Battle of Jutland order of battle

The Royal Navy had established a blockade of the North Sea at the start of the war and the German Hochseeflotte could not match the larger Grand Fleet.

[citation needed] Officers killed in action are indicated thus:  † Abbreviations for officers’ ranks (German ranks translated according to current NATO practice)[b][clarification needed]: Other abbreviations Began sortie from Scapa Flow 9.30pm 28 May[4] The Grand Fleet[5][6] was the main body of the British Home Fleets in 1916, based at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland.

Horace Hood, (KIA) 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 the enemy fleet and to engage enemy scouting forces.

At its core were six battlecruisers, accompanied by 13 light cruisers, and escorted by 18 destroyers and an early aircraft carrier.

[r] Sortied from Firth of Forth soon after 6.00pm 30 May[4] Vice-Admiral Sir David Richard Beatty in HMS Lion HMS Lion: (flagship) Captain Ernle Chatfield Attached to the light cruisers was the seaplane tender HMS Engadine (Lt Cdr Charles Gwillim Robinson) carrying two Short Type 184 reconnaissance seaplanes and two Sopwith Baby fighter seaplanes.

[w] Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas Sortied from Firth of Forth with the Battle Cruiser Fleet soon after 6.00pm 30 May The High Seas Fleet was the main body of the German surface navy, principally based at Wilhelmshaven, on the Jade River in North-West Germany.

Torpedoboots-Flottille (9th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla) Führer der Unterseeboote ("Leader of the U-boats") in the North Sea Fregattenkapitän Hermann Bauer 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 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.

Maps showing the approach of the fleets to the Battle of Jutland and details of the two major actions.
Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe
The dreadnoughts King George V , Thunderer , Monarch , and Conqueror of the 2nd Battle Squadron in 1914
Battleship King George V , at anchor
The battleship Agincourt was originally under construction in UK for the Brazilian Navy but then bought by the Ottoman Empire; at the start of the war it was taken into service with the Royal Navy.
The armoured cruiser Black Prince was lost with all hands the night of 31 May–1 June
The light cruiser Boadicea at anchor
The Faulknor -class flotilla leader (a larger destroyer) Tipperary was sunk on the night of 31 May–1 June taking 150 crew and flotilla captain John Wintour
Acasta -class destroyer Spitfire after having been rammed by the German battleship Nassau during the Battle of Jutland
Faulknor -class flotilla leader Broke at speed
Destroyer Ambuscade
C-class ( Cambrian subclass) light cruiser Castor
The bow and stern of the battlecruiser Invincible standing upright on the bed of the North Sea after exploding during the Battle of Jutland. Rear Admiral Hood and her captain were killed along with the crew.
Rear Admimral Hood, commander of the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron, was killed during the battle along with all but six of the crew when HMS Invincible exploded
VAdm Sir David R. Beatty
Battlecruiser Lion , VAdm Beatty's flagship, heavily damaged at the Battle of Jutland
Battlecruiser Queen Mary exploding, 31 May 1916
Short Type 184 scout plane, the only British aircraft to take part in the Battle of Jutland
Light cruiser Champion
RAdm Hugh Evan-Thomas
The Queen-Elzaabeth -class battleship Barham , Rear Admiral Evan-Thomas's flagship , at Scapa Flow in 1917
Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer
A line of nine large gray battleships stretches into the distance, all belching dark black smoke from their funnels
Dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet steam in a line of battle
Battleship Friedrich der Grosse , VAdm Scheer's flagship
Battleship Kaiser underway
Light cruiser Frauenlob , sunk 31st May
Light cruiser Rostock , scuttled 1st June after being torpedoed
Vizeadmiral Franz Hipper
The battlecruiser Lützow , Vizeadmiral Hipper's flagship
Battlecruiser Derfflinger firing a full broadside
Seydlitz took a tremendous amount of damage during the battle. It was able to detach from the battle but was on point of sinking when pump steamers saved it
Light cruiser Regensburg in 1920
SM UB-14 , a World War I German submarine
Typical German Zeppelin