Order of battle at Dogger Bank (1915)

This is the order of battle for the British and German fleets at the Battle of Dogger Bank, January 24, 1915.

British forces

HMS Lion

Battlecruiser Force

1st Battlecruiser Squadron: VAdm Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.

HMS Lion (flagship): Capt Alfred E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O.
HMS Tiger: Capt Henry B. Pelly, M.V.O.
HMS Princess Royal: Capt Osmond de B. Brock, A.d.C.

2nd Battlecruiser Squadron: RAdm Sir Archibald Moore, K.C.B., C.V.O.

HMS New Zealand (flagship): Capt Lionel Halsey, C.M.G., A.d.C.
HMS Indomitable: Capt Francis W. Kennedy

1st Light Cruiser Squadron: Cdre (2nd Class) William E. Goodenough, M.V.O.

HMS Southampton: Cdre Goodenough
HMS Nottingham: Capt Charles B. Miller
HMS Birmingham: Capt Arthur A. M. Duff
HMS Lowestoft: Capt Theobald W. B. Kennedy

Harwich Force

Cdre (T) Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B.

HMS Arethusa (light cruiser) Cdre Tyrwhitt

Attached Destroyers (soon to become the 10th Destroyer Flotilla)

HMS Meteor: Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade
HMS Miranda: Cdr Barry E. Domvile [lower-alpha 1]
HMS Mentor: Cdr Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy
HMS Milne: Lt Cdr Henry R. Clifton Mogg
HMS Mastiff: Lt Cdr James L. Forbes
HMS Minos: Lt Cdr Ernest H. B. Williams
HMS Morris: Cdr Reginald Henniker-Heaton

1st Destroyer Flotilla: Capt Wilmot S. Nicholson

HMS Aurora (flotilla cruiser, Capt Nicholson)

1st Division/1st D.F.

HMS Acheron: Cdr Brien M. Money
HMS Attack: Lt Cdr Cyril Callaghan
HMS Hydra: Lt Cdr Robert S. Buchanan
HMS Ariel: Lt Cdr James V. Creagh

3rd Division/1st D.F.

HMS Ferret: Cdr Geoffrey Mackworth
HMS Forester: Lt Cdr Montague G. B. Legge
HMS Defender: Lt Cdr Cecil H. H. Sams
HMS Druid: Lt Cdr Roger V. Allison

4th Division/1st D.F.

HMS Hornet: Cdr Cecil G. Chichester
HMS Tigress: Lt Cdr Paul Whitfield
HMS Sandfly: Lt Cdr Francis G. C. Coates
HMS Jackal: Lt Cdr John C. Tovey

5th Division/1st D.F.

HMS Goshawk: Cdr Dashwood F. Moir
HMS Phoenix: Lt Cdr Michael K. H. Kennedy
HMS Lapwing: Lt Cdr Alexander H. Gye

3rd Destroyer Flotilla: Capt Francis G. St. John, M.V.O.

HMS Undaunted (flotilla cruiser, Capt St.John)

1st Division/3rd D.F.

HMS Lookout: Cdr Arthur B. S. Dutton
HMS Lysander: Lt Cdr George W. Taylor
HMS Landrail: Lt Cdr Bruce Lloyd Owen

2nd Division/3rd D.F.

HMS Laurel: Cdr George P. England
HMS Liberty: Lt Cdr Reginald B. C. Hutchinson D.S.C.
HMS Laertes: Cdr Malcolm L. Goldsmith
HMS Lucifer: Lt Cdr Ralph M. Mack

3rd Division/3rd D.F.

HMS Laforey: Cdr Graham R. L. Edwards
HMS Lawford: Lt Cdr Arthur A. Scott
HMS Lydiard: Lt Cdr George H. Knowles
HMS Louis: Lt Cdr Richard W. U. Bayly

4th Division/3rd D.F.

HMS Legion: Lt Cdr Claud F. Allsup
HMS Lark: Lt Cdr Charles E. Hughes-White

8th Submarine Flotilla: Cdre(S) Roger Keyes
Destroyers:

HMS Firedrake: Lt Cdr Alfred B. Watts
HMS Lurcher: Cdr Wilfred Tomkinson

Deployed Submarines:

HMS E4: Lt Cdr E. W. Leir
HMS E7: Lt Cdr F. Fielmann
HMS E8: Lt Cdr F. H. H. Goodhart
HMS E11: Lt Cdr M. E. Nasmith

