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All five volumes of the Official History have been transcribed and added to Naval-History.Net as a vital introduction to the war at sea, 1914-1918. They start here.

Each of the volumes include a variety of tables about ship disposition and locations - and not just British, and these are included here in Part 4. Unfortunately they are far from comprehensive, but as the authors had access to official records, are presumed to be as accurate as possible.

Apart from the tables, there is much more information about ship dispositions. For individual ships, researchers will find it easy to build up details by simply doing a search by ship name through the five volumes. It is not very time-consuming.






HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - NAVAL OPERATIONS, Volumes 1 to 5
by Sir Julian S Corbett and Henry Newbolt


Links to Volumes

Lists of Tables

VOLUME ONE 1.1 Channel Fleet, 7 August 1914
1.2 French Fleet, At Malta, 12 August 1914
1.3 Harwich Force (and LCS), Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914
1.4 German, British, Australian, New Zealand, French Navy Forces, Western Pacific, August 1914
1.5 Canadian, Japanese, German Ships, West Coast of America, August 1914
1.6 British Cruiser Force, Cape Station, July 1914
1.7 Cameroons Campaign, Niger Flotilla Vessels, 5 September 1914
1.8 British and German Forces, Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914
1.9 German High Seas Fleet, August 1914
1.10 Grand Fleet, August 1914
1.11 Mediterranean Fleet, August 1914


VOLUME TWO 2.1 British and French Battleship Force, Dardanelles, March 1915
2.2 Cameroons Campaign, British Forces, January 1915
2.3 British and French Forces, Gallipoli Landings, April 1915
2.4 Organisation of the Grand Fleet, 24 January 1915
2.5 British War Vessels in the Mediterranean, Egyptian and East Indian Waters, 19 February 1915
2.6 Grand Fleet, Channel Fleet, and Oversea Squadrons, 22 February 1915


VOLUME THREE 3.1 British and French Forces, Cape Finisterre To Cape Verde Islands Squadron, March 1915
Battle of Jutland
3.2 Appendix A -  Distribution of the Ships of the Grand Fleet, May 30,1916,
3.3 Appendix B -  Organisation of the Grand Fleet, May 30, 1916
3.4 Appendix C -  Ships of the High Seas Fleet, May 31, 1916
3.5 Appendix D -  Organisation of the High Seas Fleet, May 31, 1916


VOLUME FOUR 4.1 Dover Patrol Forces, 26 October 1916
4.2 Austrian, Italian and British Forces, Adriatic, Late December 1915
4.3 French and British Forces, Greek Waters, 20 June 1916
4.4 French and British Forces, Greek Waters, 31 August 1916
4.5 British Cruiser Dispositions in Atlantic, December 1916
4.6 British, French, Japanese Forces, Indian and Pacific Oceans, January 1917
4.7 British, French, Japanese Forces, Indian and Pacific Oceans, December 1917


VOLUME FIVE 5.1 Zeebrugge Bombardment Force, Dover Patrol, May 1917
5.2 Ostend Bombardment Force, Dover Patrol, June 1917
5.3 Ocean Escort, North Atlantic, June-July 1917
5.4 Queenstown, S Ireland Escort Forces, June 1917
5.5 British Aegean Squadron, 20 January 1918
5.6 Ocean Escorts, Atlantic Convoys, September 1917
5.7 British Cruiser and Destroyer Forces At Sea, At Time of First Scandinavian Convoy Attack, October 1917
5.8 American Escorts, Mediterranean Convoys, October 1917
5.9 British Forces, Battle of Heligoland, November 1917
5.10 British and French Forces, Zeebrugge and First Ostend Raid, April 1918
5.11 British and French Forces, Second Ostend Raid, May 1918
5.12 British, French and American Forces, Otranto Barrage, May To September 1918.
5.13 Ocean Escorts, Atlantic Convoys, June, July 1917







VOLUME ONE


1.1 CHANNEL FLEET, 7 August  1914

 

Fleet Flagship: Lord Nelson.

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Captain J. W. L. MoClintock.

Attached light cruiser, Diamond, Commander L. L. Dundas.

FIFTH BATTLE SQUADRON
Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey.
Rear-Admiral C. F. Thursby, C.M.G.

Prince of Wales (flag) - Captain R. N. Bax

Queen (2nd flag) - Captain H. A. Adam.

Venerable - Captain V. H. G. Bernard.

Irresistible – Captain The Hon. Stanhope Hawke.

Bulwark – Captain G. L. Sclater.

Formidable – Captain D. St. A. Wake.

Implacable – Captain H. C. Lockyer.

London - Captain J. G. Armstrong.

Topaze, Commander W. J. B. Law

 

SEVENTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir A. E. Bethell, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

(Commanding 3rd Fleet)

Prince George (flag) - Captain A. V. Campbell.

Caesar - Captain E. W. E. Wemyss.

Jupiter (In dockyard hands) - Captain C. E. Le Mesurier.

Majestic (In dockyard hands) - Captain H. F. G. Talbot.

Sapphire, Captain H. G. C. Somerville.

 

EIGHTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral H. L. Tottenham, C.B.

(2nd in Command 3rd Fleet)

Albion (flag) - Captain A. W. Heneage.

Goliath - Captain T. L. Shelford.

Canopus - Captain Heathcoat Grant.

Glory - Captain C. F. Corbett.

Ocean - Captain A. Hayes-Sadler.

Vengeance - Captain Bertram H. Smith.

Proserpine (In dockyard hands) - Commander G. C. Hardy.





1.2 FRENCH FLEET, at MALTA, 12 August 1914

 

DREADNOUGHT DIVISION

Courbet (Admiral de Lapeyrere), Jean Bart. Attached cruiser Jurien de la Graviere.

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

Diderot (Vice-Admiral Chocheprat), Danton, Vergniaud, Voltaire (Rear-Admiral Lacaze), Condorcet.

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

Verite (Vice-Admiral Le Bris), Republique, Patrie, Democratie, Justice (Rear-Admiral Tracou).

 

FIRST CRUISER SQUADRON

Jules Michelet (Rear-Admiral Ramey de Sugny), Ernest Renan, Edgar Quinet, Leon Gambetta (Rear-Admiral Senes), Victor Hugo, Jules Ferry.

 

FLOTILLA

Forty Destroyers. Six submarines.





  1.3 HARWICH FORCE (and LCS), Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914


THIRD FLOTILLA

Arethusa, 3,500 tons, 28.5 knots (designed), 2 6", 6 4" guns.

Division 4.

Division 3.

Division 2.

Division 1.

Laurel

Laforey

Lark

Lookout

Liberty

Lawford

Lance

Leonidas

Lysander

Louis

Linnet

Legion

Laertes

Lydiard

Landrail

Lennox

 

FIRST FLOTILLA

Fearless, 3,440 tons, 25.4 knots, 10 4" guns.

Division 5.

Division 3.

Division 2.

Division 1.

Goshawk

Ferret

Ariel

Acheron

Lizard

Forester

Lucifer

Attack

Lapwing

Druid

Llewellyn

Hind

Phoenix

Defender

-

Archer

 

The 4th Division of the 1st Flotilla (Badger, Beaver, Jackal, Sandfly) had been detached to accompany the Humber battle cruisers. Destroyers attached to the submarines were Lurcher (Commodore Keyes) and Firedrake.

 

LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Division 2.

Division 1.

Division 3.

 

Nottingham

Southampton

Falmouth

 

Lowestoft

Birmingham

Liverpool

 

 




 

1.4 GERMAN, BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND, FRENCH NAVY FORCES, WESTERN PACIFIC, August 1914

 

GERMAN

 

Completed

Tons

Trial speed

Guns

Scharnhorst

1907

11,420

23.2

8 8.2", 6 5.9"

Gneisenau

1908

11,420

23.5

8 8.2" , 6 5.9"

Emden

1909

3,592

24.1

10 4.1"

Nuernberg

1908

3,400

23.5 designed

10 4.1"

Leipzig

1906

3,200

22.4

10 4.1"

 

BRITISH

Captains

Completed.

Tons.

Trial speed.

Guns.

Minotaur (E. B. Kiddle)

1908

14,600

23.1

4 9-2", 10 7.5"

Triumph (M. S. Fitzmaurice)

1904

11,985

20.1

4 10", 14 7.5"

Hampshire (H. W. Grant)

1905

10,850

23.5

4 7.5" 6 6"

Yarmouth (H. L. Cochrane)

1912

5,250

25.8

8 6"

Newcastle (P. A. Powlett)

1910

4,800

26.1

2 6", 10 4"

 

 

AUSTRALIAN FLEET

Name, Type, Captain

Tons.

