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BRITISH FORCES



The Battle Fleet



  • 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)



  • 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)



  • 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)







  • 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)








  • Seaplane Carrier

  • --- ''Engadine'' (Lieutenant-Commander C.G. Robinson)



GERMAN FORCES



The Battle Fleet



  • 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)






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)