2nd Battle Squadron

The 2nd Battle Squadron ( German  2. Battleship Squadron ) of the Royal Navy was a naval association that consisted of battleships . The 2nd Battle Squadron was part of the Grand Fleet . After the First World War , the Grand Fleet was given its original name Atlantic Fleet . Due to decommissioning, transfers and failures due to damage, the strength of the 2nd Battle Squadron's ships was exposed to constant fluctuations.

First World War

August 1914

At the beginning of the First World War , the 2nd Battle Squadron consisted of the following battleships:

• HMS King George V
• HMS Ajax
• HMS Audacious
• HMS Centurion
• HMS Conqueror
• HMS Monarch
• HMS Orion
• HMS Thunderer

Battle of the Skagerrak

The 2nd Battle Squadron took part in the Skagerrak Battle in the following line-up:

• First Division
  • HMS King George V , flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram
  • HMS Ajax
  • HMS Centurion
  • HMS Erin

• Second Division
  • HMS Orion , flagship of Rear Adm. Sir AC Leveson
  • HMS Monarch
  • HMS Conqueror
  • HMS Thunderer

January 1918

HMS Agincourt is transferred to the 2nd Battle Squadron.

Second World War

September 1939

At the beginning of the Second World War , the 2nd Battle Squadron was subordinate to the Home Fleet and consisted of the following battleships:

• HMS Royal Oak flagship of Rear Adm. H. EC Blagroven
• HMS Royal Sovereign
• HMS Ramilies
• HMS Nelson
• HMS Rodney

literature

• Frederick J. Dittmar, JJ Colledge: British Warships 1914-1919 . Ian Allan Publishing, London 1972, ISBN 978-0-7110-0380-4 .
• Donald MacIntyre: Jutland . Evans Brothers, London 1957, ISBN 978-0-330-20142-1 .

Web links

• Leo Niehorster , Donald Kindell, Mark E. Horan: British and Dominion Royal Navies, Home Fleet order of battle 3 September 1939 . World War II at Orbat.com. January 5, 2001. Retrieved June 7, 2011.