Trial speed.

Guns.

Australia (battle cruiser) S. H. Radcliffe

18,800

25.8

8 12"

Sydney (light cruiser) J. C. T. Glossop

5,400

25.7

8 6"

Melbourne (light cruiser) M. L. E. Silver

5,400

25.7

8 6"

Encounter (light cruiser) C. La P. Lewin

5,880

20.8

11 6"

Pioneer (light cruiser) T. W. Biddlecombe

2,200

19.7

8 4"

Yarra, Parramatta, Warrego (3 destroyers)

 

26.0*

1 4"

Submarines A.E. 1 and A.E. 2. Parent ship, Protector.

 

NEW ZEALAND SQUADRON. Captain Marshall, S.N.O.

Name, Completed, Captain

Tons

Trial speed

Guns

Psyche 1899 H. J. T. Marshall

2,135

20.5

8 4"

Philomel 1891 P. H. H. Thompson

2,575

19.0*

8 4.7"

Pyramus 1899 Viscount Kelburn

2,135

20.7

8 4"

 

 

* Designed

 

 

 

FRENCH SQUADRON

 Ships.

Completed.

Tons.

Trial speed.

Guns

Montcalm

1902

9,177

21.1

2 7.6", 8 6.4"

Dupleix

1903

7,432

20.9

8 6.4"

Kersaint

1897

1,276

16.1*

1 5.5", 5 3.9"

Zelee

1899

637

13.3

2 3.9"

 

 

 

* Designed

 

 





1.5 CANADIAN, JAPANESE, GERMAN SHIPS, WEST COAST OF AMERICA, August 1914

 

 Ship.

Completed.

Tons.

Trial speed

Guns.

Rainbow (light cruiser)*

1893

3,600

20.2

2 6" 6 4.7"

Idzumo (armoured cruiser)

1900

9,750

22.0

4 8" 14 6"

Leipzig (light cruiser)

1906

3,200

22.4

10 4.1"

 

* At Esquimalt, plus old sloops, Shearwater and Algerine on Mexican coast






1.6 BRITISH CRUISER FORCE, CAPE STATION, July 1914

 Ship.

Completed.

Tons.

Trial speed

Guns.

Hyacinth (flag)

1900

5,600

19.2

11 6"

Astraea

1894

4,360

19.7

2 6", 8 4.7"

Pegasus

1898

2,135

21.2

8 4"

 

Koenigsberg

1907

3,350

24.0

10 4.1"





  1.7  CAMEROONS CAMPAIGN, NIGER FLOTILLA VESSELS, 5 September 1914


Ivy

Nigerian Government yacht.

Moseley

Steam lifeboat.

Vigilant

Vampire

Dispatch vessels.

Walrus

Balbus

Tugs.

Alligator

Crocodile

Motor launches.

They were mostly commanded by retired R.N.R. officers in the Nigerian service. Two more armed tugs, Remus and Porpoise, joined about ten days later.






1.8 BRITISH AND GERMAN FORCES, BATTLE OF CORONEL, 1 November 1914

 

 

BRITISH

Ship.

Classification.

Completed.

Tons.

Trial Speed.

Armament.

Good Hope (Flag) (Capt. P. Francklin)

Cruiser.

1902

14,100

23.0

2-9.2", 16-6"

Monmouth (Capt. F. Brandt)

Cruiser

1903

9,800

22.4

14-6"

Glasgow (Capt. J. Luce)

Light cruiser

1910

4,800

25.3

2-6", 10-4"

Otranto (Capt. H.M. Edwards) (not in action)

A. M. C.

 -

-

-

4-4.7"

 

GERMAN

Scharnhorst

Cruiser.

1907

11,420

23.2

8-8.2", 6-5.9", 18-22pdr.

Gneisenau

Cruiser.

1908

11,420

23.5

8-8.2", 6-5.9", 18 -22 pdr.

Leipzig

Light cruiser.

1906

3,200

22.4

10-4.1"

Dresden

Light cruiser.

1908

3,592

24.0 designed

10-4.1"

Nurnberg (not in action)

Light cruiser.

1908

3,400

23.5 designed

10-4.1"




 

1.9 GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET, August 1914

Commander-in-Chief, Admiral von Ingenohl.

FLEET FLAGSHIP

Battleship, Friedrich der Grosse (10 12")

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

In command, Vice-Admiral von Lans.

Second in command, Rear-Admiral Gadeke.

 

1st Division - Ostfriesland (flag), Thuringen, Helgoland, Oldenburg (all 12-12")

2nd Division - Posen (2nd flag), Rheinland, Nassau, Westfalen (all 12-11")

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

In command, Vice-Admiral Scheer.

Second in command, Rear-Admiral Mauve.

 

3rd Division - Preussen (flag), Schlesien, Hessen, Lothringen (all 4-11")

4th Division - Hannover (2nd flag), Schleswig-Holstein, Pommern, Deutschland (all 4-11")

Reserve ships – Elsass, Braunschweig (both 4-11")

 

THIRD BATTLE SQUADRON

In command, Rear-Admiral Funke.

Second in command, Rear-Admiral Hebbinghaus.

 

5th Division – Kaiser, Kaiserin, Koenig Albert, Prinzregent Luitpold (flag) (all 10-12")

 

CRUISER SQUADRON

In command, Rear-Admiral Hipper.

Second in command, Rear-Admiral Maass.

Third in command, Rear-Admiral Tapken.

 

Battle Cruisers - Seydlitz (flag) (10-11"), Moltke (10-11"), Von der Tann (3rd flag) (8-11"), Derfflinger (8-12")     

Light Cruisers - Koln (2nd flag), Mainz, Stralsund, Kolberg, Rostock, Strassburg (all 12-4.1in)





1.10 GRAND FLEET, August 1914

Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Sir John E. Jedlicoe, K.C.B., K.C.V.O.

Chief of Staff: Rear-Admiral C. E. Madden, C.V.O.

 

Fleet Flagship: Iron Duke (ten 13.5", twelve 6"), Captain E. N. Lawson.

Attached ships: Light Cruiser Sappho, Commander G.V.C. Knox. Destroyer Oak, Lieutenant-Commander D. Faviell.

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, K.C.B., C.V.O.

Rear-Admiral H. Evan-Thomas, M.V.O.

All battleships, except Marlborough, (10-12")

Marlborough (10 13.5") flag of V.A., Captain E. P. F. G. Grant.

St. Vincent, flag of R.A., Captain W. W. Fisher, M.V.O.

Collingwood, Captain J. C. Ley.

Colossus, Captain The Hon. E. S. Fitzherbert,

Hercules, Captain H. H. Bruce, M.V.O.

Neptune, Captain A. T. Hunt, C.S.I.

Superb, Captain P. Vaughan Lewes,C.B., D.S.O.

Vanguard, Captain C. S. Hickley, M.V.O.

Light Cruiser: Bellona, Captain Percy M. B. Royds.

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.V.O.

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., M.V.O.

 

All battleships, 10-13.5in

King George, flag of V.A, Captain G. H. Baird.

Orion, flag of R.A., Captain F. C. Dreyer, C.B.

Ajax, Captain Sir A. J. Henniker-Hughan, Bt.

Audacious, Captain Cecil E. Dampier, A.D.C.

Centurion, Captain M. Culme-Seymour, M.V.O.

Conqueror, Captain N. C. Palmer, C.V.O., A.D.C.

Monarch, Captain E. H. Smith.

Thunderer, Captain T. Jackson, C.B., M.V.O.

Light Cruiser: Boadicea, Captain L. C. S. Woollcombe, M.V.O.

 

THIRD BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral E. E. Bradford, C.V.O.

Rear-Admiral Montague E. Browning, M.V.O.

Eight battleships, of "King Edward VII" class: 4-12", 4-9.2''

King Edward VII, flag of V.A., Captain Crawford Maclachlan.

Hibernia, flag of R.A., Captain A. Lowndes.

Africa, Captain H. J. O. Millar.

Britannia, Captain H. G. G. Sandeman.

Commonwealth, Captain Maurice Woollcombe.

Dominion, Captain H. L. Mawbey.

Hindustan, Captain J. Nicholas.

Zealandia, Captain W. H. Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O.

Light Cruiser: Blanche, Captain B. Hyde, M.V.O.

 

FOURTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas A. Gamble, K.C.V.O.

First three battleships, 10-12in,

Dreadnought, flag of V.A., Captain W. J. S. Alderson

Bellerophon, Captain E. F. Bruen.

