The

Battle of Jutland The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of the Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy ...

was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916, in the waters of the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

, between forces of the

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and

Imperial German Navy The Imperial German Navy or the Imperial Navy () was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for coast defence. Wilhel ...

. The battle involved 250 warships, and, in terms of combined

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of vessels engaged, was the

largest naval battle in history The "largest naval battle in history" is a disputed title between adherents of varying criteria which include the numbers of personnel and/or vessels involved in the naval battle, the total displacement of the vessels involved and sometimes the s ...

. The engagement was the result of the high commands of the two nations' eagerness to give their publics a victory in contrast to the stalemate on the ground in Western Europe (the

Battle of Verdun The Battle of Verdun (french: Bataille de Verdun ; german: Schlacht um Verdun ) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north ...

had been underway for three months at the time the opposing fleets sortied). Both navies had plans to lure the other's

battlecruiser The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attr ...

s into a trap where they could be defeated by a superior force of

battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1880s to describe a type of ...

s. In the event, the battle had no impact on the course of the war and victory was claimed by both sides.

Summary

Ships present

* The British capital ships carried a larger weight of broadside— compared to —than the German ones. * The German Navy's torpedo boats were of similar size and function to the destroyers in the Royal Navy, and are often referred to as such.

Losses

* Number in parentheses indicates date of loss (31st May or 1st June)

Abbreviations

Officers killed in action are indicated thus: Abbreviations for officers’ ranks (German ranks translated according to current NATO practice): : Adm /

Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

: VAdm / Vice-admiral :

Vizeadmiral (abbreviated VAdm) is a senior naval flag officer rank in several German-speaking countries, equivalent to Vice admiral. Austria-Hungary In the Austro-Hungarian Navy there were the flag-officer ranks ''Kontreadmiral'' (also spelled ''Kont ...

/ VAdm : RAdm /

Rear-admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarded ...

Konteradmiral ''Konteradmiral'', abbreviated KAdm or KADM, is the second lowest naval flag officer rank in the German Navy. It is equivalent to '' Generalmajor'' in the '' Heer'' and ''Luftwaffe'' or to '' Admiralstabsarzt'' and ''Generalstabsarzt'' in the '' ...

/ KAdm : Cdre /

Commodore Commodore may refer to: Ranks * Commodore (rank), a naval rank ** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom ** Commodore (United States) ** Commodore (Canada) ** Commodore (Finland) ** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore'' * Air commodore ...

Kommodore (pronounced ''kom-o-'dor-eh'') was the highest senior officer rank () in the German ''Kriegsmarine'', comparable to commodore in anglophone naval forces. There was no counterpart in the German '' Heer'' and'' Luftwaffe'', but ''Kommodore'' wou ...

/ Kom : Capt /

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

Kapitän zur See Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain. Equivalent ranks worldwide include ...

/ KptzS : Cdr /

Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

Fregattenkapitän Fregattenkapitän, short: FKpt / in lists: FK, () is the middle field officer rank () in the German Navy. Address In line with ZDv 10/8, the official manner of formally addressing military personnel holding the rank of ''Fregattenkapitän'' (O ...

/ FKpt : Lt Cdr /

Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...

Korvettenkapitän () is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies. Austro-Hungary Belgium Germany Korvettenkapitän, short: KKpt/in lists: KK, () is the lowest senior officer rank () in the German Navy. Address The offici ...

/ KKpt : Lt /

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Kapitänleutnant ''Kapitänleutnant'', short: KptLt/in lists: KL, ( en, captain lieutenant) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group () of the German Bundeswehr. The rank is rated OF-2 in NATO, and equivalent to Hauptmann in the Heer and ...

/ KptLt : SLt /

Sub-lieutenant Sub-lieutenant is usually a junior officer rank, used in armies, navies and air forces. In most armies, sub-lieutenant is the lowest officer rank. However, in Brazil, it is the highest non-commissioned rank, and in Spain, it is the second high ...

Oberleutnant zur See ''Oberleutnant zur See'' (''OLt zS'' or ''OLZS'' in the German Navy, ''Oblt.z.S.'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'') is traditionally the highest rank of Lieutenant in the German Navy. It is grouped as OF-1 in NATO. The rank was introduced in the Imper ...

/ OLtzS Other abbreviations : Frhr:

Freiherr (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...

/ title in the Prussian nobility equivalent to

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) : SMS:

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/ German; translation: His Majesty's Ship) : the Hon.:

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Royal Navy

Grand Fleet

''Began sortie from Scapa Flow 9.30pm 28 May''
The

Grand Fleet The Grand Fleet was the main battlefleet of the Royal Navy during the First World War. It was established in August 1914 and disbanded in April 1919. Its main base was Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. History Formed in August 1914 from the ...

