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British forces

The Battle Fleet

• First Battle Squadron

• *Sixth Division

• * Marlborough (Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Captain George Parish Ross; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 25,000 tons)

• * Revenge (Captain Edward Buxton Kiddle; Revenge-class battleship; 1916; eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns, 25,750 tons)

• * Hercules (Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker; Colossus-class battleship; 1911; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 20,000 tons)

• * Agincourt (Captain Henry Montagu Doughty; non-typical battleship; 1914; fourteen 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 27,500 tons)

• *Fifth Division

• * Colossus (Flagship of Rear Admiral Ernest 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 William Wordsworth Fisher; St Vincent-class battleship; 1910)

• * Neptune (Captain Vivian H. G. Bernard; Neptune-class battleship; 1911; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 19,900 tons)

• Second Battle Squadron

• *First Division

• * King George V (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram; Captain Frederick Lawrence 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 Michael Culme-Seymour; King George V-class battleship)

• * Erin (Captain the Honourable Victor Albert Stanley; non-typical battleship; 1914; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 23,000 tons)

• *Second Division

• * Orion (Flagship of Rear Admiral Arthur Cavenagh Leveson; Captain Oliver Backhouse)

• * Monarch (Captain George Holmes Borrett; Orion-class battleship; 1912; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 22,500 tons)

• * Conqueror (Captain Hugh Henry Darby Tothill; Orion-class battleship)

• * Thunderer (Captain James Andrew Fergusson; Orion-class battleship)

• Fourth Battle Squadron

• *Third Division

• * Iron Duke (Fleet Flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe; Captain Frederic Charles Dreyer; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914; ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, 25,000 tons)

• * Royal Oak (Captain Crawford Maclachlan; Revenge-class battleship; 1916; eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns, 25,750 tons)

• * Superb (Flagship of Rear Admiral A. L. Duff; Captain Edmond Hyde Parker; Bellerophon-class battleship; 1909; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 18,600 tons)

• * Canada (Captain William Coldingham Masters Nicholson; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914)

• *Fourth Division

• * Benbow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee; Captain Henry Wise Parker; Iron Duke-class battleship; 1914)

• * Bellerophon (Captain Edward Francis Bruen; Bellerophon-class battleship)

• * Temeraire (Captain Edwin Veale Underhill; Bellerophon-class battleship)

• * Vanguard (Captain James Douglas Dick; St Vincent-class battleship)

• Third Battlecruiser Squadron (temporarily attached to Grand Fleet)

• * Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral the Honourable Horace Hood ; Captain A. L. Cay; Invincible-class battlecruiser; 1908; eight 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 17,250 tons)

• * Inflexible (Captain Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis; Invincible-class battlecruiser)

• * Indomitable (Captain Francis William 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 Vincent Barkley 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 Henry 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 Thomas Parry Bonham; Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser; 1905)

• Second Cruiser Squadron (armoured cruisers)

• * Minotaur (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. L. Heath; Captain Arthur Cloudesley Shovel Hughes-D'Æth; Minotaur-class cruiser; 1908; four 9.2 inch (230 mm) guns + ten 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns, 14,600 tons)

• * Shannon (Captain John Saumarez Dumaresq; Minotaur-class cruiser; 1908)

• * Hampshire (Captain Herbert John Savill; Devonshire-class cruiser; 1905; four 7.5 inch (190 mm) guns + six 6 inch (200 mm) guns, 10,850 tons)

• * Cochrane (Captain Ernest La Trobe 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

• * Calliope (Commodore Charles Edward Le Mesurier)

• * Constance (Captain Cyril Samuel Townsend)

• * Caroline (Captain Henry Ralph Crooke)

• * Royalist (Captain the Honourable Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh)

• * Comus (Captain Alan Geoffrey Hotham)

• Attached light cruisers mainly for repeating signals between units of Battle Fleet

• * Active (Captain P. Withers)

• * Bellona (Captain A. B. S. Dutton)

• * Blanche (Captain J. M. Casement)

• * Boadicea (Captain L. C. S. Woollcombe)