Temeraire, Captain E. S. Alexander-Sinclair, M.V.O.

Agincourt (14-12"), Captain D. B. L. Nicholson, A.D.C.

Light Cruiser: Blonde, Captain A. C. Scott.

 

FIRST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

(The Grand Fleet cruisers were officially designated "Cruiser Force A," and of this force Sir David Beatty was "Vice-Admiral Commanding".)

Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O. D.S.O.

 

First three, 8-13.5in

Lion, flag of V.A., Captain A. E. M. Chatfleld, C.V.O.

Princess Royal, Captain O. de B. Brook, A.D.C.

Queen Mary, Captain W. R. Hall.

New Zealand (8-12"), Captain Lionel Halsey, C.M.G.

 

SECOND CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral The Hon. S. A. Gough-Calthorpe, C.V.O., C.B.

 

Last three 6-9.2in, 4-7.5in

Shannon (4-9.2", 10-7.5"), flag of R.A., Captain J. S. Dumaresq, M.V.O.

Achilles, Captain A. L. Cay.

Cochrane, Captain W. G. E. Ruck-Keene, M.V.O.

Natal, Captain J.F.E. Green.

 

THIRD CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral W. C. Pakenham, C.B., M.V.O.

 

All ships (4-7.5", 6-6")

Antrim, flag of R.A., Captain V. B. Molteno.
Argyll, Captain J. C. Tancred

Devonshire, Captain E. V. Underhill.

Roxburgh, Captain S. S. Hall, C.B.

 

FIRST LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Commodore W. E. Goodehough, M.V.O.

 

Southampton (8-6"), pendant of Commodore Goodenough.

Birmingham (9-6"), Captain A. A. M. Duff.

Nottingham (9-6"), Captain C. B. Miller.

Liverpool (2-6", 10-4"), Captain E. Reeves.

Falmouth (8-6"), Captain J. D. Edwards.

Lowestoft (9-6"), Captain T. W. B. Kennedy. 




1.11 MEDITERRANEAN FLEET, August 1914

Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bt., G.C.V.O., K.C.B.

Chief of Staff: Commodore Richard F. Phillimore, C.B., M.V.O.

 

SECOND BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

All three 8-12in

Inflexible, flag of C.-in-C. Captain Arthur N. Loxley

Indefatigable, Captain Charles F Sowerby.

Indomitable, Captain Francis W. Kennedy.

 

FIRST CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Ernest C. T. Troubridge, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O.

Defence (4-9.2", 10-7.5"), flag of R.A., Captain Fawcet Wray.

Black Prince (6-9.2", 10-6"), Captain Frederick D. Gilpin-Brown.

Duke of Edinburgh (6-9.2", 10-6"), Captain Henry Blackett.

Warrior (6-9.2", 4-7.5"), Captain George H. Borrett.

 

LIGHT CRUISERS

Chatham (8-6"), Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe.

Dublin (8-6"), Captain John D. Kelly.

Gloucester (2-6"; 10-4"), Captain W. A. Howard Kelly, M.V.O.

Weymouth (8-6"), Captain William D. Church.

 




VOLUME TWO



2.1 BRITISH AND FRENCH BATTLESHIP FORCE, DARDANELLES, March 1915

 

DIVISION I

1st Sub-Division – Queen Elizabeth (Capt. G. P. W. Hope), Inflexible, flag (Capt. R. F. Phillimore)

2nd Sub-Division – Agamemnon (Capt. H. A. S. Fyler), Lord Nelson (Capt. J. W. L. McClintock)

 

DIVISION II

Vengeance, Flagship (Capt. Bertram H. Smith).

3rd Sub-Division – Ocean (Capt. A. Hayes-Sadler), Irresistible (Capt. D. L. Dent), Majestic (Capt. H. F. G. Talbot).

4th Sub-Division – Canopus (Capt. Heathcoat S. Grant), Cornwallis (Capt. A. P. Davidson), Swiftsure (Capt. C. Maxwell-Lefroy)

5th Sub-Division – Albion (Capt. A. W. Heneage), Triumph (Capt M. S. FitzMaurice), Prince George (Capt. A. V. Campbell)

 

DIVISION III

Suffren, flag (Admiral Guepratte), Bouvet (Capt. Rageot de la Touche), Gaulois (Capt. Biard), Charlemagne (Capt. Lagresille).

 

There were also four light cruisers – Dublin (Capt. John D. Kelly), Sapphire (Capt. P. W. E. Hill), Minerva (Capt. P. H. Warleigh), Amethyst (Commander G. J. Todd).)






2.2 CAMEROONS CAMPAIGN, BRITISH FORCES, January 1915


Light cruiser Challenger, gunboat Dwarf, a picket boat and a steam pinnace which the Cumberland had left, and about a dozen vessels of the Nigerian Marine:

Ivy, Government steamboat - 1-12 pdr., 1-7 pdr. M.L., 2-6 pdr., Q.F.

Alligator, Motor launch - 1 Maxim.

Crocodile, Motor launch - 1 Maxim.

Manatee, Motor launch - 1-3 pdr, 1 Maxim.

Remus, Paddle tug ­- 3-12 pdrs, & W/T.

Porpoise, Paddle tug - 2-12 pdrs, 1-3 pdr.

Vigilant, Steam launch - 1-3 pdr, 1 Maxim.

Moseley, Steam lifeboat - 1 Maxim.

Walrus, Steam tug (German prize) -1 Maxim.

Balbus, Steam tug - 3-37 mm.

Mole, Dredger - 1-6" B.L. & W/T.

Lighter (300 tons) - 1-6" B.L.

Also about half a dozen German ships, tugs and motor boats.)





 2.3 BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES, GALLIPOLI LANDINGS, April 1915

Fleet Flagship: Queen Elizabeth

Vice-Admiral (Act) John M de Robeck

Commodore Roger J B Keyes, Chief of Staff

Captain G P W Hope

 

FIRST SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Rosslyn E. Wemyss

Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson

Battleships

Swiftsure (2nd flag) – Captain C Maxwell-Lefroy

Albion – A W Heneage (Captain "S"), Acting Captain, Commander H L Watts-Jones

Lord Nelson - Captain J. W. L. McClintock

Implacable - Captain H. C. Lockyer.

Vengeance - Captain B. H. Smith.

Prince George - Captain A. V. Campbell (Attached to Rear-Admiral Guepratte's squadron for the landing operations of April 26.)

Goliath - Captain T. L. Shelford.

Cornwallis - Captain A. P. Davidson

 

Cruisers

Minerva - Captain P. H. Warleigh

Euryalus (flag) - Captain R. M. Burmester.

Talbot - Captain Fawcet Wray.

Dublin - Captain J. D. Kelly.

 

Six fleet mineweepers.

SECOND SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Thursby

Battleships

Queen (flag) - Captain H. A. Adam.

London - Captain J. G. Armstrong.

Prince of Wales - Captain R. N. Baz.

Triumph – Captain M. S. FitzMaurice

Majestic - Captain H. F. G. Talbot

 

Bacchante, cruiser - Captain The Hon. A. D. E. H. Boyle.

Adamant, submarine depot ship - Commander F. A. Sommerville.

Ark Royal, seaplane carrier - Commander R. H. Clark-Hall.

Manica, balloon ship – Lieut. D. H. Metcalfe.

Eight destroyers, Captain C. P. R. Coode (Captain " D ").

Four trawlers.

 

THIRD SQUADRON

Captain Heathcoat S. Grant.

Battleship, Canopus, Captain Heathcoat S. Grant.

Cruisers, Dartmouth, Captain Judge d'Arcy.

 Doris, Captain F. Larken.

Two destroyers.

Two trawlers.

 

FOURTH SQUADRON

(Attached to First Squadron)

Cruisers Sapphire, Commander P. W. E. Hill

 Amethyst, Commander G. J. Todd.

Twelve trawlers.

 

FIFTH SQUADRON

(Captains H. A. S. Fyler and A. W. Heneage (Captain "S").

Battleship, Agamemnon, Captain H. A. S. Fyler.

Ten destroyers.

Three French minesweepers.

Two trawlers for net-laying.

 

SIXTH SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral P. F. A. H. Guepratte.

 

Battleships

Jauriguiberry (flag) - Captain A. R. Beaussant

Henri IV - Captain G. F. C. Varney.

Charlemagne - Captain J. A. E. Salaun. (Ship did not take part in operations of April 25.)

 

Cruisers

Latouche-Treville – Captain C H Dumesnil. (Ship did not take part in operations of April 25.)

Jeanne D'Arc – Captain M F A Grasset.

Askold (Russian) – Captain S Ivanov.