Corbett, ''Naval Operations Vol. III'
Appendix A
was the main body of the British Home Fleets in 1916, based at

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in the Orkney Islands and Invergordon on the

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in Scotland. : Commander-in-chief, Grand Fleet: Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, in HMS ''Iron Duke'' : Second in Command, Grand Fleet: Vice-admiral Sir Cecil Burney, in HMS ''Marlborough'' :: Chief of Staff: VAdm Sir Charles Edward Madden, ::

Captain of the Fleet In the Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries a captain of the fleet could be appointed to assist an admiral when the admiral had ten or more ships to command. The equivalent post was called fleet captain in the U.S. Navy of the 18th and 19th ...

: Cdre

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, C.B., C.M.G., AdC. ::

Master of the Fleet In the Royal Navy, the rank of master of the fleet denoted the sailing master of a fleet flagship, or the senior sailing master in a fleet. History Examples include John Bowen (master of the fleet during the Glorious First of June 1794), Ian ...

: Capt Oliver Elles Leggett :: flag lieutenants: Cdr the Hon. Matthew Robert Best, M.V.O., Cdr Charles Morton Forbes, Cdr Alexander Raill Wadham, Cdr Richard Lindsay Nicholson

Battleships

: 2nd Battle Squadron (battleships)
: Vice-Admiral Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram
:: ''Sortied from Cromarty Firth; rendevoused with Jellicoe's force around noon 31 May'' :: 1st Division: VAdm Jerram ::: (

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): Capt Frederick Field ::: : Capt George Henry Baird ::: : Capt Michael Culme-Seymour ::: : Capt the Hon.

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:: 2nd Division: RAdm Arthur Leveson ::: (flagship): Capt

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::: : Capt

George Borrett Admiral George Holmes Borrett, CB (10 March 1868 – 10 June 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the First World War, commanding a battleship at the Battle of Jutland, and later rising to the rank of admiral. Early life ...

::: : Capt Hugh Tothill ::: : Capt James Fergusson : Fleet Flagship (at head of 3rd Division but not part of 4th Battle Squadron) :: : Capt

Frederic Charles Dreyer Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, (8 January 1878 – 11 December 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy. A gunnery expert, he developed a fire control system for British warships, and served as flag captain to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at th ...

: 4th Battle Squadron (battleships)
: Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet : Flag commander: Cdr

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:: 3rd Division: RAdm Sir Alexander Duff ::: : Capt Crawford Maclachlan ::: (flagship): Capt Edmond Hyde Parker ::: : Capt William Nicholson :: 4th Division: VAdm Sturdee ::: (flagship): Capt Henry Wise Parker ::: : Capt

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::: : Capt

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::: : Capt James Douglas Dick : 1st Battle Squadron (battleships)
: Admiral Sir Cecil Burney : Chief of Staff: Cdre Percy Grant : Flag lieutenant: Lt Cdr James Buller Kitson
:: 5th Division: RAdm

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::: (flagship): Capt

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::: : Capt James Clement Ley ::: : Capt

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::: Capt Vivian Bernard :: 6th Division: VAdm Burney ::: (flagship): Capt George Parish Ross ::: : Capt Edward Buxton Kiddle ::: : Capt

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::: : Capt

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Cruisers

Armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince - IWM Q 75294

: 1st Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)
: Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet :: (flagship): Capt Stanley Venn Ellis :: : Capt Vincent Barkly Molteno :: : Capt Henry Blackett :: : Capt Thomas Parry Bonham : 2nd Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers) : Rear-Admiral Herbert Leopold Heath :: (flagship): Capt Arthur Cloudesley Shovel Hughes D'Aeth :: : Capt Herbert John Savill :: : Capt

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:: : Capt Eustace La Trobe Leatham : 4th Light Cruiser Squadron : Commodore Charles Edward Le Mesurier :: : Cdre Le Mesurier :: : Capt Cyril Samuel Townsend :: : Capt Alan Geoffrey Hotham :: : Capt Henry Ralph Crooke :: : Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade : Light cruisers attached for repeating visual signals :: : Capt Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe (attached to 2nd B.S.) :: : Capt Percy Withers (attached to Fleet Flagship) :: : Capt John Moore Casement (attached to 4th B.S.) :: : Capt

Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton Vice-Admiral the Honourable Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton, (11 September 1876 – 29 September 1932) was a Royal Navy officer who served during World War I, and was Captain-Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard from 1922 to 1924. Background Dutto ...

