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 (Overseas) 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)
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)
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
- Miranda sailed with 3rd D.F. but joined Commodore (T) before the action.
Sources
- British
- Beatty, Sir 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.
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- Home Waters: From November 1914 to the End of January 1915 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs. III. Appendix C. The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1921. OCLC 220734221. Retrieved 27 January 2016.CS1 maint: others (link)
- The Navy List for January 1915. London: HMSO. 1915. OCLC 59612658. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- German
- Groos, Korvettenkapitän 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, Kontreadmiral a. D. 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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