Savoie – Captain Tourette.

 

Seven destroyers.

Five torpedo boats.

 

SEVENTH SQUADRON

Captain C P Metcalfe

Four destroyers.

Triad, armed yacht, Commander A. L. Ashby.

(Smyrna blockade.)



Also eight British submarines, including the Australian AE.2 and four French.





 2.4 ORGANISATION OF THE GRAND FLEET, 24 January 1915

(Ships in parentheses in dockyard hands)

 

SCAPA

 

Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe.

Fleet Flagship: Iron Duke

Attached ships: light cruiser Sappho, destroyer Oak

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney

Rear-Admiral H Evan-Thomas

Marlborough (flag of VA), St Vincent (flag of RA), Collingwood, Colossus, Hercules, Neptune, Vanguard, (Superb), light cruiser Bellona

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir George J S Warrender, Bt

Rear-Admiral Arthur C Leveson

King George V (flag of VA), Orion (flag of RA), Ajax, Centurion, Monarch, Thunderer, (Conqueror), light cruiser Boadicea

 

FOURTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas A Gamble

Rear-Admiral Alexander L Duff

Benbow (flag of VA), Emperor of India (flag of RA), Agincourt, Bellerophon, Dreadnought, Erin, Temeraire, light cruiser Blonde

 

FIRST CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K Arbuthnot, Bt

Duke of Edinburgh (flag, temp), Black Prince, Warrior

 

SIXTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral William L Grant

Drake (flag), Donegal, Leviathan

 

SEVENTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Arthur W Waymouth

Minotaur (flag), Cumberland, Hampshire (This squadron which was proceeding to Scapa west-about, was ordered to join the battle fleet, but did not arrive till after January 24.)

 

SECOND LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Trevelyan D W Napier

Falmouth (flag), Gloucester, Yarmouth, (Liverpool)

 

SECOND DESTROYER FLOTILLA

Galatea, Broke, 20 destroyers

 

 

ROSYTH

 

THIRD BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Edward E Bradford

Rear-Admiral Montague E Browning

Dominion (flag, temp of VA), Hibernia (flag of RA), Africa, Britannia, Hindustan, Zealandia, (King Edward VII), (Commonwealth), light cruiser Blanche

 

THIRD CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral William C Pakenham

Antrim (flag), Argyll, Devonshire (Roxburgh)

 

FIRST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty

Lion (flag), Princess Royal, Tiger, (Queen Mary)

 

SECOND BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald G H W Moore

New Zealand (flag), Indomitable

 

FIRST LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Commodore William E Goodenough

Southampton (broad pendant), Birmingham, Lowestoft, Nottingham

 

 

CROMARTY

 

SECOND CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral the Hon Somerset A Gough-Calthorpe

Shannon (flag), Achilles, Natal, (Cochrane)

 

FOURTH DESTROYER FLOTILLA

Caroline, Faulknor, 20 destroyers

 

 

HARWICH

 

DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

Commodore Reginald Y Tyrwhitt

Arethusa (broad pendant), Aurora

 

FIRST FLOTILLA

(Fearless), Meteor, 20 destroyers

 

THIRD FLOTILLA

Undaunted, Miranda, 20 destroyers (attached were also 8 M-class destroyers, which were to be formed into the Tenth Flotilla)

 

OVERSEA SUBMARINE FLOTILLA

Commodore Roger J B Keyes

Firedrake, Lurcher, 21 submarines

 




 

2.5 BRITISH WAR VESSELS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, EGYPTIAN AND EAST INDIAN WATERS, 19 February 1915

 

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Commander-in-Chief: Vice-Admiral Sackville H Carden

Chief of Staff: Commodore Roger J B Keyes

Second in Command: Rear-Admiral John M De Robeck

SNO, Mudros: Rear-Admiral Rosslyn E Wemyss

 

BATTLESHIPS

Agamemnon - Captain H A S Fyler

Albion - Captain A W Heneage

Canopus - Captain H S Grant

Cornwallis - Captain A P Davidson

Irresistible - Captain D L Dent

Lord Nelson - Captain J W L McClintock

Majestic - Captain H F G Talbot

Prince George - Captain A V Campbell

Queen Elizabeth - Captain G P W Hope

Triumph - Captain M S FitzMaurice

Vengeance (flag of RA) - Captain B H Smith

 

BATTLE CRUISERS

Inflexible (flag of V A ) - Captain R F Phillimore

 

LIGHT CRUISERS

Amethyst - Commander G J Todd

Dartmouth - Captain Judge D'Arcy

Dublin - Captain J D Kelly

Sapphire - Captain P W E Hill

 

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

Ark Royal - Commander (act) R H Clark-Hall

 

GUNBOAT

Hussar - Commander (ret ) E Unwin

 

DEPOT SHIP FOR T B D 's

Blenheim - Captain C P R Coode (Captain, D ), 16 T B D 's, 6 submarines, 21 minesweepers

 

 

EGYPT AND EAST INDIES

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard H Pierse

 

BATTLESHIPS

Swiftsure (flag) - Captain C Maxwell-Lefroy

Ocean - Captain A Hayes-Sadler

 

CRUISERS

Bacchante - Captain The Hon A D E H Boyle

Euryalus - Captain R M Burmester

 

LIGHT CRUISERS

Chatham (refitting) - Captain S B Drury-Lowe

Doris - Captain F Larken

Fox (refitting) - Captain F W Caulfeild

Minerva - Captain P H Warleigh

Philomel - Captain P H Hall Thompson

Proserpine - Commander G C Hardy

 

ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS

Empress of Asia – Captain P H Columb

Empress of Japan – Commander M B Baillie-Hamilton

Empress of Russia – Commander A Cochrane

Himalaya – Commander (act) A Dixon

 

SLOOPS

Clio – Commander (act) C MacKenzie

Espiegle – Captain W Nunn (Persian Gulf)

Odin – Commander C R Wason (Persian Gulf)

 

VESSELS OF THE ROYAL INDIAN MARINE

Dalhousie - Commander (act) E M Palmer (Persian Gulf)

Dufferin - Commander A W Lowis

Hardinge - Commander (act) T J Linberry

Lawrence - Commander (act) R N Suter (Persian Gulf)

Minto – Lieut-Commander C E V Crauford

Northbrook – Commander A E Wood

 

6 TB's for duty in Suez Canal

4 armed tugs in Persian Gulf

  




 

2.6 GRAND FLEET, CHANNEL FLEET, AND OVERSEA SQUADRONS (EXCEPT THOSE SHOWN ABOVE), 22 February 1915

 

GRAND FLEET

Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe

Chief of Staff: Rear-Admiral C E Madden

Fleet Flagship: Iron Duke – Captain R N Lawson

Attached ships: light cruiser Sappho – Commander G V C Knox; destroyer Oak – Lieut-Comm D Faviell

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney

Rear-Admiral H Evan-Thomas

Marlborough (flag of VA) - Captain E P F G Grant

St Vincent (flag of RA) - Captain W W Fisher

Collingwood - Captain J C Ley

Colossus - Captain The Hon E S Fitzherbert

Hercules - Captain H H Bruce

Neptune - Captain T D L Sheppard

Superb (in dockyard hands) – Captain E Hyde Parker

Vanguard - Captain C S Hickley

Light cruiser Bellona - Captain P M R Royds

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice Admiral Sir George J S Warrender Bt

Rear-Admiral Arthur C Leveson

King George V (flag of VA) – Captain G H Baird

Orion (flag of RA) – Captain F C Dreyer

Ajax – Captain Sir A J Henniker-Hughan Bt

Centurion (dockyard hands) – Captain M Culme-Seymour

Conqueror (dockyard hands) – Captain H H D Tothill

Monarch – Captain E H Smith

Thunderer – Captain C L Vaughan-Lee

Light cruiser Boadicea – Captain L C S Woolcoombe

 

THIRD BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice Admiral Edward E Bradford

Rear-Admiral Montague E Browning

King Edward VII (flag of VA) – Captain Crawford Maclachlan

Hibernia (flag of RA) – Captain A Lowndes

Africa – Captain H J O Millar

Britannia (dockyard hands) – Captain H G G Sandeman

Commonwealth – Captain M Woolcombe

Dominion – Captain H L Mawbey

Hindustan – Captain J Nicholas

Zealandia – Captain R M Harbord

Light cruiser Blanche – Captain R Hyde

 

FOURTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice Admiral Sir F C Doveton Sturdee