(attached to 1st B.S.) : Other ships under direct command of the Commander-in-Chief :: : Cdr

Berwick Curtis Vice-Admiral Berwick Curtis CB CMG DSO & Bar (9 October 1876 – 9 May 1965) was a British Royal Navy officer. Curtis was educated at HMS ''Britannia'' and was commissioned sub-lieutenant in May 1896. He was promoted lieutenant in Decemb ...

(destroyer-minelayer) :: : Lt Cdr Douglas Faviell (destroyer)

Destroyers

4th Destroyer Flotilla The British 4th Destroyer Flotilla , or Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, was a naval formation of the Royal Navy from August 1909 to July 1951. History In 1907 the Home Fleet had a large formation of destroyers called the Home Fleet Flotilla of destr ...

: Captain Charles John Wintour : (flotilla leader): Capt Wintour :: First half-flotilla / 4th D.F. ::: : Lt Cdr Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawney ::: : Lt Cdr Sydney Hopkins ::: : Lt Cdr Reginald Stannus Goff ::: : Lt Cdr Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master ::: Group 8 / 4th D.F. :::: : Cdr Robert Gerald Hamond :::: : Cdr Richard Anthony Aston Plowden :::: : Lt Cdr the Hon. Cyril Augustus Ward (from 12th D.F.) :::: : Lt Cdr James Robert Carnegie Cavendish :: Second half-flotilla / 4th D.F. ::: (flotilla leader): Cdr Walter Lingen Allen ::: 3rd Division / 4th D.F. :::: : Cdr Hugh Davenport Colville :::: : Lt Cdr Arthur Macaulay Lecky ::: 4th Division / 4th D.F. :::: : Cdr Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson, D.S.C. :::: : Lt Cdr Gordon Alston Coles :::: : Lt Cdr Arthur Marsden :::: : Lt Cdr Frank Goodrich Terry :

11th Destroyer Flotilla The British 11th Destroyer Flotilla, or Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, was a naval formation of the Royal Navy from August 1915 to September 1945. History World War One The 11th Destroyer Flotilla was formed in August 1915 and was assigned to the ...

: Commodore Hawksley :: (light cruiser) :: First half-flotilla / 11th D.F. ::: 1st Division / 11th D.F. :::: : Cdr Harold Victor Dundas :::: : Lt Cdr Julian Harrison :::: : Lt Cdr Gerald Charles Wynter :::: : Lt Cdr Henry Clive Rawlings ::: 2nd Division / 11th D.F. :::: : Cdr Claud Finlinson Allsup :::: : Lt Cdr Robert Makin :::: : Lt Cdr Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie :::: : Lt Cdr Claude Lindsay Bate :: Second half-flotilla/11th D.F. ::: (flotilla leader): Cdr Harold Ernest Sulivan ::: 3rd Division / 11th D.F. :::: : Lt Cdr George Bibby Hartford :::: : Lt Charles Granville Naylor :::: : Lt Cdr Gerald Cartmell Harrison ::: 4th Division / 11th D.F. :::: : Cdr (Acting) William Dion Irvin :::: : Lt Cdr Ralph Vincent Eyre :::: : Lt Cdr Hugh Undecimus Fletcher : 12th Destroyer Flotilla : Captain Anselan John Buchanan Stirling :: (flotilla leader): Capt Stirling :: First half-flotilla / 12th D.F.
::: 1st Division / 12th D.F. :::: : Cdr George William McOran Campbell :::: : Lt Cdr John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley :::: : Lt Cdr Reginald Watkins Grubb :::: : Lt Cdr Arthur Gerald Onslow ::: 2nd Division / 12th D.F. :::: : Cdr John Pelham Champion :::: : Lt Cdr Henry Victor Hudson :::: : Lt Cdr Eric Quentin Carter :::: : Lt Cdr Henry Percy Boxer :: Second half-flotilla / 12th D.F.: Cdr Norton Allen Sulivan ::: (flotilla leader): Cdr Norton Allen Sulivan ::: : Cdr Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner ::: : Lt Cdr Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon ::: : Lt Cdr Charles Astley Poignand ::: : Lt Cdr Spencer Francis Russell ::: : Lt Cdr Edwin Anderson Homan

3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron

This squadron, temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet from the Battle Cruiser Fleet, was stationed ahead of the main body, with the intention that it join Beatty when the action began.
Rear-Admiral The Hon. Horace Lambert Alexander Hood : Battlecruisers :: (flagship): Capt Arthur Lindesay Cay :: : Capt Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis :: : Capt

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: Accompanying cruisers :: : Capt Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds :: : Capt Robert Neale Lawson : Attached destroyers :: : Cdr Loftus William Jones :: : Cdr Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe (Admiralty M class) :: : Lt Cdr Fairfax Moresby Kerr :: : Lt Cdr John Ouchterlony Barron