• * Canterbury (Captain P. M. R. Royds)

• * Chester (Captain R. N. Lawson)

• Fourth Destroyer Flotilla

• * Tipperary (flotilla commander Captain Charles J. Wintour; Faulknor class destroyer leader)

• * Acasta (Lieutenant-Commander John O. Barron; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Achates (Commander Reginald B. C. Hutchinson; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Ambuscade (Lieutenant-Commander Gordon A. Coles; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Ardent (Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden; Acasta class destroyer (builders special K class))

• * Broke (half-flotilla leader Commander walter Allen;Faulknor class destroyer leader)

• * Christopher (Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax M. Kerr; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty k class))

• * Contest (Lieutenant-Commander Ernald G. H.Master; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Fortune (Lieutenant- Commander Frank G. Terry; Acasta class destroyer (Builder's special K class))

• * Garland (Lieutenant-commander Reginald S. Goff; Acasta class destroyer (Builder's special K class))

• * Hardy (Commander R. A. A. plowden; Acasta class destroyer (Builder's special K class))

• * Midge (Lieutenant-commander J. R. C. Cavendish; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Ophelia (Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Owl (Commander R. G. Hammond; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Porpoise (Commander Hugh D. Colville; Acasta class destroyer (Builders special K class))

• * Shark ((Commander Loftus W. Jones; S class destroyer)

• * Sparrowhawk (Lieutenant-commander Sydney Hopkins; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Spitfire (Lieutenant-Commander Clarence W. E. Trelawney; Acasta class destroyer (Admiralty K class))

• * Unity (Lieutenant-Commander Arthur M. Lecky; Acasta class destroyer (Builder's special))

• Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla

• * Castor (flotilla commander Commodore J. R. P. Hawksley M.V.O.; C-class light cruiser)

• * Kempenfelt (Marksman class flotilla leader)

• * Magic (Lieutenant-Commander Gerald C. Wynter; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Mandate (Lieutenant-Commander E. McC. W. Lawrie; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Manners (Lieutenant-Commander G. C. Harrison; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Marne (Lieutenant-Commander George B. Hartford; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Martial (Lieutenant-Commander J. Harrison; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Michael (Lieutenant-Commander C. L. Bate; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Milbrook (Lieutenant C. G. Naylor ; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Minion (Lieutenant-Commander H. C. Rawlings; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Mons (Lieutenant-Commander R. Makin; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Moon (Commander (acting) W. D. Irvin; Yarrow M class destroyer)

• * Morning Star (Lieutenant-Commander H. U. Fletcher; Yarrow M class destroyer)

• * Mounsey (Lieutenant-Commander R. V. Eyre; Yarrow M class destroyer)

• * Mystic (Commander C. F. Allsup; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Ossory (Commander H. V. Dundas; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla

• * Faulknor (flotilla leader Captain Anselan J. B. Stirling; Faulknor class destroyer leader)

• * Maenad (Commander John P. Champion; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Marksman(Commander Norton Sulivan; Marksman class destroyer leader)

• * Marvel (Lieutenant-Commander Reginald W. Grubb; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Mary Rose (Lieutenant-Commander Edwin A. Homan; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Menace (Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. Poignand; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Mindful (Lieutenant-Commander John J. C. Ridley; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Mischief (Lieutenant-Commander The Honourable C.A. Ward M.V.O.; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Munster (Lieutenant-Commander Spencer F. Russell; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Narwhal (Lieutenant-Commander Henry V. Hudson; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Nessus (Lieutenant-Commander Eric Q. Carter; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Noble (Lieutenant-Commander Henry P. Boxer; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Nonsuch (Lieutenant-Commander Herbert I. N. Lyon; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Obedient (Commander George W. McO. Campbell; Admiralty M class destroyer

• * Onslaught {Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Onslow D.S.C.; Admiralty m class destroyer)

• * Opal (Commander Charles G. C. Sumner; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• 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 Walter 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 343 mm, 28,500 tons)

• Second Battlecruiser Squadron

• * New Zealand (Flagship of Rear Admiral William Christopher 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 Hugh 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

