Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers



Taken from (and ships listed in the same order as) Battle of Jutland Official Despatches with Appendicies, Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1920.


In Company with the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
Iron Duke Captain Frederic C. Dryer, C.B. (Flying the Flag of the Commander-in-Chief)
Marlborough Captain George P. Ross (flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burny, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.; Captain E. Percy F. G. Grant, Chief of the Staff)
Colossus Captain Alfred D. P. R. Pound (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Ernest F. A. Gaunt, C.M.G.)
Hercules Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker
Neptune Captain Vivian H. G. Bernard
Collingwood Captain James C. Ley
Revenge Captain Edward B. Kiddle
Agincourt Captain Henry M. Doughty
St. Vincent Captain William W. Fisher, M.V.O.
Bellona Captain Arthur B. S. Dutton
King George V Captain Frederick L. Field (Flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Jerram, K.C.B.)
Orion Captain Oliver Backhouse, C.B. (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Arthur C. Leveson, C.B.)
Centurion Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, M.V.O.
Conqueror Captain Hugh H. D. Tothill
Erin Captain The Hon. Victor A. Stanley, M.V.O., A.D.C.
Thunderer Captain James A. Fergusson
Monarch Captain George H. Borrett
Ajax Captain George H. Baird
Boadicea Captain Louis C. S. Woollcombe, M.V.O.
Benbow Captain Henry Wise Parker (Flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee, Bt., K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.)
Superb Captain Edward Hyde Parker (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, C.B.)
Canada Captain William C. M. Nicholson
Bellerophon Captain Edward F. Bruen
Temeraire Captain Edwin V. Underhill
Vanguard Captain James D. Dick
Royal Oak Captain Crawford Maclachlan
Blanche Captain John M. Casement
Minotaur Captain Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath, M.V.O.)
Hampshire Captain Herbert J. Savill
Cochrane Captain Eustace La T. Leatham
Shannon Captain John S. Dumaresq, M.V.O.
Defence Captain Stanley V. Ellis (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, Bt., M.V.O.
Duke of Edinburgh Captain Henry Blackett
Black Prince Captain Thomas P. Bonham
Warrior Captain Vincent B. Molteno
Invincible Captain Arthur L. Cay (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.)
Indomitable Captain Francis W. Kennedy
Inflexible Captain Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis, M.V.O.
Calliope Commodore Charles E. Le Mesurier
Caroline Captain H. Ralph Crooke
Comus Captain Alan G. Hotham
Constance Captain Cyril S. Townsend
Royalist Captain The Hon. Herbert Meade, D.S.O.
Canterbury Captain Percy M. R. Royds
Chester Captain Robert N. Lawson
Active Captain Percy Withers
Castor Commodore (F) James R. P. Hawksley, M.V.O.
Tipperary Captain (D) Charles J. Wintour
Broke Commander Walter I,. Allen
Shark Commander Loftus W. Jones
Acasta Lieutenant-Commander John O. Barren
Spitfire Lieutenant-Commander Clarence W. E. Trelawny
Sparrowhawk Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Hopkins
Achates Commander Reginald B. C. Hutchinson, D.S.C.
Ambuscade Lieutenant-Commander Gordon A. Coles
Ardent Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden
Fortune Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Terry
Porpoise Commander Hugh D. Colville
Unity Lieutenant-Cdmmander Arthur M. Lecky
Garland Lieutenant-Commander Reginald S. Goff
Christopher Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax M. Kerr
Contest Lieutenant-Commander Ernald G. H. Master
Owl Commander Robert G. Hamond
Hardy Commander Richard A. A. Plowden
Midge Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish
Ophelia Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Kempenfelt Commander Harold E. Sulivan
Ossory Commander Harold V. Dundas
Martial Lieutenant-Commander Julian Harrison
Magic Lieutenant-Commander Gerald C. Wynter
Minion Lieutenant-Commander Henry C. Rawlings
Mystic Commander Claud F. Allsup
Mons Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin
Mandate Lieutenant-Commander Edward McC. W. Lawrie
Michael Lieutenant-Commander Claude L. Bate
Marne Lieatenant-Commander George B. Hartford
Milbrook Lieutenant Charles G. Naylor
Manners Lieutenant-Commander Gerald C. Harrison
Moon Commander (Acting) William D. Irvin
Mounsey Lieutenant-Commander Ralph V. Eyre
Morning Star Lieutenant-Commander Hugh U. Fletcher
Faulknor Captain (D) Anselan J. B. Stirling
Marksman Commander Norton A. Sulivan
Obedient Commander George W. McO. Campbell
Mindful Lieutenant-Commander John J. C. Ridley
Marvel Lieutenant-Commander Reginald W. Grubb
Onslaught Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Onslow, D.S.C.
Maenad Commander John P. Champion
Narwhal Lieutenant-Commander Henry V. Hudson
Nessus Lieutenant-Commander Eric Q. Carter
Noble Lieutenant-Commander Henry P. Boxer
Opal Commander Charles G. C. Sumner
Nonsuch Lieutenant-Commander Herbert I. N. Lyon
Menace Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. Poignand
Munster Lieutenant-Commander Spencer F. Russell
Mary Rose Lieutenant-Commander Edwin A. Homan
Mischief Lieutenant-Commander. The Hon. Cyril A. Ward, M.V.O.
Oak Lieutenant-Comander Douglas Faviell, M.V.O.
Abdiel Commander Berwick Curtis


