British Order of Battle at the Battle of Jutland

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Dreadnought Battle Fleet

In Company with the Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, G.C.B., K.C.V.O. in H.M.S. Iron Duke.
Ship Name Ship Class In Command Main Armament Casualties
Killed Wounded Total Casualties
Second Battle Squadron
First Division, Vice-Admiral Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram, K.C.B. in King George V
H.M.S. King George V King George V Class Captain Frederick L. Field 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Ajax King George V Class Captain George H. Baird 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Centurion King George V Class Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, M.V.O. 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Erin Erin Class Captain The Hon. Victor A. Stanley, M.V.O., A.D.C. 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
Second Division, Rear-Admiral Arthur C. Leveson, C.B. in Orion
H.M.S. Orion Orion Class Captain Oliver Backhouse, C.B. 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Monarch Orion Class Captain George H. Borrett 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Conqueror Orion Class Captain Hugh H. D. Tothill 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Thunderer Orion Class Captain James A. Fergusson 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
Fourth Battle Squadron
Third Division, Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, C.B. in Superb
H.M.S. Iron Duke King George V Class Captain Frederic C. Dreyer, C.B. 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Royal Oak Revenge Class Captain Crawford Maclachlan 8 × 15-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Superb Bellerophon Class Captain Edmond Hyde Parker, M.V.O., A.D.C. 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Canada Canada Class Captain William C. M. Nicholson 10 × 14-inch guns 0 0 0
Fourth Division, Vice-Admiral Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, K.C.B., C.M.G, C.V.O. in Benbow
H.M.S. Benbow Iron Duke Class Captain Henry Wise Parker, C.B. 10 × 13.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Bellerophon Bellerophon Class Captain Edward F. Bruen 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Temeraire Bellerophon Class Captain Edward V. Underhill 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Vanguard St. Vincent Class Captain James D. Dick 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
First Battle Squadron
Fifth Division, Rear-Admiral Ernest F. A. Gaunt, C.M.G. in Colossus
H.M.S. Colossus Colossus Class Captain Alfred D. P. R. Pound 10 × 12-inch guns 0 5 5
H.M.S. Collingwood St. Vincent Class Captain James C. Ley 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Neptune Neptune Class Captain Vivian H. G. Bernard 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. St. Vincent St. Vincent Class Captain William W. Fisher, M.V.O. 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
Sixth Division, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. in Marlborough
H.M.S. Marlborough Iron Duke Class Captain George P. Ross 10 × 13.5-inch guns 2 0 2
H.M.S. Revenge Revenge Class Captain Edward B. Kiddle 8 × 15-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Hercules Colossus Class Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker 10 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Agincourt Agincourt Class Captain Henry M. Doughty 14 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
Attached Cruisers & Destroyers
H.M.S. Abdiel Lightfoot Class Commander Berwick Curtis 3 × 4-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Active Active Class Captain Percy Withers 10 × 4-inch, 4 × 3-pdr guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Bellona Boadicea Class Captain Arthur B. S. Dutton 6 × 4-inch, 4 × 3-pdr guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Blanche Boadicea Class Captain John M. Casement 10 × 4-inch, 4 × 3-pdr guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Boadicea Boadicea Class Captain Louis C. S. Woollcombe, M.V.O. 6 × 4-inch, 4 × 3-pdr guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Oak Special Acheron Class Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Faviell, M.V.O. 2 × 4-inch, 2 × 12-pdr guns 0 0 0
Third Battle Cruiser Squadron, Rear-Admiral The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. in Invincible
H.M.S. Invincible Invincible Class Captain Arthur L. Cay 8 × 12-inch guns 1026 0 1026
H.M.S. Inflexible Invincible Class Captain Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis 8 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Indomitable Invincible Class Captain Francis W. Kennedy 8 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
First Cruiser Squadron, Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. in Defence
H.M.S. Defence Minotaur Class Captain Stanley V. Ellis 4 × 9.2-inch guns, 10 × 7.5-inch guns 903 0 903
H.M.S. Warrior Warrior Class Captain Vincent B. Molteno 6 × 9.2-inch guns, 4 × 7.5-inch guns 71 27 98
H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh Duke of Edinburgh Class Captain Henry Blackett 6 × 9.2-inch guns, 10 × 6-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Black Prince Duke of Edinburgh Class Captain Stanley V. Ellis 6 × 9.2-inch guns, 10 × 6-inch guns 857 0 857
Second Cruiser Squadron, Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath, M.V.O. in Minotaur
H.M.S. Minotaur Minotaur Class Captain Arthur C. S. Hughes D'Aeth 4 × 9.2-inch guns, 10 × 7.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Cochrane Warrior Class Captain Ernest La T. Leatham 6 × 9.2-inch guns, 4 × 7.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Shannon Minotaur Class Captain John S. Dumaresq, M.V.O. 4 × 9.2-inch guns, 10 × 7.5-inch guns 0 0 0
H.M.S. Hampshire Devonshire Class Captain Herbert J. Savill 4 × 7.5-inch guns, 6 × 6-inch guns 0 0 0

Battle Cruiser Fleet

In Company with the Vice-Admiral Commanding,
Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. in Lion
Ship Name Ship Class In Command Main Armament Casualties
Killed Wounded Total Casualties
First Battle Cruiser Squadron, Rear-Admiral Osmond de B. Brock, C.B. in Princess Royal
Lion Lion Captain A. E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O. 8 × 13.5-inch guns 99 44 143
Princess Royal Captain Walter H. Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O. 22 78 100
Queen Mary Captain Cecil I. Prowse 1266 7 1273
Tiger Tiger Captain Henry B. Pelly, M.V.O. 26 37 63
Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, Rear-Admiral William C. Pakenham, C.B., M.V.O. in New Zealand
New Zealand Indefatigable Captain John F. E. Green 8 × 12-inch guns 0 0 0
Indefatigable Captain Charles F. Sowerby 1017 0 1017
Fifth Battle Squadron, Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, M.V.O. in Barham
Barham Queen Elizabeth Captain Arthur W. Craig, C.V.O. 8 × 15-inch guns 26 37 63
Valiant Captain Maurice Woollcombe 0 1 1
Warspite Captain Edward Montgomery Phillpotts 14 16 30
Malaya Captain The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle, C.B., M.V.O. 26 37 63

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (January, 1922). Naval Staff Appreciation of the Battle of Jutland. C.B. 0938. London: Admiralty.