German forces


1st Scouting Group (I. Aufklärungsgruppe) battle cruisers: KAdm Franz Hipper

SMS Seydlitz (flagship): Kapt.z.S. Moritz von Egidy (GE)
SMS Moltke: Kapt.z.S. Magnus von Levetzow(GE)
SMS Derfflinger: Kapt.z.S. Ludwig von Reuter
SMS Blücher: F.Kapt. Alexander Erdmann[1]

2nd Scouting Group (II. Aufklärungsgruppe) light cruisers: KAdm Georg Hebbinghaus[2]

SMS Graudenz (flagship): F.Kapt. Theodor Püllen (GE)
SMS Stralsund: F.Kapt. Viktor Harder
SMS Rostock: Kapt.z.S. Johannes Hartog
SMS Kolberg: F.Kapt. Wilhelm Widenmann(GE)

5th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (V. Torpedoboots Flottille): K.Kapt. Bernd von dem Knesebeck

SMS G12: Kptlt. Hans Loening

9th Half-Flotilla (9. halbflottille)

SMS V1: Kptlt. Walter Hoffert
SMS V4: Kptlt. Kurt Heeseler
SMS V5: Kptlt. Wolf von Eichhorn

10th Half-Flotilla (10. halbflottille)

SMS G11: K.Kapt. Oskar Heinecke
SMS G9: Kptlt. Hans Anschütz
SMS G7: Kptlt. Johannes Weineck
SMS G8: Kptlt. Adolf Müller
SMS V2: Kptlt. Gerhard Hoefer

8th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (VIII. Torpedoboots Flottille)

SMS S178: K.Kapt. Paul Hundertmarck

15th Half-Flotilla (15. halbflottille)

SMS V181: K.Kapt. Georg Weißenborn
SMS V182: Kptlt. Hans Hufnagel
SMS V185: Kptlt. Carl August Claussen(GE)

18th Half-Flotilla (18. halbflottille)

SMS V30: K.Kapt. Werner Tillessen (GE)
SMS S33: Oblt.z.S. Hartmut Buddecke
SMS S34: Kptlt. Otto Andersen
SMS V29: Kptlt. Erich Steinbrinck
SMS S35:

Abbreviations

Abbreviations for Officers’ Ranks
Royal Navy

VAdm: Vice-Admiral
RAdm: Rear-Admiral
Cdre: Commodore
Capt: Captain
Cdr: Commander
Lt Cdr: Lieutenant-Commander

Imperial German Navy

VAdm: Vizeadmiral
KAdm: Konteradmiral (equivalent of Rear Admiral)
Kom: Kommodore (equivalent of Commodore)
KptzS: Kapitän zur See (equivalent of Captain)
FKpt: Fregattenkapitän (equivalent of Captain, junior to Kapitän zur See)
KKpt: Korvettenkapitän (equivalent of Commander)
KptLt: Kapitänleutnant (equivalent of Lieutenant Commander)
OLtzS: Oberleutnant zur See (equivalent of Lieutenant, junior to Kapitänleutnant)

Other Abbreviations

AdC.: Aide de Camp to The King
C.B.: Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
C.M.G.: Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
C.V.O.: Commander of The Royal Victorian Order
D.F: Destroyer Flotilla
D.S.C.:Distinguished Service Cross
D.S.O.:Distinguished Service Order
HMS: His Majesty's Ship
SMS: Seiner Majestät Schiff (German; translation: His Majesty's Ship)
K.C.B.: Knight Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
M.V.O.: Member of The Royal Victorian Order
the Hon.: The Honourable

Notes

  1. Miranda sailed with 3rd D.F. but joined Commodore (T) before the action.

References

Sources

British
  • Beatty, David (2 March 1915). "Action in the North Sea on Sunday, the 24th of January, 1915". The London Gazette. London (29088). ISSN 0374-3721. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  • Corbett, J. S. (1929) [1921]. Naval Operations. History of the Great War based on Official Documents. II (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green. OCLC 220474040. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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  • The Navy List for January 1915. London: HMSO. 1915. OCLC 59612658. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
German
  • Groos, Otto (1925). Der Krieg in der Nordsee: Von Ende November bis Anfang Februar 1915 [The War in the North Sea: From the End of November until the Beginning of February, 1915]. Der Krieg zur See, 1914–18. III. Berlin: Verlag von E. S. Mittler & Sohn. OCLC 260121080.
  • Stoelzel, Albert (1930). Ehrenrangliste der Kaiserlich-Deutschen Marine 1914–18 [Honor Rank List of the Imperial German Navy 1914–18]. Berlin: Marine-Offizier-Verband. OCLC 62432982.
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