Rear-Admiral Alexander L Duff

Benbow (flag of VA) – Captain J A Ferguson

Emperor of India (flag of RA) – Captain W C M Nicholson

Agincourt – Captain D R L Nicholson

Bellerophon – Captain E F Bruen

Dreadnought – Captain W J S Alderson

Erin – Captain The Hon V A Stanley

Temeraire – Captain A T Hunt

Light cruiser Blonde – Captain A C Scott

 

BATTLE CRUISER FLEET

Vice Admiral Commanding: Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty

Fleet Flagship: Lion (in Tyne repairing damage after Dogger Bank action) – Captain A E M Chatfield

 

FIRST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Commodore De B Brock

Princess Royal (broad pendant) – Captain W H Cowan

Queen Mary – Captain C I Prowse

Tiger – Captain H B Pelly

 

Attached – FIRST LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Commodore E S Alexander-Sinclair

Galatea (broad pendant) - Commander F A Marten

Caroline - Captain H Ralph Crooke

Cordelia - Captain A V Vyvyan

Inconstant - Captain B S Thesiger

 

SECOND BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral Sir George E Patey

(Relieved by Rear-Admiral W C Pakenham, March 8, 19150

Australia (flag) - Captain S H Radcliffe

Indefatigable - Captain C F Sowerby

New Zealand - Captain L Halsey

 

Attached – SECOND LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Commodore William E Goodenough

Southampton (broad pendant) – Commander E A Rushton

Birmingham - Captain A A M Duff

Lowestoft - Captain T W B Kennedy

Nottingham - Captain C B Miller

 

THIRD BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Indomitable (in dockyard hands) - Captain F W Kennedy

Inflexible (at Dardanelles To join later) - Captain R F Phillimore

Invincible (to be flagship) - Captain A L Cay

 

Attached – THIRD LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Trevelyan D W Napier

Falmouth (flag) - Captain J D Edwards

Gloucester - Captain W A H Kelly

Liverpool - Captain E Reeves

Yarmouth - Captain T D Pratt

 

FIRST CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K Arbuthnot, Bt

Defence (flag) - Captain E La T Leatham

Black Prince - Captain J D Dick

Duke of Edinburgh - Captain H Blackett

Warrior - Captain G H Borrett

 

SECOND CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral The Hon Somerset A Gough-Calthorp

Shannon (flag) - Captain J S Dumaresq

Achilles - Captain F M Leake

Cochrane - Captain W G E Ruck-Keene

Natal - Captain J F E Green

 

THIRD CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral William C Pakenham

Antrim (flag) - Captain V B Molteno

Argyll - Captain J C Tancred

Devonshire (in dockyard hands) - Captain E V Underhill

Roxburgh - Captain B M Chambers

 

SIXTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral William L Grant

Drake (flag) - Captain A C H Smith

Cumberland - Captain C P Beaty-Pownall

Leviathan - Captain M R Hill

 

SEVENTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Arthur W Waymouth

Minotaur (flag) - Captain E B Kiddle

Donegal - Captain C D Carpendale

Hampshire - Captain H W Grant

Lancaster (in dockyard hands) - Captain W H D'Oyly

8 armed boarding steamers (attached to Commander-in-Chief)

 

GRAND FLEET DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

 

SECOND FLOTILLA

Active (Light Cruiser) - Captain J R P Hawksley (Captain D )

Broke (Flotilla Leader) - Commander C D Roper (2nd in Command )

20 destroyers

 

FOURTH FLOTILLA

Swift (Flotilla Leader) - Captain C J Wintour (Captain D)

Faulknor (Flotilla Leader) - Commander A J B Stirling (2nd in Command )

20 destroyers

 

HARWICH DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

Commodore Reginald T Tyrwhitt (Commodore T )

Arethusa (broad pendant) (Light Cruiser) - Commander (ret ) E K Arbuthnot

Penelope (Light Cruiser) - Captain H Lynes

 

FIRST FLOTILLA

Fearless (Light Cruiser) - Captain W F Blunt (Captain D )

Meteor (Destroyer) - Commander A B S Dutton (2nd in Command )

20 destroyers

 

THIRD FLOTILLA

Undaunted (Light Cruiser) – Captain F G St John (Captain D)

Miranda (Destroyer) – Commander B E Domville (2nd in Command)

30 destroyers

 

TENTH FLOTILLA

Aurora (Light Cruiser) - Captain W S Nicholson (Captain D)

10 destroyers

 

HARWICH SUBMARINE FLOTILLA

EIGHTH OVERSEAS FLOTILLA

Commodore Sydney S Hall (Commodore S )

Captain A K Waistell (Captain S )

Firedrake (Destroyer) - Commander A T Tillard

Lurcher (Destroyer) - Commander W Tomkinson

20 submarines

 

CRUISER FORCE "B"

Tenth Cruiser Squadron (Armed Merchant Cruisers)

Rear-Admiral Dudley R S de Chair

Alsatian (flag) - Captain G Trewby

Ambrose - Commander C W Bruton

Bayano - Commander H C Carr

Calyx - Commander T E Wardle

Caribbean - Commander F H Walter

Cedric - Captain R E R Benson

Changuinola - Commander H C R Brocklebank

Columbella - Captain H L P Heard

Digby - Commander R F H H Mahon

Eskimo - Commander C W Trousdale

Hilary - Commander R H Bather

Hildebrand - Captain H Edwards

Mantua - Captain C Tibbits

Motagua - Captain J A Webster

Oropesa - Commander N L Stanley

Orotava - Commander G E Corbett

Otway - Captain E L Booty

Patia - Captain G W Vivian

Patuca - Lieut-Comm J H Neild

Teutonic - Captain G C Ross

Virginian - Captain H N Garnett

 

CHANNEL FLEET

 

FIFTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Vice-Admiral The Hon Sir Alexander E Bethell

Rear-Admiral Cecil F Thursby

Prince of Wales (flag of VA) - Captain R N Bax

Queen (flag of RA) - Captain H A Adam

Implacable - Captain H C Lookyer

London - Captain J G Armstrong

Venerable - Captain V H G Bernard

Light Cruisers:

Diamond - Commander L L Dundas

Topaze - Commander W J B Law

 

SIXTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson

Russell (flag) - Captain W Bowden Smith

Albemarle - Captain A W Craig

Exmouth - Captain H R Veale

 

Detached on Special Service

Jupiter - Captain D St A Wake

Revenge - Captain C H Hughes-Onslow

 

WESTERN CHANNEL PATROL

TWELTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Diana (SNO) - Captain G B Hutton

Eclipse - Captain F H Mitchell

Talbot - Captain F Wray

4 armed boarding steamers

 

IRISH COAST PATROL

ELEVENTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear Admiral Henry L Tottenham

Juno (flag) - Captain A K Macrorie

Isis - Captain J T Bush

Sutlej - Captain H M Doughty

Venus - Captain R G D Dewar

4 armed boarding steamers

 

MID-ATLANTIC

NINTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald G H W Moore

Europa (flag) - Captain H G C Somerville

Amphitrite - Captain H Grant-Dalton

Argonaut - Captain R A Nugent

Calgarian - Captain T W Kemp

Carmania - Captain N Grant

Edinburgh Castle - Captain W R Napier

Ophir (In dockyard hands) - Commander J M D E Warren

Victorian - Captain H B T Somerville

 

CRUISER FORCE "D"

Highflyer (SNO) – Captain H T Buller

Empress of Britain – Commander G B W Young

Marmora – Captain R W Glennie

 

NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Robert S Phipps-Hornby

Glory (flag) - Captain C F Corbett

Berwick – Captain L Clinton-Baker

Caronia – Captain F S Litchfield

Essex – Captain H D R Watson

Melbourne - Captain M L'E Silver

Niobe – Captain R G Corbett

Suffolk (In dockyard hands) - Captain B J D Yelverton

Sydney – Captain J C T Glossop

 

SOUTH-EAST COAST OF AMERICA SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Archibald P Stoddart

Carnarvon (flag) - Captain H L D'E Skipwith

Bristol - Captain B H Fanshawe

Celtic - Captain O M'D English

Glasgow - Captain J Luce

Kent - Captain J D Allen

Macedonia - Captain B S Evans

Orama - Captain J R Segrave

Otranto - Captain H M Edwards

Vindictive - Captain C R Payne

 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE SQUADRON

Rear-Admiral Herbert G King-Hall

Goliath (flag) (In dockyard hands) - Captain T L Shelford

Armadale Castle - Captain O F Gillett

Astraea – Captain A C Sykes

Laconia - Captain C S Wills

 

WEST COAST OF AFRICA

Challenger - Captain C T M Fuller

Dwarf - Commander F E K Strong

Laurentic - Captain V G Gurner

 

EAST COAST OF AFRICA

Weymouth (SNO) - Captain W D Church

Hyacinth - Captain D M Anderson

Kilfauns Castle - Captain D B Crampton

Pioneer - Lieut-Commr (RAN ) T W Biddlecombe

Pyramus - Commander Viscount Kilburn

4 armed whalers

 

PACIFIC

Newcastle (SNO) - Captain F A Powlett

Rainbow - Commander W Hose

Shearwater - Lieut -Commr A St V Keyes

 

CHINA

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas H Jerram

(Flag flown on shore at Singapore )

Cadmus - Commander H D Marryat

Rosario - Lieut-Commr F A N Cromie

4 destroyers

 

AUSTRALIA

Encounter - Captain C La P Lewin

8 destroyers, 2 armed vessels






VOLUME THREE



3.1 BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES, CAPE FINISTERRE TO CAPE VERDE ISLANDS SQUADRON, March 1915

 

Finisterrer-Canaries Division: Three cruisers Europa, Amphitrite, Argonaut, and two armed merchant cruisers, Calgarian, Carmania.