• * Galatea (Commodore Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair)

• * Phaeton (Captain J. E. Cameron)

• * Inconstant (Captain B. S. Thesiger)

• * Cordelia (Captain T. P. H. Beamish)

• Second Light Cruiser Squadron

• * Southampton (Commodore William E. Goodenough)

• * Birmingham (Captain A. A. M. Duff)

• * Nottingham (Captain C. B. Miller)

• * Dublin (Captain A. C. Scott)

• Third Light Cruiser Squadron

• * Falmouth (Flagship of Rear Admiral T. D. W. Napier; Captain J. D. Edwards)

• * Yarmouth (Captain T. D. Pratt)

• * Birkenhead (Captain E. Reeves)

• * Gloucester (Captain W. F. Blount)

• First Destroyer Flotilla

• * Fearless (Captain Charles D. Roper; Active class scout cruiser)

• * Acheron (Commander Charles Ramsey; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Ariel (Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Tippet; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Attack (Lieutenant-Commander Charles James; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Badger (Commander Charles Freemantle; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Defender (Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence Palmer; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Goshawk (Commander Dashwood Moir Acheron class destroyer)

• * Hydra (Lieutenant Francis Glossop; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Lapwing (Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Gye; Acheron class destroyer)

• * Lizard (Lieutenant-Commander Edward Brooke; Acheron class destroyer)

• Ninth and Tenth Destroyer Flotillas (combined)

• * Lydiard (Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith; Laforey class destroyer)

• * Landrail (Lieutenant-Commander Francis E. H. G. Hobart; Laforey class destroyer)

• * Laurel (Lieutenant Henry D. C. Stanistreet; Laforey class destroyer)

• * Liberty (Lieutenant-Commander Philip W. S. King; Laforey class destroyer)

• * Moorsom (Commander John C. Hodgson; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Morris (Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. Graham; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Termagant (Lieutanant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake; Talisman class destroyer)

• * Turbulent (Lieutanant-Commander Dudley Stuart; Talisman class destroyer)

• Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla

• * Champion (Captain J. U. Farie; Calliope class light cruiser)

• * Moresby (Lieutenant-Commander Roger V. Alison; Admiralty m class destroyer)

• * Narborough (Lieutanant-Commander Geoffrey Corlett; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Nerissa (Lieutanant-Commander Montague G. B. Legge; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Nestor (Commander the Honourable E. B. S Bingham; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Nicator (Lieutanant-Commander Jack E. A. Mocatta; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Nomad (Lieutanant-Commander Paul Whitfield; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Obdurate (Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Sams; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Onslow (Lieutanant-Commander John Tovey; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Pelican (Lieutanant-Commander Kenneth Beattie; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• * Petard (Lieutanant-Commander Evelyn Thomson; Admiralty M class destroyer)

• Seaplane Carrier

• * Engadine (Lieutenant-Commander C.G. Robinson)

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German forces

The Battle Fleet

• First Battle Squadron (I. Geschwader)

• * 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; Helgoland-class battleship; 1911; twelve 12 inch (305 mm) guns, 22,400 tons))

• * Thüringen (Captain H Küsel; Helgoland-class battleship)

• * Helgoland (Captain von Kameke; Helgoland-class battleship)

• * Oldenburg (Captain Höpfner; Helgoland-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 (II. Geschwader)

• * 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)

• Third Battle Squadron (III. Geschwader)

• * König (Flagship of Rear Admiral Paul Behncke; Captain Brüninghaus; König-class battleship; 1914; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 25,390 tons)

• * Großer Kurfürst (Captain E. Goette; König-class )

• * Kronprinz (Captain C. Feldt; König-class )

• * Markgraf (Captain Seiferling; König-class )

• * Kaiser (Flagship of Rear Admiral Nordmann; Captain F. von Kayserlink; Kaiser-class battleship; 1912; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 24,330 tons)

• * Kaiserin (Captain Sievers; Kaiser-class battleship)

• * Prinz Regent Luitpold (Captain K. Heuser; Kaiser-class battleship)

