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)

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

1. denkmalprojekt.org
2. Imperial German Navy Scouting Group Commanders

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.
• 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, 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.