 

French Morocco Division: Three light cruisers - Cosmao, Friant, Cassard

 

Cape Verde Islands Division: One light cruiser Highflyer and armed merchant cruisers Marmara and Empress of Britain.


 The first two divisions were based at Gibraltar and the last at Sierra Leone.






BATTLE OF JUTLAND


3.2


APPENDIX A -  DISTRIBUTION OF THE SHIPS OF THE GRAND FLEET BEFORE SAILING ON TUESDAY, MAY 30,1916, WITH THE NAMES OF FLAG AND COMMANDING OFFICERS

 

The sea-going ships of the Grand Fleet were distributed between the three northern bases as follows:-

 

AT SCAPA FLOW

 

Iron Duke, Captain F. C. Dreyer, C.B. (Fleet Flagship). Flying the flag of Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., Commander-in-­Chief; Vice-AdmiralSir Charles E. Madden, K.C.B., C.V.O., Chief-of­-Staff.

 

Attached ships:

Destroyer: Oak, Lieut.-Comm. D. Faviell, M.V.O.

Flotilla Leader: Abdiel (fitted as a minelayer), Commander B. Curtis.

Light Cruiser: Active, Captain P. Withers.

Seaplane Carrier: Campania (Left Scapa at 11.45 a.m.; ordered back 4.37 a.m., May 31. See Note A, p. 326a), Captain O.Schwann.

Kite Balloon Ship: Menelaus (remained in harbour), Commander C. W. N. McCulloch.

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

Marlborough, Captain G. P. Ross. Flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B., K.C M.G., Second-in-Command of the GrandFleet; Captain E. P. F. G. Grant, Chief-of-Staff.

Revenge, Captain E. B. Kiddle.

Hercules, Captain L. Clinton-Baker.

Agincourt, Captain H. M. Doughty.

Colossus, Captain A. D. P. R. Pound. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral E. F. A. Grant C.M.G.

Collingwood, Captain J. C. Ley.

Neptune, Captain V. H. G. Bernard.

St Vincent, Captain W. W. Fisher, M.V.O.

Royal Sovereign (remained in harbour), Captain A. T. Hunt, C.S.I.

Light Cruiser: Bellona, Captain A. B. S. Dutton.

 

FOURTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Benbow, Captain H. W. Parker. Flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee, Bt., K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.

Bellerophon, Captain E. F. Bruen.

Temeraire, Captain E. V. Underhill.

Vanguard, Captain J. D. Dick.

Royal Oak, Captain C. Maclachlan.

Superb, Captain E. Hyde-Parker. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral A. L. Duff, C.B.

Canada, Captain W. C. M. Nicholson.

Emperor of India (in dockyard hands), Captain C. W. B. Royds. (Second Flagship of the Squadron.)

Light Cruiser: Blanche, Captain J. M. Casement.

 

THIRD BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Invincible, Captain A. L. Cay. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral The Hon. H. L. A. Hood, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.

Indomitable, Captain F. W. Kennedy.

Inflexible, Captain E. H. F. Heaton-Ellis, M.V.O.

Temporarily attached ships

Light Cruisers:

Chester (belonging to the Third Light Cruiser Squadron) Captain R. N. Lawson.

Canterbury, Captain P. M. R. Royds.

 

SECOND CRUISER SQUADRON

(Organised on May 30 out of the ships of the old Second and Seventh Cruiser Squadrons.)

Minotaur, Captain A. C. S. H. D'Aeth. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral H. L. Heath, M.V.O.

Hampshire, Captain H. J. Savill.

Cochrane, Captain E. La T. Leatham.

Shannon, Captain J S Dumaresq M.V.O.

Achilles (in dockyard hands), Captain F.M. Leake.

Donegal (on detached service), Captain W. H. D'Oyly.

 

FOURTH LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Calliope, Commodore C. E. Le Mesurier.

Constance, Captain C. S. Townsend.

Comus, Captain A. G. Hotham.

Caroline, Captain H. R. Crooke.

Royalist Captain The Hon. H. Meade, D.S.O.

 

FOURTH FLOTILLA

Flotilla Leaders

Tipperary, Captain C. J. Wintour (Captain D. IV).

Broke. Commander W. L. Allen.

Destroyers:

Achates, Commander R. B. C. Hutchinson, D.S.O.

Porpoise, Commander H. D. Colville.

Spitfire, Lieut..Comm. C. W. E. Trelawny.

Unity, Lieut.-Comm. A. M. Lecky.

Garland, Lieut.-Comm. R. S. Goff.

Ambuscade, Lieut.-Comm. G. A. Coles.

Ardent, Lieut.-Comm. A. Marsden.

Fortune, Lieut.-Comm. F. G. Terry.

Sparrowhawk, Lieut.-Comm. S. Hopkins.

Contest, Lieut-Comm. E. G. H . Master.

Shark, Commander L. W. Jones.

Acasta, Lieut-Comm. J. O. Barron.

Christopher, Lieut-Comm. F. M. Kerr.

Owl, Commander R. G. Hamond.

Hardy, Commander R. A. A. Plowden.

Midge, Lieut.-Comm. J. R. C. Cavendish.

Ophelia (temporarily attached), Commander L. G. E. Crabbe.

Cockatrice (in dockyard hands)

Paragon (in dockyard hands)

Victor (remained in harbour)

 

PART OF ELEVENTH FLOTILLA

Light Cruiser: Castor, Commodore J. R. P. Hawksley, M.V.O. (Commodore F., Captain D. XI).

Destroyers:

Marne, Lieut.-Comm. G. B. Hartford.

Manners, Lieut-Comm. G. C. Harrison.

Michael, Lieut-Comm. C. L. Bate.

Mons, Lieut.-Comm. R. Makin.

 

TWELFTH FLOTILLA

Flotilla Leaders

Faulknor, Captain A. J. B. Stirling (Captain D. XII).

Marksman, Commander N. A. Sulivan.

Destroyers:

Obedient, Commander G. W. McO. Campbell.

Maenad, Commander J. P. Champion.

Opal, Commander C. G. C. Sumner.

Mary Rose, Lieut.-Comm. B. A. Homan.

Marvel, Lieut.-Comm. R. W. Grubb.

Menace, Lieut.-Comm. C. A. Poignand.

Nessus, Lieut.-Comm. E. Q. Carter.

Narwhal, Lieut.-Comm. H. V. Hudson.

Mindful, Lieut.-Comm. J. J. C. Ridley.

Onslaught, Lieut.-Comm. A. G. Onslow, D.S.C.

Munster, Lieut.-Comm. S. F. Russell.

Nonsuch, Lieut.-Comm. H. I. N. Lyon.

Noble, Lieut.-Comm. H. P. Boxer.

Mischief, Lieut.-Comm. The Hon. C. A. Ward, M.V.O.

Napier (in dockyard hands)

Mameluke (in dockyard hands)

 

AT INVERGORDON

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

King George V, Captain F. L. Field. Plying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram, K.C.B.

Ajax, Captain G. H. Baird.

Centurion, Captain M. Culme-Seymour, M.V.O.

Erin, Captain The Hon. V. A. Stanley, M.V.O., A.D.C.

Orion, Captain O. Backhouse, C.B. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral A. C. Leveson,C.B.

Monarch, Captain G. H. Borrett.

Conqueror, Captain H. H. D. Tothill.

Thunderer, Captain J. A. Fergusson.

Light Cruiser: Boadicea, Captain L. C. S. Woollcombe, M.V.O.