• Fourth Scouting Group (Light Cruisers) (IV. Aufklärungsgruppe)

• * Stettin (Broad pendant of Commodore von Reuter; Captain F. Regensburg)

• * München (Captain O. Böcker)

• * Hamburg (Commander von Gaudecker)

• * Frauenlob (Captain G. Hoffmann)

• * Stuttgart (Captain Hagedorn)

• Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)

• * Rostock (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Andreas Michelsen; Captain O. Feldmann)

• First Flotilla

• I Half-Flotilla

• * G39 (Lieutenant-Commander C. Albrecht, flotilla commander)

• * G40

• * G38

• * S32

• II Half-flotilla (not assigned)

• Third Flotilla

• * S53 (Commander Hollman, flotilla commander)

• V Half-Flotilla

• * V71 (Lieutenant-Commander Gautier, 5th half-flotilla commander)

• * V73

• * G88

• VI Half-Flotilla

• * S54 (Lieutenant-Commander Karlowa, 6th half-flotilla commander)

• * V48

• * G42

• Fifth Flotilla

• * G11 (Commander Heinecke flotilla leader)

• IX Half-Flotilla

• * V2 (Lieutenant-Commander Hoefer, 9th half-flotilla commander)

• * V4

• * V6

• * V1

• * V3

• X Half-Flotilla

• * G8 (Lieutenant-Commander F. Klein)

• * V5

• * G7

• * G9

• * G10

• Seventh Flotilla

• * S24 (Commander von Koch in S24)

• XIII Half-Flotilla

• * S15 (Lieutenant-Commander G. von Zitzewitz)

• * S16

• * S17

• * S18

• * S20

• XIV Half-Flotilla

• * S19 (Commander H. Cordes)

• * S23

• * V186 (returned to base morning of 31 May with engine trouble)

• * V189

The Battlecruiser Force

• First Scouting Group (Battlecruisers) (I. Aufklärungsgruppe)

• * (Flagship of Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper; Captain Harder)

• * (Captain Hartog)

• **Derfflinger class; 1914; eight 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 26,200 tons)

• * (Captain M. von Egidy)

• **Seydlitz class; 1913; ten 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 25,000 tons)

• * (Captain von Karpf)

• **Moltke class; 1912; ten 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 22,600 tons)

• * (Captain Hans Zenker)

• **Von der Tann class; 1911; eight 11.1 inch (282 mm) guns, 19,100 tons)

• Second Scouting Group (Light Cruisers) (II. Aufklärungsgruppe)

• * Frankfurt (Flagship of Rear Admiral Bödicker; Captain T. von Trotha)

• * Wiesbaden (Captain Reiss)

• * Pillau (Captain Mommsen)

• * Elbing (Captain Madlung)

• Destroyers (classified as Torpedo boats)

• * Regensburg (Light cruiser) (Broad pendant of Commodore Heinrich; Captain Heuberer)

• Second Flotilla

• * B98 (Captain Schuur, flotilla commander)

• III Half-Flotilla

• * G101 (Commander Boest, 3rd half flotilla commander)

• * G102

• * B112

• * B97

• IV Half-Flotilla

• * B109 (Commander A. Dithmar, 4th half-flotilla commander)

• * B110

• * B111

• * G103

• * G104

• Sixth Flotilla

• * G41 (Commander M. Schultz, flotilla commander)

• XI Half-Flotilla

• * V44 (Lieutenant-Commander W. Rumann, 11th half-flotilla commander)

• * G87

• * G86

• XII Half-Flotilla

• * V69 (Lieutenant-Commander Lahs, 12th half-flotilla commander)

• * V45

• * V46

• * S50

• * G37

• Ninth Flotilla

• * V28 (Captain Goehle flotilla leader)

• XVII Half-Flotilla

• * V27 (Lieutenant-Commander Ehrhardt, 17th half-flotilla commander)

• * V26

• * S36

• * S51

• * S52

• XVIII Half-Flotilla

• * V30 (Commander W, Tillessen, 18th half-flotilla commander)

• * S34

• * S33

• * V29

• * S35