Battle Cruiser Fleet

This force of high-speed ships was subordinate to the Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, but operated independently as an advanced guard, intended to reconnoiter aggressively the enemy fleet and to engage enemy scouting forces. At its core were six

s, accompanied by 13 light cruisers, and escorted by 18 destroyers and an early aircraft carrier.
''Sortied from Firth of Forth soon after 6.00pm 30 May''
Vice-Admiral Sir David Richard Beatty in HMS ''Lion'' : Chief of Staff: Capt Rudolf Walter Bentinck : Flag lieutenants: Cdr the Hon. Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett, Lt Cdr Ralph Frederick Seymour

Battlecruisers

: : (flagship) Capt Alfred Chatfield : 1st Battlecruiser Squadron: RAdm

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, :: (flagship): Capt Walter Henry Cowan, :: : Capt Cecil Irby Prowse :: : Capt Henry Bertram Pelly. : 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron: RAdm. William Pakenham,. :: (flagship): Capt

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:: : Capt Charles Fitzgerald Sowerby

Light cruisers

: 1st Light Cruiser Squadron: Cdre

Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, (born Alexander; 12 December 1865 – 13 November 1945) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer, notable for firing the first shots of the Battle of Jutland, and for leading a squadron of light ...

:: Cdre Alexander-Sinclair :: : Capt John Cameron :: : Capt Bertram Thesiger :: : Capt Tufton Beamish : 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron: Cdre

William Goodenough Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough (2 June 1867 – 30 January 1945) was a senior Royal Navy officer of World War I. He was the son of James Graham Goodenough. Naval career Goodenough joined the Royal Navy in 1882. He was appointed Commande ...

:: : Cdre Goodenough :: : Capt

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:: : Capt Charles Blois Miller :: : Capt Albert Charles Scott : 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron: RAdm

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:: (flagship): Capt John Douglas Edwards :: : Capt Thomas Drummond Pratt :: : Capt Edward Reeves :: : Capt

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Attached vessel : seaplane tender : Lt Cdr Charles Gwillim Robinson :: aircraft: 2

Short Type 184 The Short Admiralty Type 184, often called the Short 225 after the power rating of the engine first fitted, was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying folding-wing seaplane designed by Horace Short of Short Brothers. It ...

reconnaissance seaplanes, 2

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fighter seaplanes

Destroyers

Light cruiser HMS Champion - IWM Q 75355

13th Destroyer Flotilla The British 13th Destroyer Flotilla, or Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla, was a naval formation of the Royal Navy from November 1915 – November 1918 and again from September 1939 to January 1944. History World War One The flotilla was first form ...

Captain James Uchtred Farie :: (light cruiser): Capt Farie : 1st Division / 13th D.F. :: : Lt Cdr Cecil Henry Hulton Sams :: : Lt Cdr Montague George Bentinck Legge :: : Lt Cdr Cuthbert Patrick Blake (attached from 10th D.F.,

Harwich Force The Harwich Force originally called Harwich Striking Force was a squadron of the Royal Navy, formed during the First World War and based in Harwich. It played a significant role in the war. History After the outbreak of the First World War, a p ...

) :: : Lt Cdr Roger Vincent Alison (detached to escort HMS ''Engadine'') : 2nd Division / 13th D.F. :: : Cdr the Hon.

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:: : Lt Cdr Paul Whitfield :: : Lt Jack Ernest Albert Mocatta :: : Lt Cdr

John Tovey Admiral of the Fleet John Cronyn Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, (7 March 1885 – 12 January 1971), sometimes known as Jack Tovey, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he commanded the destroyer at the Battle of Jutland and then co ...

(detached to escort HMS ''Engadine'') : 3rd Division / 13th D.F. :: : Lt Cdr Geoffrey Corlett :: : Lt Cdr Kenneth Adair Beattie :: : Lt Cdr Evelyn Thomson :: : Lt Cdr Dudley Stuart : Attached Harwich Destroyers (

9th Destroyer Flotilla The 9th Destroyer Flotilla, or Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, was a military formation of the British Royal Navy from January 1913 to December 1925 and again in January to July 1940. History Established in January 1913 when it was assigned to the Pa ...

): Cdr Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith :: 1st division / 9th D.F. ::: : Cdr Goldsmith ::: : Lt Cdr Philip Wilfred Sidney King ::: : Lt Cdr Francis Edward Henry Graham Hobart :: 2nd division / 9th D.F. ::: : Cdr John Coombe Hodgson (from 10th D.F.) ::: : Lt Henry Dawson Crawford Stanistreet ::: : Lt Cdr Edward Sidney Graham (from 10th D.F.)