 

FIRST CRUISER SQUADRON

Defence, Captain S. V. Ellis. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, Bt., M.V.O.

Warrior, Captain V. B. Molteno.

Duke of Edinburgh, Captain H. Blackett.

Black Prince, Captain T. P. Bonham.

 

PART OF ELEVENTH FLOTILLA

Flotilla Leader: Kempenfelt, Commander H. E. Sulivan.

Destroyers:

Ossory, Commander H. V. Dundas.

Mystic, Commander C. F. Allsup.

Morning Star, Lieut.-Comm. H. U. Fletcher.

Magic, Lieut-Comm. G. C. Wynter.

Mounsey, Lieut-Comm. R. V. Eyre.

Mandate, Lieut.-Comm. E. McC. W. Lawrie.

Minion, Lieut.-Comm. H. C. Rawlings.

Martial, Lieut.-Comm. J. Harrison.

Milbrook, Lieut. C. G. Naylor.

Moon (on patrol; joined her flotilla about 2.0 p.m., May 31), Commander (acting) W. D.Irvin.

Marmion (in dockyard hands).

Musketeer (in dockyard hands).

 

AT ROSYTH

 

Lion, Captain A. E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O. (Battle Cruiser Fleet Flagship). Flying the flag ofVice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. Captain R. W. Bentinck, Chief-of-Staff.

 

FIFTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Barham, Captain A. W. Craig. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral H. Evans-Thomas, M.V.O.

Valiant, Captain M. Woollcombe.

Warspite, Captain E. M. Phillpotts.

Malaya, Captain The Hon. A. D. E. H. Boyle, C.B., M.V.O.

Queen Elizabeth (in dockside hands), Captain G. P. W. Hope, C.B., A.D.C.

 

FIRST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Princess Royal, Captain W. H. Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral O. de B. Brock, C.B.

Queen Mary, Captain C. I. Prowse.

Tiger, Captain H. B. Pelly, M.V.O.

 

SECOND BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

New Zealand, Captain J. F. E. Green. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral W. C. Pakenham, C.B., M.V.O.

Indefatigable, Captain C. F. Sowerby.

Australia (damaged in collision with New Zealand 22 April 1916, in dockside hands), Captain S. H. Radcliffe.

 

FIRST LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Galatea, Commodore E. S. Alexander-Sinclair, M.V.O.

Phaeton, Captain J. E. Cameron, M.V.O.

Inconstant, Captain B. S. Thesiger, C.M.G.

Cordelia, Captain T. P. H. Beamish.

 

SECOND LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Southampton, Commodore W. E. Goodenough, M.V.O., A.D.C.

Birmingham, Captain A. A. M. Duff.

Nottingham, Captain C. B. Miller.

Dublin, Captain A. C. Scott.

 

THIRD LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Falmouth, Captain J. D. Edwards. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral T. D. W. Napier, M.V.O.

Yarmouth, Captain T. D. Pratt.

Birkenhead, Captain E. Reeves.

Gloucester, Captain W. F. Blunt, D.S.O.

 

PART OF FIRST FLOTILLA

Light Cruiser: Fearless, Captain C. D. Roper (Captain D. I).

Destroyers:

Acheron, Commander C. G. Ramsey.

Ariel, Lieut.-Comm. A. G. Tippet.

Attack, Lieut.-Comm. C. H. N. James.

Hydra, Lieut. F. G. Glossop.

Badger, Commander C. A. Fremantle.

Goshawk, Commander D. F. Moir.

Defender, Lieut.-Comm. L. R. Palmer.

Lizard, Lieut.-Comm. E. Brooke.

Lapwing, Lieut.-Comm. A. H. Gye.

Botha (in dockside hands)

Jackal (in dockside hands)

Archer (in dockside hands)

Tigress (in dockside hands)

Phoenix (remained in harbour)

 

THIRTEENTH FLOTILLA

Light Cruiser: Champion, Captain J. U. Farie (Captain D. XIII).

Destroyers:

Nestor, Commander The Hon. E. B. S. Bingham.

Nomad, Lieut.-Comm. P. Whitfield.

Narborough, Lieut.-Comm. G. Corlett.

Obdurate, Lieut.-Comm. C. H. H. Sams.

Petard, Lieut.-Comm. E. C. O. Thornson.

Pelican, Lieut..Comm. K. A. Beattie.

Nerissa, Lieut.-Comm. M. G. B. Legge.

Onslow, Lieut.-Comm. J. C. Tovey.

Moresby, Lieut.-Comm. R. V. Alison.

Nicator, Lieut. J. E. A. Mocatta

Negro (in dockside hands)

Nereus (in dockside hands)

Paladin (in dockside hands)

Penn (in dockside hands)

Pigeon (in dockside hands)

Nepean (remained in harbour)

 

PART OF NINTH FLOTILLA

Destroyers:

Lydiard, Commauder M. L. Goldsmith.

Liberty, Lieut.-Comm. P. W. S. King.

Landrail, Lieut.-Comm. F. E. H. G. Hobart.

Laurel, Lieut. H. D. C. Stanistreet.

 

PART OF TENTH FLOTILLA

Destroyers:

Moorsom, Commander J. C. Hodgson.

Morris, Lieut.-Comm. E. S. Graham.

Turbulent, Lieut.-Comm. D. Stuart.

Termagant, Lieut.-Comm. C. P. Blake.

 

Seaplane Carrier

Engadine, Lieut.-Comm. C. G. Robinson.

 

 3.3


APPENDIX B -  ORGANISATION OF THE GRAND FLEET AS IT SAILED ON MAY 30, 1916

 

 

 

BATTLE FLEET

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Duke (Fleet Flagship)

 

Organisation No. 2

 

Organisation No. 5

  SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON  

 

King George V

 

 

Ajax

1st Division

 

Centurion

 

1st Division

Erin

_____

 

Orion

 

 

Monarch

2nd Division

 

Conqueror

 

 

Thunderer

 

 

 

 

  FOURTH BATTLE SQUADRON  

 

Iron Duke

 

 

Royal Oak

3rd Division

 

Superb

 

2nd Division

Canada

_____

 

Benbow

 

 

Bellerophon

4th Division

 

Temeraire

 

 

Vanguard

 

 

 

 

  FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON  

 

Marlborough

 

 

Revenge

6th Division

 

Hercules

 

3rd Division

Agincourt

_____

 

Colossus

 

 

Collinwood

5th Division

 

Neptune

 

 

St Vincent

 

 

 

 

Attached Light Cruisers

Boadicea

 

 

Blanche

 

 

Bellona

 

 

Active

 

 

 

 

Attached

Oak (Destroyer)

 

 

Abdiel (Minelayer)

 

 

 

 

 

BATTLE CRUISERS

 
     
  THIRD BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON  

 

Invincible

 

 

Inflexible

 

 

Indomitable

 

 

 

 

 

CRUISERS

 

1st CRUISER SQUADRON

 

2nd CRUISER SQUADRON

Defence

 

Minotaur

Warrior

 

Hampshire

Duke of Edinburgh

 

Cochrane

Black Prince

 

Shannon

 

 

LIGHT CRUISERS

 
     
  FOURTH LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON  

 

Calliope

Caroline

Constance

Royalist

Comus

Light Cruiser: Canterbury

 

 

 

 

 

DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

 

 

 

 

TWELFTH FLOTILLA

ELEVENTH FLOTILLA

FOURTH FLOTILLA

Faulknor

Castor (light cruiser)

Tipperary

Marksman

Kempenfelt

Broke

Obedient

Ossory

Achates

Maenad

Mystic

Porpoise

Opal

Moon

Spitfire

Mary Rose

Morning Star

Unity

Marvel

Magic

Garland

Menace

Mounsey

Ambuscade

Nessus

Mandate

Ardent

Narwhal

Marne

Fortune

Mindful

Minion

Sparrowhawk

Onslaught

Manners

Contest

Munster

Michael

Shark

Nonsuch

Mons

Acasta

Noble

Martial

Ophelia

Mischief

Milbrook

Christopher

 

 

Owl

 

 

Hardy

 

 

Midge

 

 

BATTLE CRUISER FLEET

 

 

 

BATTLE CRUISERS

 

Lion (Fleet Flagship)

 

1st BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

 

2nd BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON

Princess Royal

 

New Zealand

Queen Mary

 

Indefatigable

Tiger

 

 

 

 

 

FIFTH BATTLE SQUADRON

Barham

 

Warspite

Valiant

 

Malaya

 

 

 

LIGHT CRUISERS

 

 

 

1st LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

2nd LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

3rd LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON

Galatea

Southampton

Falmouth

Phaeton

Birmingham

Yarmouth

Inconstant

Nottingham

Birkenhead

Cordelia

Dublin

Gloucester

 

 

Chester

DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

 

 

 

FIRST FLOTILLA THIRTEENTH FLOTILLA NINE & TENTH FLOTILLAS

Fearless

Champion

Lydiard

Acheron

Nestor

Liberty

Ariel

Nomad

Landrail

Attack

Narborough

Laurel

Hydra

Obdurate

Moorsom

Badger

Petard

Morris

Goshawk

Pelican

Turbulent

Defender

Nerissa

Termagant

Lizard

Onslow

 

Lapwing

Moresby

 

 

Nicator

 

 

 

 

Seaplane Carrier: Engadine

 

 

3.4

APPENDIX C -  SHIPS OF THE HIGH SEAS FLEET WITH THE NAMES OF FLAG AND COMMANDING OFFICERS, MAY 31, 1916

 

Friedrich der Grosse, Captain T. Fuchs (Fleet Flagship). Flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Scheer, Commander-in-Chief. Captain A. von Trotha, Chief-of-Staff.

