Battle of Jutland - Order of Battle

The complete list of ships of both sides, which clashed in the North Sea, 31 May, 1916.

German Ships
British Ships

Source: Jutland- the German Perspective, by V. E. Tarrant (Naval Institute Press, 1995).

High Seas Fleet of the Imperial German Navy

The Battlefleet

**Battleships** (in order from Van to Rear)
Squadron	Division	Ships
III Battle Squadron	V	König (flagship of Konteradmiral P. Behncke), Grosser Kurfürst, Kronprinz,Markgraf
	VI	Kaiser (flagship of Konteradmiral H. Nordmann), Kaiserin, Prinzregent Luitpold,Friedrich der Grosse (fleet flagship of Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer)
I Battle Squadron	I	Ostfriesland (flagship of Vizeadmiral E. Schmidt), Thüringen, Helgoland,Oldenburg
	II	Posen (flagship of Konteradmiral W. Englehardt), Rheinland, Nassau,Westfalen
II Battle Squadron	III	Deutschland (flagship of Konteradmiral F. Mauve), Hessen, Pommern
	IV	Hannover (flagship of Konteradmiral F. von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels), Schlesien, Schleswig-Holstein

**Light Cruisers**
IV Scouting Group	Stettin (broad pennant of Kommodore von Reuter), München,Hamburg,Frauenlob,Stuttgart

**Torpedo-boat Flotillas**
Flotilla	Half-Flotilla	Torpedo-Boats
Light Cruiser Rostock (broad pennant of Kommodore Michelson)
I	I	G39 (leader), G40,G38,S32
III S53 (leader)	V	V71, V73,G88
	VI	S54, V48,G42
V G11 (leader)	IX	V2, V4,V6,V1,V3
	X	G8, G7,V5,G9,G10
VII S24 (leader)	XIII	S15, S17,S20,S16,S18
	XIV	S19, S23,V189,V186(returned to base with engine trouble on the morning of 31 May)

Battlecruiser Force

**Battlecruisers**
Scouting Group	Ships
I	Lützow (flagship of Vizeadmiral Franz Hipper), Derfflinger, Seydlitz,Moltke,Von der Tann

**Light Cruisers**
II Scouting Group	Frankfurt (flagship of Konteradmiral F. Bödicker), Wiesbaden,Pillau,Elbing

**Torpedo-boat Flotillas**
Flotilla	Half-Flotilla	Torpedo-Boats
Light Cruiser Regensburg (broad pennant of Kommodore Heinrich)
II B98 (leader)	III	G101 G102,B112,B97
	IV	B109 B110,B111,G103, G104
VI G41 (leader)	XI	V44, G87,G86
	XII	V69, V45,V46,S50,G37
IX V28 (leader)	XVII	V27, V26,S36,S51,S52
	XVIII	V30, S34,S33,V29,S35

Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy

The Battlefleet

**Battleships** (in order from Van to Rear, after deployment)
Squadron	Division	Ships
2nd Battle Squadron	1st	King George V (flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram), Ajax, Centurion,Erin
	2nd	Orion (flagship of Rear-Admiral A. C. Leveson), Monarch, Conqueror,Thunder
4th Battle Squadron	3rd	Iron Duke (flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, C-in-C), Royal Oak, Superb (flagship of Rear-Admiral A. L. Duff),Canada
	4th	Benbow (flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee), Bellerophon, Temeraire,Vanguard
1st Battle Squadron	5th	Colossus (flagship of Rear-Admiral E. F. A. Gaunt), Collingwood, Neptune,St Vincent
	6th	Marlborough (flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney), Revenge, Hercules,Agincourt

**Battlecruisers** (temporarily attached to Battlefleet)
Squadron	Ships
3rd Battlecruiser Squadron	Invincible (flagship of Rear-Admiral The Honourable H. L. A. Hood), Inflexible, Indomitable

**Armoured Cruisers**
Squadron	Ships
1st Cruiser Squadron	Defence (flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot), Warrior, Duke of Edinburgh,Black Prince
2nd Cruiser Squadron	Minotaur (flagship of Rear-Admiral H. L. Heath), Hampshire, Cochrane,Shannon

**Light Cruisers**
Squadron	Ships
4th Light Cruiser Squadron	Calliope (broad pennant of Commodore C. E. Le Mesurier), Constance, Caroline (which ship still exists, in Belfast, Northern Ireland), Royalist, Comus

**Attached Light Cruisers**
Active,Bellona, Blanche, Boadicea, Canterbury, Chester

**Destroyers**
Flotilla	Destroyers
4th	Tipperary (Leader, Captain C. J. Wintour), Acasta, Achates, Ambuscade, Ardent, Broke, Christopher, Contest,Fortune, Garland, Hardy, Midge, Ophelia, Owl, Porpoise, Shark, Sparrowhawk, Spitfire, Unity
11th	Castor (Light Cruiser, Commodore J. R. P. Hawksley), Kempenfelt, Magic, Mandate, Manners, Marne, Martial, Michael,Milbrook, Minion, Mons, Moon, Morning Star, Mounsey, Mystic, Ossory
12th	Faulknor (Leader, Captain A. J. Stirling), Maenad, Marksman, Marvel, Mary Rose, Menace, Mindful, Mischief,Munster, Narwhal, Nessus, Noble, Nonsuch, Obedient, Onslaught, Opal

**Attached Vessels**
Abdiel	minelayer
Oak	destroyer, tender to HMS Iron Duke

Battlecruiser Force

**Battlecruisers** (in order from Van to Rear, after deployment)
Squadron	Ships
1st Battlecruiser Squadron	Lion (flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty), Princess Royal, Queen Mary,Tiger
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron	New Zealand (flagship of Rear-Admiral W. C. Pakenham), Indefatigable

**Battleships** (temporarily attached)
Squadron	Ships
5th Battle Squadron	Barham (flagship of Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas), Valiant, Warspite,Malaya

**Light Cruisers**
Squadron	Ships
1st Light Cruiser Squadron	Galatea (broad pennant of Commodore E. S. Alexander-Sinclair), Phaeton, Inconstant, Cordelia
2nd Light Cruiser Squadron	Southampton (broad pennant of Commodore W. E. Goodenough), Birmingham, Nottingham, Dublin
3rd Light Cruiser Squadron	Falmouth (flagship of Rear-Admiral T. D. W. Napier), Yarmouth, Birkenhead, Gloucester

**Destroyers**
Flotilla	Destroyers
1st	Fearless (Light Cruiser, Captain C. D. Roper), Acheron, Ariel, Attack, Badger, Defender, Goshawk, Hydra,Lapwing, Lizard
9th and 10th (combined)	Lydiard (Leader, Commander M. L. Goldsmith), Landrail, Laurel, Liberty, Moorsom, Morris, Termagant, Turbulent
13th	Champion (Light Cruiser, Captain J. U. Farie), Moresby, Narborough, Nerissa, Nestor, Nicator, Nomad, Obdurate,Onslow, Pelican, Petard

**Attached Vessel**
Engadine	seaplane carrier

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