5th Battle Squadron

The 5th Battle Squadron was a special unit of fast s, intended to act as the vanguard of the main battle line. At the Battle of Jutland, it operated with the Battlecruiser Fleet, and was escorted by the 1st Destroyer Flotilla.
Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas
''Sortied from Firth of Forth with Battle Cruiser Fleet soon after 6.00pm 30 May'' : Battleships :: (flagship): Capt Arthur William Craig :: : Capt Maurice Woollcombe :: : Capt Edward Montgomery Phillpotts :: : Capt the Hon.

Algernon Boyle Admiral The Honourable Sir Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle (21 October 1871 – 13 October 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord. Naval career Born the son of Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon, Boyle joined th ...

: 1st Destroyer Flotilla :: (light cruiser): Capt Charles Donnison Roper :: : Lt Cdr Laurence Reynolds Palmer :: 1st Division / 1st D.F. ::: : Cdr Charles Ramsey ::: : Lt Cdr Arthur Grendon Tippet ::: : Lt Cdr Charles Herbert Neill James ::: : Lt Francis George Glossop :: 2nd Division / 1st D.F. ::: : Cdr Charles Albert Fremantle ::: : Lt Cdr Edward Brooke ::: : Cdr Dashwood Fowler Moir ::: : Lt Cdr Alexander Hugh Gye

Imperial German Navy

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High Seas Fleet ''(Hochseeflotte)''

The

High Seas Fleet The High Seas Fleet (''Hochseeflotte'') was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War. The formation was created in February 1907, when the Home Fleet (''Heimatflotte'') was renamed as the High Seas ...

was the main body of the German surface navy, principally based at

Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven (, ''Wilhelm's Harbour''; Northern Low Saxon: ''Willemshaven'') is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea, and has a population of 76,089. Wilhelmsha ...

, on the Jade River in North-West Germany.Groos, ''Nordsee vol.5.'' Anlage 6., pp 466-470 and Anlage 7., pp.471-472 (in German).Frost, ''Jutland'', Appendix 1, pp. 533-538.
: Commander-in-Chief ''(Chef der Hochseeflotte)'': ''Vizeadmiral''

Reinhard Scheer Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commandin ...

in SMS ''Friedrich der Grosse'' :: Chief of Staff: ''KptzS'' Adolf von Trotha :: Chief of Operations: ''KptzS''

Battleships

: 3rd Battle Squadron'' (III. Geschwader)'' (battleships) : ''Konteradmrial''

Paul Behncke Paul Behncke (13 August 1869 – 4 January 1937) was a German admiral during the First World War, most notable for his command of the III Battle Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet during the Battle of Jutland. Naval career He was born in Lüb ...

: Flag lieutenant: ''Korvettenkapitän'' Frhr Ernst von Gagern :: 5th Division: ''KAdm'' Behncke ::: (flagship): ''KptzS'' Friedrich Brüninghaus ::: : ''KptzS'' Ernst Goette ::: : ''KptzS'' Constanz Feldt ::: : ''KptzS'' Karl Seiferling :: 6th Division: ''KAdm'' Hermann Nordmann ::: (flagship): ''KptzS'' ::: : ''KptzS'' Karl Heuser ::: : ''KptzS'' Karl Sievers :: Fleet Flagship ''(Flaggschiff der Hochseeflotte)'' ::: : ''KptzS'' Theodor Fuchs : 1st Battle Squadron ''(I. Geschwader)'' (battleships) : ''Vizeadmiral''

Ehrhard Schmidt Ehrhard Schmidt (18 May 1863 – 18 July 1946) was an admiral of the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial German Navy) during World War I. Career At age 15 he entered the navy and saw service at several branches at sea and on land. Among them were ...

: Flag lieutenant: ''Korvettenkapitän''

Wolfgang Wegener Wolfgang Wegener (September 16, 1875 in StettinOctober 29, 1956 in Berlin-Zehlendorf) was an officer in the Imperial German Navy, retiring in 1926 with the rank of ''Vizeadmiral'' (vice-admiral). He is noted as the originator of a series of influ ...

:: 1st Division: ''VAdm'' Schmidt ::: (flagship): ''KptzS'' Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer ::: : ''KptzS'' Hans Küsel ::: : ''KptzS'' Friedrich von Kameke ::: : ''KptzS'' Wilhelm Höpfner :: 2nd Division: ''KAdm'' Walter Engelhardt ::: (flagship): ''KptzS'' Richard Lange ::: : ''KptzS'' Heinrich Rohardt ::: : ''KptzS'' Robert Kühne ::: : ''KptzS'' Johannes Redlich : 2nd Battle Squadron ''(II. Geschwader)'' (battleships) : ''Konteradmrial'' : Flag lieutenant: ''Korvettenkapitän'' Willy Kahlert :: 3rd Division: ''KAdm'' Mauve ::: (flagship): ''KptzS''

Hugo Meurer Hugo Meurer (28 May 1869 – 4 January 1960) was a vice-admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy). Meurer was the German naval officer who handled the negotiations of the internment of the German fleet in November 1918 at the en ...

