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Oldenburg”: Kapitän zur See Wilhelm Höpfner
  

2. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Posen” (Divisionflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Richard Lange
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Rheinland”: Kapitän zur See Heinrich Rohardt
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Nassau”: Kapitän zur See Robert Kühne
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Westfalen”: 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” (Geschwaderflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Hugo Meurer
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Hessen”: Kapitän zur See Rudolf Bartels
• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Pommern”: Kapitän zur See Siegfried Bölken
  

4. Division

• Linienschiff S.M.S. “Hannover” (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

Admiralstabsoffizier Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Weber

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Stettin” (Gruppeflaggschiff): Fregattenkapitän Friedrich Rebensburg
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “München”: Korvettenkapitän Oscar Böcker
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Frauenlob”: 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” (Führerschiff): Fregattenkapitän Otto Feldmann
  

1. Halbflottille

Halbflottillenchef: Kapitänleutnant Conrad Albrecht

• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 39” (Halbflottillenführerboot): Oberleutnant zur See Franz-Ferdinand von Loefen
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 40”: Kapitänleutnant Richard Beitzen
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 38”: 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”: Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Eckoldt
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 42”: Kapitänleutnant Bernd von Arnim
  

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

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Frankfurt” (Gruppeflaggschiff): Kapitän zur See Thilo von Trotha
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Elbing”: Fregattenkapitän Rudolf Madlung
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Pillau”: Fregattenkapitän Konrad Mommsen
• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “Wiesbaden”: Fregattenkapitän Fritz Reiß
  

Torpedoboots-Flottillen

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

• Kleiner Kreuzer S.M.S. “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” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Hermann Boehm
  

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”: Kapitänleutnant Martin Laßmann
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “V 46”: Kapitänleutnant Bruno Krumhaar
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “S 50”: Kapitänleutnant Philipp Recke
• Großtorpedoboot S.M.S. “G 37”: 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”: 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).
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• Captain Otto Groos, Der Krieg zur See, 1914-18. Der Krieg in der Nordsee vol.5 (Berlin: Mittler, 1925).
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• Professor Arthur Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow Vol.3: Jutland and After, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978); ISBN 0-19-215841-4.