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Order of battle at Jutland

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

British forces

The Battle Fleet

• First Battle Squadron
  • HMS Marlborough (Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Capt. G.P. Ross)
    • battleship Iron Duke class (1914, 10-13.5"/343mm guns, 25000t)
  • HMS Revenge (Capt. E.B. Kiddle)
    • battleship R class (1916, 8-15"/381mm guns, 25750t)
  • HMS Hercules (Capt. L. Clinton-Baker)
    • battleship Colossus class (1911, 10-12"/305mm guns, 20000t)
  • HMS Agincourt (Capt. H.M. Doughty)
    • non-typical battleship (1914, 14-12"/305mm guns, 27500t)
  • HMS Colossus (Flagship of Rear Admiral E.F.A. Gaunt; Capt. A.D.P.R. Pound)
    • battleship Colossus class (1911, 10-12"/305mm guns, 20000t)
  • HMS Collingwood (Capt. J.C. Ley)
  • HMS St Vincent (Capt. W.W. Fisher)
    • battleships St Vincent class (1910, 10-12"/305mm guns, 19250t)
  • HMS Neptune (Capt. V.H.G. Bernard)
    • battleship Neptune class (1911, 10-12"/305mm guns, 19900t)

• Second Battle Squadron
  • HMS King George V (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram; Capt. F.L. Field)
  • HMS Ajax (Capt. G.H. Baird)
  • HMS Centurion (Capt. M. Culme-Seymour)
    • battleships King George V class (1913, 10-13.5"/343mm guns, 23000t)
  • HMS Erin (Capt. The Hon. V.A. Stanley)
    • non-typical battleship (1914, 10-13.5"/343mm guns, 23000t)
  • HMS Orion (Flagship of Rear Admiral A.C. Leveson; Capt. O. Backhouse)
  • HMS Monarch (Capt. G. H. Borrett)
  • HMS Conqueror (Capt. H. H. D. Tothill)
  • HMS Thunderer (Capt. J. A. Fergusson)
    • battleships Orion class (1912, 10-13.5"/343mm guns, 22500t)

• Fourth Battle Squadron
  • HMS Iron Duke (Fleet Flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe; Capt. F. C. Dreyer)
    • battleship Iron Duke class (1914, 10-13.5"/343mm guns, 25000t)
  • HMS Royal Oak (Capt. C. Maclachlan)
    • battleship R class (1916, 8-15"/381mm guns, 25750t)
  • HMS Superb (Flagship of Rear Admiral A. L. Duff; Capt. E. Hyde-Parker)
    • battleship Bellerophon class (1909, 10-12"/305mm guns, 18600t)
  • HMS Canada (Capt. W. C. M. Nicholson)
  • HMS Benbow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee; Capt. H. W. Parker)
    • battleship Iron Duke class (1914, 10-13.5"/343mm guns, 25000t)
  • HMS Bellerophon (Capt. E. F. Bruen)
  • HMS Temeraire (Capt. E. V. Underhill)
  • HMS Vanguard (Capt. J. D. Dick)
    • battleships Bellerophon class (1909, 10-12"/305mm guns, 18600t)

• Third Battlecruiser Squadron (temporarily attached to Grand Fleet)
  • HMS Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral The Hon. H.L.A. Hood ; Capt. A.L. Cay)
  • HMS Inflexible (Capt. E. H. F. Heaton-Ellis)
  • HMS Indomitable (Capt. F. W. Kennedy)
    • battlecruisers Invincible class (1908, 8-12"/305mm guns, 17250t)

• First Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
  • HMS Defence (Flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot; Capt. S. V. Ellis)
    • Minotaur class (1908, 4-9.2"/234mm guns + 10-7.5"/190mm guns, 14600t)
  • HMS Warrior (Capt. V. B. Molteno)
    • Warrior class (1907, 6-9.2"/234mm guns + 4-7.5"/190mm guns, 13550t)
  • HMS Duke of Edinburgh (Capt. H. Blackett)
  • HMS Black Prince (Capt. T. P. Bonham)
    • Duke of Edinburgh class (1905, 6-9.2"/234mm guns + 10-6"/152mm guns, 13550t)

• Second Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
  • HMS Minotaur (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. L. Heath; Capt. A.C.S.H. D'Aeth)
  • HMS Shannon (Capt. J. S. Dumaresq)
    • Minotaur class (1908, 4-9.2"/234mm guns + 10-7.5"/190mm guns, 14600t)
  • HMS Hampshire (Capt. H. J. Savill)
    •  ? class (1905, 4-7.5"/190mm guns + 6-6"/152mm guns, 10850t)
  • HMS Cochrane (Capt. E. La T. Leatham)
    • Warrior class (1907, 6-9.2"/234mm guns + 4-7.5"/190mm guns, 13550t)

• Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron
  • HMS Calliope (Commodore C. E. Le Mesurier)
  • HMS Constance (Capt. C. S. Townsend)
  • HMS Caroline (Capt. H. R. Crooke)
  • HMS Royalist (Capt. The Hon. H. Meade)
  • HMS Comus (Capt. A. G. Hotham)

• Attached light cruisers mainly for repeating signals between units of Battle Fleet
  • HMS Active (Capt. P. Withers)
  • HMS Bellona (Capt. A. B. S. Dutton)
  • HMS Blanche (Capt. J. M. Casement)
  • HMS Boadicea (Capt. L. C. S. Woollcombe)
  • HMS Canterbury (Capt. P. M. R. Royds)
  • HMS Chester (Capt. R.N. Lawson)

• Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
  • HMS Tipperary (Capt. C. J. Wintour)
  • HMS Acasta
  • HMS Achates
  • HMS Ambuscade
  • HMS Ardent
  • HMS Broke
  • HMS Christopher
  • HMS Contest
  • HMS Fortune
  • HMS Garland
  • HMS Hardy
  • HMS Midge
  • HMS Ophelia
  • HMS Owl

• • HMS Porpoise
  • HMS Shark
  • HMS Sparrowhawk
  • HMS Spitfire
  • HMS Unity

• Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla
  • HMS Castor (light cruiser) (Commodore J. R. P. Hawksley)
  • HMS Kempenfelt
  • HMS Magic
  • HMS Mandate
  • HMS Manners
  • HMS Marne
  • HMS Martial
  • HMS Michael
  • HMS Milbrook
  • HMS Minion
  • HMS Mons
  • HMS Moon
  • HMS Morning Star
  • HMS Mornsey
  • HMS Mystic
  • HMS Ossory

• Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla
  • HMS Faulknor (Capt. A. J. B. Stirling)
  • HMS Maenad
  • HMS Marksman
  • HMS Marvel
  • HMS Mary Rose
  • HMS Menace
  • HMS Mindful
  • HMS Mischief
  • HMS Munster
  • HMS Narwhal
  • HMS Nessus
  • HMS Noble
  • HMS Nonsuch
  • HMS Obedient
  • HMS Onslaught
  • HMS Opal

• Miscellaneous ships
  • HMS Abdiel (Minelayer)
  • HMS Oak (Destroyer tender to the fleet flagship)

The Battlecruiser Fleet

• Flagship
  • HMS Lion (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty; Capt. A. E. M. Chatfield)
    • battlecruiser Lion class (1912, 8-13.5"/343mm guns, 26270t)

• First Battlecruiser Squadron
  • HMS Princess Royal (Flagship of Rear Admiral O. de B. Brock; Capt. W. H. Cowan)
    • battlecruiser Lion class (1912, 8-13.5"/343mm guns, 26270t)
  • HMS Queen Mary (Capt. C.I. Prowse)
    • battlecruiser modified Lion class (1913, 8-13.5"/343mm guns, 27000t)
  • HMS Tiger (Capt. H. B. Pelly)
    • battlecruiser Tiger class (1914, 8 guns 343mm, 28500t)

• Second Battlecruiser Squadron
  • HMS New Zealand (Flagship of Rear Admiral W. C. Pakenham; Capt. J. F. E. Green)
  • HMS Indefatigable (Capt. C. F. Sowerby)
    • battlecruisers Indefatigable class (1911, 8-12"/305mm guns, 18800t)

• Fifth Battle Squadron (fast battleships - 23 knot - temporarily attached to the battlecruiser fleet)
  • HMS Barham (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. Evan-Thomas; Capt. A. W. Craig)
  • HMS Valiant (Capt. M. Woollcombe)
  • HMS Warspite (Capt. E.M. Philpotts)
  • HMS Malaya (Capt. The Hon. A.D.E.H. Boyle)
    • battleships Queen Elizabeth class (1915, 8-15"/381mm guns, 27500t)

• First Light Cruiser Squadron
  • HMS Galatea (Commodore E.S. Alexander-Sinclair)
  • HMS Phaeton (Capt. J.E. Cameron)
  • HMS Inconstant (Capt. B.S. Thesiger)
  • HMS Cordelia (Capt. T.P.H. Beamish)

• Second Light Cruiser Squadron
  • HMS Southampton (Commodore W.E. Goodenough)
  • HMS Birmingham (Capt. A.A.M. Duff)
  • HMS Nottingham (Capt. C.B. Miller)
  • HMS Dublin (Capt. A.C. Scott)

• Third Light Cruiser Squadron
  • HMS Falmouth (Flagship of Rear Admiral T.D.W. Napier; Capt. J.D. Edwards)
  • HMS Yarmouth (Capt. T.D. Pratt)
  • HMS Birkenhead (Capt. E. Reeves)
  • HMS Gloucester (Capt. W.F. Blount)

• First Destroyer Flotilla
  • HMS Fearless (light cruiser) (Capt. C.D. Roper)
  • HMS Acheron
  • HMS Ariel
  • HMS Attack
  • HMS Badger
  • HMS Defender
  • HMS Goshawk
  • HMS Hydra
  • HMS Lapwing
  • HMS Lizard

