Order of battle at Jutland

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This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Note: dates given are those of commissioning.

Royal Navy Ensign 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 Frederic 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
  • Attached light cruisers mainly for repeating signals between units of Battle Fleet
  • 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
  • Third Light Cruiser Squadron
  • Seaplane Carrier
    • Engadine (Lieutenant-Commander C.G. Robinson)

KLM Ensign 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)
  • Fourth Scouting Group (Light Cruisers)

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)
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