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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.
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British forces
The Battle Fleet
- First Battle Squadron
- 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)
- 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
- King George V (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram; Captain F. L. Field; King George V-class battleship; 1913; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 23,000 tons)
- Ajax (Captain G. H. Baird; King George V-class battleship; 1913)
- Centurion (Captain M. Culme-Seymour; King George V-class battleship)
- Erin (Captain the Honourable V. A. Stanley; non-typical battleship; 1914; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 23,000 tons)
- Orion (Flagship of Rear Admiral A. C. Leveson; Captain O. Backhouse)
- Monarch (Captain G. H. Borrett; Orion-class battleship; 1912; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 22,500 tons)
- Conqueror (Captain H. H. D. Tothill; Orion-class battleship)
- Thunderer (Captain J. A. Fergusson; Orion-class battleship)
- Fourth Battle Squadron
- Iron Duke (Fleet Flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe; Captain F. C. Dreyer; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 25,000 tons)
- Royal Oak (Captain C. Maclachlan; Revenge-class battleship; 1916; eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns, 25,750 tons)
- Superb (Flagship of Rear Admiral A. L. Duff; Captain E. Hyde-Parker; Bellerophon-class battleship; 1909; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 18,600 tons)
- Canada (Captain W. C. M. Nicholson; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914)
- Benbow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee; Captain H. W. Parker; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914)
- Bellerophon (Captain E. F. Bruen; Bellerophon-class battleship)
- Temeraire (Captain E. V. Underhill; Bellerophon-class battleship)
- Vanguard (Captain J. D. Dick; Bellerophon-class battleship)
- Third Battlecruiser Squadron (temporarily attached to Grand Fleet)
- Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral the Honourable H. L. A. Hood ; Captain A. L. Cay; Invincible-class battlecruiser; 1908; eight 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 17,250 tons)
- Inflexible (Captain E. H. F. Heaton-Ellis; Invincible-class battlecruiser)
- Indomitable (Captain F. W. Kennedy; Invincible-class battlecruiser)
- First Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
- Defence (Flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot; Captain S. V. Ellis; Minotaur-class cruiser; 1908; four 9.2 inch (230 mm) guns + ten 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns, 14,600 tons)
- Warrior (Captain V. B. Molteno; Warrior-class cruiser; 1907; six 9.2 inch (230 mm) guns + four 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns, 13,550 tons)
- Duke of Edinburgh (Captain H. Blackett; Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser; 1905; six 9.2 inch (230 mm) guns + ten 6 inch (200 mm) guns, 13,550 tons)
- Black Prince (Captain T. P. Bonham; Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser; 1905)
- Second Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
- Minotaur (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. L. Heath; Captain A. C. S. H. D'Eath; Minotaur-class cruiser; 1908; four 9.2 inch (230 mm) guns + ten 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns, 14,600 tons)
- Shannon (Captain J. S. Dumaresq; Minotaur-class cruiser; 1908)
- Hampshire (Captain H. J. Savill; Devonshire-class cruiser; 1905; four 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns + six 6 inch (200 mm) guns, 10,850 tons)
- Cochrane (Captain E. La T. Leatham; Warrior-class cruiser; 1907; six 9.2 inch (230 mm) guns + four 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns, 13,550 tons)
- Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron
- Calliope (Commodore C. E. Le Mesurier)
- Constance (Captain C. S. Townsend)
- Caroline (Captain H. R. Crooke)
- Royalist (Captain the Honourable H. Meade)
- Comus (Captain A. G. Hotham)
- Attached light cruisers mainly for repeating signals between units of Battle Fleet
- Active (Captain P. Withers)
- Bellona (Captain A. B. S. Dutton)