::: : ''KptzS'' Rudolf Bartels ::: : ''KptzS'' Siegfried Bölken :: 4th Division: ''KAdm'' Frhr Gottfried von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels ::: (flagship): ''KptzS'' Wilhlem Heine ::: : ''KptzS'' Friedrich Behncke ::: : ''KptzS'' Eduard Varrentrapp

Light cruisers

: 4th Scouting Group (''IV. Aufklärungsgruppe'') (light cruisers) : ''Kommodore''

Ludwig von Reuter Hans Hermann Ludwig von Reuter (9 February 1869 – 18 December 1943) was a German admiral who commanded the High Seas Fleet when it was interned at Scapa Flow in the north of Scotland at the end of World War I. On 21 June 1919 he ordered ...

: Flag lieutenant: ''Korvettenkapitän'' Heinrich Weber :: (flagship): ''FKpt'' Friedrich Rebensburg :: : ''KKpt'' Oscar Böcker :: : ''FKpt'' Georg Hoffman :: : ''FKpt'' Max Hagedorn :: : ''KKpt'' Gerhard von Gaudecker

Torpedo boats

German ''Große Torpedoboote'' ("large torpedoboats") were the equivalent of British destroyers .
: First Leader of Torpedo-Boats : ''Kommodore''

Andreas Michelsen Andreas Heinrich Michelsen was a German Vizeadmiral and military commander. During World War I, he commanded several torpedo boats and the submarine fleet, participated in the Battle of Jutland, as well as being the leading German commander duri ...

::: (light cruiser; flagship 1st Leader of Torpedo-Boats): ''FKpt'' Otto Feldmann : 1st Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (''I. Torpedoboots-Flottille'')
:: 1st Half-Flotilla ''(1. Halbflottille)'': ''KptLt''

Conrad Albrecht Conrad Albrecht (7 October 1880 in Bremen – 18 August 1969 in Hamburg) was a German admiral during World War II. Early military career Albrecht entered the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial German Navy) on 10 April 1899 as a sea cadet. He ...

::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS'' Franz-Ferdinand von Loefen ::: : ''KptLt'' Richard Beitzen ::: : ''KptLt'' Hermann Metger ::: : ''KptLt'' Hermann Froelich : 3rd Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (''III. Torpedoboots-Flottille'') : ''Korvettenkapitän'' Wilhelm Hollmann ::: (lead boat, flotilla): ''KptLt'' Friedrich Götting :: 5th Half-Flotilla (''5. Halbflottille'') : ''KptLt'' Theophil Gautier ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS'' Friedrich Ulrich ::: : ''KptLt'' Martin Delbrück ::: : ''KptLt'' Hans Scabell :: 6th Half-Flotilla (''6. Halbflottille''): ''Korvettenkapitän'' Theodor Riedel ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla) : ''KptLt'' Friedrich Eckoldt ::: : ''KptLt'' Otto Karlowa ::: : ''KptLt''

Bernd von Arnim Z11 ''Bernd von Arnim'' was a built for Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1 ...

: 5th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (''V. Torpedoboots-Flottille'') : ''Korvettenkapitän'' Oskar Heinecke ::: (lead boat, flotilla): ''KptLt'' Adolf Müller :: 9th Half-Flotilla (''9. Halbflottille''): ''KptLt'' Gerhard Hoefer ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''KptLt'' Gerhard Hoefer ::: : ''KptLt'' Armin Barop ::: : ''OLtzS'' Hans Behrendt ::: : ''OLtzS'' Hans Röthig ::: : ''KptLt''

Manfred von Killinger Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (July 14, 1886 – September 2, 1944) was a German naval officer, ''Freikorps'' leader, military writer and Nazi politician. A veteran of World War I and member of the ''Marinebrigade Ehrhardt'' during the Germa ...