• Ninth and Tenth Destroyer Flotillas (combined)
  • HMS Lydiard (Commander M.L. Goldsmith)
  • HMS Landrail
  • HMS Laurel
  • HMS Liberty
  • HMS Moorsom
  • HMS Morris
  • HMS Termagent
  • HMS Turbulent

• Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla
  • HMS Champion (light cruiser) (Capt. J.U. Farie)
  • HMS Moresby
  • HMS Narborough
  • HMS Nerissa
  • HMS Nestor
  • HMS Nicator
  • HMS Nomad
  • HMS Obdurate
  • HMS Onslow
  • HMS Pelican
  • HMS Petard

• Seaplane Carrier
  • HMS Engadine

German forces

The Battle Fleet

• First Battle Squadron
  • Friedrich der Grosse (Fleet Flagship of Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer; Capt. T. Fuchs)
    • battleship Kaiser class (1912, 10-12"/305mm guns, 24330t)
  • Ostfriesland (Flagship of Vice Admiral E. Schmidt; Capt. von Natzmer)
  • Thüringen (Capt. H Küsel)
  • Helgoland (Capt. von Kameke)
  • Oldenburg (Capt. Höpfner)
    • battleships Ostfriesland class (1911, 12-12"/305mm guns, 22400t)
  • Posen (Flagship of Rear Admiral Engelhardt; Capt. Lange)
  • Rheinland (Capt. Rohardt)
  • Nassau (Capt. H. Klappenbach)
  • Westfalen (Capt. Redlich)
    • battleships Nassau class (1910, 12-11.1"/280mm guns, 18570t)

• Second Battle Squadron
  • Deutschland (Flagship of Rear Admiral Mauve; Capt. H. Meurer)
  • Pommern (Capt. Bölken)
  • Hannover (Flagship of Rear Admiral F. von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels; Capt. W. Heine)
  • Schlesien (Capt. F. Behncke)
  • Schleswig-Holstein (Capt. Barrentrapp)
    • pre-dreadnoughts Deutschland class (1906, 4-11.1"/280mm guns, 14200t)
  • Hessen (Capt. R. Bartels)
    • pre-dreadnought Braunschweig class (1904, 4-11.1"/280mm guns, 13200t)

• Third Battle Squadron
  • König (Flagship of Rear Admiral Paul Behncke; Capt. Brüninghaus)
  • Grosser Kurfürst (Capt. E. Goette)
  • Kronprinz Wilhelm (Capt. C. Feldt)
  • Markgraf (Capt. Seiferling)
    • battleships Koenig class (1914, 10-12"/305mm guns, 25390 t)
  • Kaiser (Flagship of Rear Admiral Nordmann; Capt. F. von Kayserlink)
  • Kaiserin (Capt. Sievers)
  • Prinz Regent Luitpold (Capt. K. Heuser)
    • battleships Kaiser class (1912, 10-12"/305mm guns, 24330t)

• Fourth Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)
  • Stettin (Broad pendant of Commodore von Reuter; Capt. F. Regensburg)
  • München (Capt. O. Böcker)
  • Hamburg (Commander von Gaudecker)
  • Frauenlob (Capt. G. Hoffmann)
  • Stuttgart (Capt. Hagedorn)

• Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)
  • Rostock (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Michelson; Capt. O. Feldmann)
  • First Flotilla (half) – 4 boats under Commander C. Albrecht in G39.
    • G39 (F.), G40, G38, S32
  • Third Flotilla – 7 boats under Captain Hollmann in S53.
  • Fifth Flotilla – 11 boats under Captain Heinecke in G11.
  • Seventh Flotilla – 9 boats under Captain von Koch in S24.

The Battlecruiser Force

• First Scouting Group (Battlecruisers)
  • Lützow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper; Capt. Harder)
  • Derfflinger (Capt. Hartog)
    • Derfflinger class (1914, 8-12"/305mm guns, 26200t)
  • Seydlitz (Capt. M. von Egidy)
    • Seydlitz class (1913, 10-11.1"/280mm guns, 25000t)
  • Moltke (Capt. von Karpf)
    • Moltke class (1912, 10-11.1"/280mm guns, 22600t)
  • Von der Tann (Capt. Hans Zenker)
    • Von der Tann class (1911, 8-11.1"/280mm guns, 19100t)

• Second Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)
  • Frankfurt (Flagship of Rear Admiral Bödicker; Capt. T. von Trotha)
  • Wiesbaden (Capt. Reiss)
  • Pillau (Capt. Mommsen)
  • Elbing (Capt. Madlung)

• Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)
  • Regensburg (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Heinrich; Capt. Heuberer)
  • Second Flotilla – 10 boats under Captain Schuur in B98.
  • Sixth Flotilla – 9 boats under Captain Schultz in G41.
  • Ninth Flotilla – 11 boats under Captain Goehle in V28.