- Blanche (Captain J. M. Casement)
- Boadicea (Captain L. C. S. Woollcombe)
- Canterbury (Captain P. M. R. Royds)
- Chester (Captain R. N. Lawson)
- Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
- Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla
- Castor (light cruiser) (Commodore J. R. P. Hawksley)
- Kempenfelt
- Magic
- Mandate
- Manners
- Marne
- Martial
- Michael
- Milbrook
- Minion
- Mons
- Moon
- Morning Star
- Mounsey
- Mystic
- Ossory
- Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla
- Faulknor (Captain A. J. B. Stirling)
- Maenad
- Marksman
- Marvel
- Mary Rose
- Menace
- Mindful
- Mischief
- Munster
- Narwhal
- Nessus
- Noble
- Nonsuch
- Obedient
- Onslaught
- Opal
- 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
- New Zealand (Flagship of Rear Admiral W. C. Pakenham; Captain J. F. E. Green; Indefatigable-class battlecruiser; 1911; eight 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 18,800 tons)
- Indefatigable (Captain C. F. Sowerby; Indefatigable-class battlecruiser)
- 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
- Galatea (Commodore E. S. Alexander-Sinclair)
- Phaeton (Captain J. E. Cameron)
- Inconstant (Captain B. S. Thesiger)
- Cordelia (Captain T. P. H. Beamish)
- Second Light Cruiser Squadron
- Southampton (Commodore W. E. Goodenough)
- Birmingham (Captain A. A. M. Duff)
- Nottingham (Captain C. B. Miller)
- Dublin (Captain A. C. Scott)
- Third Light Cruiser Squadron
- Falmouth (Flagship of Rear Admiral T. D. W. Napier; Captain J. D. Edwards)
- Yarmouth (Captain T. D. Pratt)
- Birkenhead (Captain E. Reeves)
- Gloucester (Captain W. F. Blount)
- First Destroyer Flotilla
- Fearless (light cruiser) (Captain C. D. Roper)
- Acheron
- Ariel
- Attack
- Badger
- Defender
- Goshawk
- Hydra
- Lapwing
- Lizard
- Ninth and Tenth Destroyer Flotillas (combined)
- Lydiard (Commander M. L. Goldsmith)
- Landrail
- Laurel
- Liberty
- Moorsom
- Morris
- Termagent
- Turbulent
- Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla
- Champion (light cruiser) (Captain J. U. Farie)
- Moresby
- Narborough
- Nerissa
- Nestor
- Nicator
- Nomad
- Obdurate
- Onslow
- Pelican
- Petard
- Seaplane Carrier
German forces
The Battle Fleet
- First Battle Squadron
- 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; Ostfriesland-class battleship; 1911; twelve 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 22,400 tons))
- Thüringen (Captain H Küsel; Ostfriesland-class battleship)
- Helgoland (Captain von Kameke; Ostfriesland-class battleship)
- Oldenburg (Captain Höpfner; Ostfriesland-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
- 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
- König (Flagship of Rear Admiral Paul Behncke; Captain Brüninghaus; König-class battleship; 1914; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 25,390 tons)
- Grosser Kurfürst (Captain E. Goette; König-class battleship)
- Kronprinz Wilhelm (Captain C. Feldt; König-class battleship)
- Markgraf (Captain Seiferling; König-class battleship)
- Kaiser (Flagship of Rear Admiral Nordmann; Captain F. von Kayserlink; Kaiser-class battleship; 1912; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 24,330 tons)
- Kaiserin (Captain Sievers; Kaiser-class battleship)
- Prinz Regent Luitpold (Captain K. Heuser; Kaiser-class battleship)
- Fourth Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)
- Stettin (Broad pendant of Commodore von Reuter; Captain F. Regensburg)
- München (Captain O. Böcker)
- Hamburg (Commander von Gaudecker)
- Frauenlob (Captain G. Hoffmann)
- Stuttgart (Captain Hagedorn)
- Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)
- Rostock (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Michelson; Captain O. Feldmann)
- First Flotilla (half) – 4 boats under Commander C. Albrecht in G39: 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; 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)
- Frankfurt (Flagship of Rear Admiral Bödicker; Captain T. von Trotha)
- Wiesbaden (Captain Reiss)
- Pillau (Captain Mommsen)
- Elbing (Captain Madlung)
- Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)
- Regensburg (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Heinrich; Captain 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.
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