:: 10th Half-Flotilla (''10. Halbflottille''): ''KptLt'' Friedrich Klein ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS'' Ernst Rodenberg ::: : ''OLtzS'' Paul Tils ::: : ''KptLt'' Johannes Weinecke ::: : ''KptLt'' Hans Anschütz ::: : ''OLtzS'' Waldemar Haumann : 7th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (''VII. Torpedoboots-Flottille'') : ''Korvettenkapitän'' Gottlieb von Koch ::: (lead boat, flotilla): ''KptLt'' Max Fink :: 13th Half-Flotilla (''13. Halbflottille''): ''KptLt'' Georg von Zitzewitz ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS'' Christian Schmidt ::: : ''KptLt'' Hans-Joachim von Puttkammer ::: : ''KptLt'' Albert Benecke ::: : ''KptLt'' Walter Loeffler ::: : ''KptLt'' Bruno Haushalter :: 14th Half-Flotilla (''14. Halbflottille''): ''Korvettenkapitän'' Hermann Cordes ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS'' Georg Reimer ::: : ''KptLt'' Arthur von Killinger ::: : ''OLtzS'' Wilhelm Keil

Scouting Force

Vizeadmiral Hipper, der Befehlshaber der deutschen Aufkl%C3%A4rungsschiffe in der Seeschlacht

: Commander, Scouting Forces ''(Befehlshaber die Aufklärungsstreitkräfte)'': ''Vizeadmiral'' Franz Hipper : Flag lieutenant: ''Korvettenkapitän''

Erich Raeder Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand admiral, in 1939, becoming the fir ...

Battlecruisers

: 1st Scouting Group ''(I. Aufklärungsgruppe)''
: ''Vizeadmiral'' Hipper :: (flagship) : ''KptzS'' Victor Harder :: : ''KptzS'' Johannes Hartog :: : ''KptzS'' Moritz von Egidy :: : ''KptzS'' Johannes von Karpf :: : ''KptzS''

Hans Zenker Hans Zenker (10 August 1870 in Bielitz – 18 August 1932 in Göttingen) was a German admiral. Biography Born in Bielitz (now Bielsko-Biała, Poland), he entered the Imperial German Navy on 13 April 1889. After serving as captain of several tor ...

Light cruisers

: 2nd Scouting Group ''(II. Aufklärungsgruppe)'' : ''Konteradmiral''

Friedrich Boedicker Friedrich Boedicker, (13 March 1866, in Kassel – 20 September 1944) was a '' Vizeadmiral'' (vice admiral) of the Kaiserliche Marine during the First World War. Biography Boedicker is perhaps best known for being present at the Battle of Jutla ...

:: (flagship): ''KptzS'' Thilo von Trotha :: : ''KFpt'' Rudolf Madlung :: : ''KFpt'' :: : ''KFpt'' Fritz Reiß

Torpedo boats

: Second Leader of Torpedo-Boats : ''Kommodore'' Paul Heinrich :: (light cruiser; flagship Second Leader of Torpedo-Boats): ''KFpt'' Bruno Heuberer : 2nd Torpedo-Boat Flotilla ''(II. Torpedoboots-Flottille)'' : Commander Heinrich Schuur :: (lead boat, flotilla): ''KptLt'' Theodor Hengstenberg :: 3rd Half-Flotilla ''(3. Halbflottille)'': ''KKpt'' Heinrich Boest ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''KptLt'' Rudolf Schulte ::: : ''KptLt'' von Barendorff ::: : ''KptLt'' ::: : ''KptLt'' Leo Riedel :: 4th Half-Flotilla ''(4. Halbflottille)'': ''KKpt'' Adolf Dithmar ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''KptLt'' Victor Hahndorff ::: : ''KptLt'' August Vollheim ::: : ''KptLt'' Heinrich Schickhardt ::: : ''KptLt'' Fritz Spiess ::: : ''KptLt'' Georg von Bartenwerffer : 6th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla ''(VI. Torpedoboots-Flottille)'' : Lieut. Commander Max Schultz :: (lead boat, flotilla): ''KptLt'' Hermann Boehm :: 11th Half-Flotilla ''(11. Halbflottille)'' : ''KptLt'' Wilhelm Rüman ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''KptLt'' Karl von Holleuffer ::: : ''KptLt'' Siegfried Karstens ::: : ''KptLt'' Kurt Grimm :: 12th Half-Flotilla ''(12. Halbflottille)'': ''KptLt'' Rudolf Lahs ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''KptLt'' Robert Stecher ::: : ''KptLt'' Martin Laßmann ::: : ''KptLt'' Bruno Krumhaar ::: : ''KptLt'' Philipp Recke ::: : ''KptLt'' Wolf von Trotha : 9th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla ''(IX. Torpedoboots-Flottille)'' : Lieut. Commander Herbert Goehle :: (lead boat, flotilla): ''KptLt'' Otto Lenssen :: 17th Half-Flotilla ''(17. Halbflottille)'': ''KptLt''

Hermann Ehrhardt Hermann Ehrhardt (29 November 1881 – 27 September 1971) was a German naval officer in World War I who became an anti-republican and anti-Semitic German nationalist Freikorps leader during the Weimar Republic. As head of the Marinebrigade E ...