In company with Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O, D.S.C
Lion Captain Alfred E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O. (Flying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.; Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck, Chief of the Staff)
Princess Royal Captain Walter H. Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O. (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Osmond de B. Brock, C.B.)
Tiger Captain Henry B. Pelly, M.V.O.
Queen Mary Captain Cecil I. Prowse
New Zealand Captain John F. E. Green (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral. William C. Pakenham, C.B., M.V.O.)
Indefatigable Captain Charles F. Sowerby
Southampton Commodore William E. Goodenough, M.V.O., A.D.C.
Nottingham Captain Charles B. Miller
Birmingham Captain Arthur A. M. Dull
Dublin Captain Albert C. Scott
Galatea Commodore Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, M.V.O.
Inconstant Captain Bertram S. Thesiger, C.M.G.
Phaeton Captain John E. Cameron, M.V.O.
Cordelia Captain Tufton P. H. Beamish
Falmouth Captain John D. Edwards (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Naper, M.V.O.)
Birkenhead Captain Edward Reeves
Gloucester Captain William F. Blunt, D.S.O.
Yarmouth Captain Thomas D. Pratt
Barham Captain Arthur W. Craig (Flying the Flag of

Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, M.V.O.)

Warspite Captain Edward M. Phillpotts
Valiant Captain Maurice Woollcombe
Malaya Captain The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle, C.B., M.V.O.
Champion Captain (D) James U. Farie
Nestor Commander The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham
Nomad Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield
Narborough Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Corlett
Obdurate Lieutenant-Commander Cecil H. H. Sams
Petard Lieutenant-Commander Evelyn C. O. Tomson
Pelican Lieutentant-Commander Kenneth A. Beattie
Nerissa Lieutenant-Commander Montague G. B. Legge
Onslow Lieutenant-Commander John C. Tovey
Moresby Lieutenant-Commander Roger V. Alison
Nicator Lieutenant Jack E. A. Mocatta
Fearless Captain (D) Charles D. Roper
Acheron Commander Charles G. Ramsey
Ariel Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Tippet
Attack Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. N. James
Hydra Lieutenant Francis G. Glossop
Badger Commander C. A. Fremantle
Goshawk Commander Dashwood F. Moir
Defender Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence R.Palmer
Lizard Lieutenant-Commttnder Edward Brooke
Lapwing Lieutenant-Commander Alexander H. Gye
Lydiard Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith
Liberty Lieutenant-Commander Philip W. S. King
Landrail Lieutenant-Commander Francis E. H. G. Hobart
Laurel Lieutenant Henry D. C. Stanistreet
Moorsom Commander John C. Hodgson
Morris Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. Graham
Turbulent Lieutenant-Commander Dudley Stuart
Termagant Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake
Engadine Lieutenant-Commander Charles G. Robinson


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