::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS'' Hartmut Buddecke ::: : ''KptLt'' Hans Köhler ::: : ''KptLt'' Franz Fischer ::: : ''KptLt'' Werner Dette ::: : ''KptLt'' Wilhelm Ehrentraut :: 18th Half-Flotilla ''(17. Halbflottille)'': ''Korvettenkapitän'' ::: (lead boat, half-flotilla): ''OLtzS' Ernst Wolf'' ::: : ''KptLt'' Otto Andersen ::: : ''KptLt'' Waldemar von Münch ::: : ''KptLt''

Erich Steinbrinck Z15 ''Erich Steinbrinck'' was a built for Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' in the mid-1930s. The ship was named after the First World War German naval officer Erich Steinbrinck. At the beginning of World War II on 1 September 1939, the ship w ...

::: : ''KptLt'' Friedrich Ihn

Submarines

: Leader of Submarines ''(Führer der Unterseeboote)'' : ''KptzS''

Hermann Bauer Hermann Bauer (22 July 1875 – 11 February 1958) was a Germans, German naval officer who served as commander of the U-boat forces of the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' during World War I. In addition to his World War I career, Bauer is well known as the ...

in SMS ''Hamburg'' : The following submarines were deployed to attack the Grand Fleet in the North Sea during the period of the Battle of Jutland :: Off Terschelling: ::: : ''KptLt'' Leo Hillebrand ::: : ''KptLt'' Hans Nieland :: Off the Humber Estuary: ::: : ''KptLt'' Ernst Hashagen :: Off

Flamborough Head Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the olde ...

, Yorkshire: ::: : ''OLtzS'' Bernhard Putzier :: Off the

Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. Name ''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...

, Scotland: ::: : ''KptLt'' Hans Walter ::: : ''KptLt'' Rudolf Schneider ::: : ''KptLt'' Otto Wünsche ::: : ''KptLt'' Fahr Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim ::: : ''KptLt'' Walter Rumpfel ::: : ''KptLt''

Otto Schultze Otto Schultze (11 May 1884 – 22 January 1966) was a '' Generaladmiral'' with the '' Kriegsmarine'' during World War II and a recipient of the ''Pour le Mérite'' during World War I. The ''Pour le Mérite'' was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest ...

::: : ''KptLt'' Thorwald von Bothmer :: Off

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...

, Scotland: ::: : ''KptLt'' Heinrich Metzger :: Off the

Pentland Firth The Pentland Firth ( gd, An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. Despite the name, it is not a firth. Etymology The name is presumed to be a corruption ...

(between the Orkneys and the Scottish mainland): ::: : ''KptLt'' Paul Wagenführ ::: : ''KptLt'' Helmuth Jürst

Airships

During the battle the Germans used the Zeppelin airships of the Naval Airship Section ''(Marine Luftschiff Abteilung)'' for scouting, although in the prevailing overcast conditions they were not particularly successful. The commander of the Naval Airship Section was ''Korvettenkapitän''

Peter Strasser Peter Strasser (1 April 1876 – 5 August 1918) was chief commander of German Imperial Navy Zeppelins during World War I, the main force operating bombing campaigns from 1915 to 1917. He was killed when flying the German Empire's last airs ...

, and they flew from bases at

Nordholz Nordholz is a village and a former municipality in the Cuxhaven (district), district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality Wurster Nordseeküste. It is situated approximately 25 km north of ...

and

Hage Hage (East Frisian: Haag) is a small East Frisian town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the Aurich District close to the North Sea, approx. 5 km east of Norden, Hage has a population of 5,893 as of 31 December 2002. Hage is also the seat ...

in north-west Germany and Tondern (then part of

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Hertugdømmet Slesvig; german: Herzogtum Schleswig; nds, Hartogdom Sleswig; frr, Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km ...

; the town became part of Denmark in 1920). Sortied on 31 May : ''L.9'': ''KptzS'' August Stelling (Army Officer, on the inactive list) : ''L.14'': ''KptLt'' Alois Böcker : ''L.16'': ''KptLt'' Erich Sommerfeldt : ''L.21'': ''KptLt'' Max Dietrich : ''L.23'': ''KptLt'' Otto von Schubert Sortied on 1 June : ''L.11'': ''KptLt'' Victor Schultze : ''L.17'': ''KptLt'' Herbert Ehrlich : ''L.22'': ''KptLt'' Martin Dietrich : ''L.24'': ''KptLt'' Robert Koch Did not sortie during the Battle of Jutland : ''L.13'': ''KptLt'' Eduard Prölß : ''L.30'': ''OLtzS'' Horst Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels

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Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

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