 

FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON

Ostfriesland, Captain von Natzmer. Flying the flag of Vice-Admiral E. Schmidt. Commander W. Wegener, Staff Officer.

Posen, Captain Lange. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Engelhardt.

Thueringen, Captain H. Kuesel.

Helgoland, Captain von Kameke.

Oldenburg, Captain Hoepfner.

Rheinland, Captain Rohardt.

Nassau, Captain H. Klappenbach.

Westfalen, Captain Redlich.

 

SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON

Deutschland, Captain H. Meurer. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Mauve, Squadron Commander. Commander Kahlert, Staff Officer.

Hannover, Captain W. Heine. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Freiherr von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels.

Pommern, Captain Boelken.

Schlesien, Captain F. Behncke.

Schleswig Holstein, Captain Barrentrapp.

Hessen, Captain R. Bartels.

 

THIRD BATTLE SQUADRON

Koenig, Captain Bruninghaus. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Behncke, SquadronCommander. Commander Freiherr von Gagern, Staff Officer.

Kaiser, Captain Freiherr von Kayserling. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Nordmann.

Grosser Kuerfurst, Captain E. Goette.

Markgraf, Captain Seiferling.

Kronprinz, Captain C. Feldt.

Prinzregent Luitpold, Captain K. Heuser.

Kaiserin, Captain Sievers.

 

SCOUTING FORCES

 

FIRST SCOUTING GROUP (BATTLE CRUISERS)

Luetzow, Captain Harder. Flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Hipper, Com­manding the Scouting Forces. Commander E. Raeder, Staff Officer.

Seydlitz, Captain von Egidy.

Moltke, Captain von Karpf.

Derfflinger, Captain Hartog.

Von der Tann, Captain Zenker.

 

SECOND SCOUTING GROUP (LIGHT CRUISERS)

Frankfurt, Captain T. von Trotha. Flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Boedicker. Lieut.-Comm. Stapenhorst, Staff Officer.

Pillau, Captain Mommsen.

Elbing, Captain Madlung.

Wiesbaden, Captain Reiss.

Rostock, Captain O. Feldmann.

Regensburg, Captain Heuberer.

 

FOURTH SCOUTING GROUP (LIGHT CRUISERS)

Stettin, Captain F. Rebensburg. Wearing the broad pendant of Commodore von Reuter. Commander H. Weber, Staff Officer.

Muenchen, Commander O. Boecker.

Frauenlob, Captain G. Hoffmann.

Stuttgart, Captain Hagedorn.

Hamburg, Commander von Gaudecker.

 

 

DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

(Each flotilla consisted of eleven destroyers, and was divided into two half-flotillas, the First Flotilla consisting of the 1st and 2ndHalf-Flotillas, the Second Flotilla consisting of the 3rd and 4th Half-Flotillas, and so on.)

 

Rostock, Captain O. Feldmann. Wearing the broad pendant of Commodore Michelsen, Commanding the Destroyer Flotillas. Commander Junkermann, Staff Officer.

Regensburg, Captain Heuberer. Wearing the broad pendant of Commodore Heinrich, Second-in-Command.

 

FLOTILLA COMMANDERS

 

First Flotilla - 1st Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. C. Albrecht, G 39. (Denotes name of destroyer.)

Second Flotilla, Captain Schuur, B 98.

 3rd Half-Flotilla, Commander Boest, G 101.

 4th Half-Flotilla, Commander A. Dithmar, B 109.

Third Flotilla, Commander Hollmann, S 53.

 5th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. Gautier, V 71.

 6th Half-Plotilla, Lieut.-Comm. Karlowa, S 54.

Fourth Flotilla, Commander Heinecke, G 11.

 9th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. Hoefer, V 2.

 10th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. F. Klein, G 8.

Sixth Flotilla, Commander M. Schultz, G 41.

 11th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. W. Ruemann, V 44.

 12th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. Lahs, V 69.

Seventh Flotilla, Commander von Koch, S 24.

 13th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. G. von Zitzewitz, S 15.

 14th Half-Flotilla, Commander H. Cordes, S 19.

Ninth Flotilla, Commander Goehle, V 28.

 17th Half-Flotilla, Lieut.-Comm. Ehrhardt, V 27.

 18th Half-Flotilla, Commander W. Tillessen, V 30.

 

SUBMARINES

In Command of Submarines, Captain Bauer. (On board the Hamburg). Commander F. Luetzow, Stag Officer.

U 24, Lieut.-Comm. R. Schneider.

U 32, Lieut.-Comm. Freiherr Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim.

U 63, Lieut.-Comm. O. Schultze.

U 66, Lieut.-Comm. von Bothmer.

U 70, Lieut.-Comm. Wuensche.

U 43, Lieut.-Comm. Juerst.

U 44, Lieut.-Comm. Wagenfuehr.

U 52, Lieut.-Comm. H. Walther.

U 47, Lieut..Comm. Metzger.

U 46, Lieut.-Comm. L. Hillebrand.

U 22, Lieut.-Comm. Hoppe.

U 19, Lieut.-Comm. R. Weinbach.

UB 22, Lieutenant Putzier.

UB 21, Lieut.-Comm. E. Hashagen.

U 53, Lieut.-Comm. Rose.

U 64, Lieut.-Comm. R. Morath.

 

AIRSHIPS

L 11, Commander V. Schuetze.

L 17, Lieut-Comm. H. Ehrlich.

L 14, Lieut-Comm. d. R. Boecker.

L 21, Lieut-Comm. M. d. R. Dietrich.

L 23, Lieut-Comm. von Schubert.

L 16, Lieut,Comm. Sommerfeldt.

L 13, Lieut-Comm. d. R. Proelss.

L 9, Captain (Army) Stelling.

L 22, Lieut-Comm. M. Dietrich.

L 24, Lieut-Comm. R. Koch.


3.5


APPENDIX D -  ORGANISATION OF THE HIGH SEAS FLEET AS IT SAILED ON MAY 31, 1916

 

 

BATTLESHIPS

 

 

 

 

Koenig

 

 

Grosser Kuerfurst

5th Division

 

Kronprinz

 

Third Squadron

Markgraf

_____

 

Kaiser

 

 

Kaiserin

6th Division

 

Prinzregent Luitpold

 

 

 

 

 

Friedrick der Grosse

(Fleet Flagship)

 

Ostfriesland

 

 

Thueringen

1st Division

 

Helgoland

 

First Squadron

Oldenburg

_____

 

Posen

 

 

Rheinland

 

 

Nassau

2nd Division

 

Westfalen

 

 

 

 

 

Deutschland

 

 

Hessen

3rd Division

Second Squadron

Pommern

_____

 

Hannover

 

 

Schliesen

4th Division

 

Schleswig-Holstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRUISERS

 

 

 

First Scouting Group

(Battle Cruisers)

Second Scouting Group

(Light Cruisers)

Fourth Scouting Group

(Light Cruisers)

Luetzow

Frankfurt

Stettin

Derfflinger

Wiesbaden

Muenchen

Seydlitz

Pillau

Hamburg

Moltke

Elbing

Frauenlob

Von der Tann

 

Stuttgart

 

 

 

DESTROYER FLOTILLAS

Rostock, Light Cruiser

 

Regensburg, Light Cruiser

First Leader of Torpedo Boats

 

Second Leader of Torpedo Boats

First Flotilla (1st Half)

 

Second Flotilla

Third Flotilla

 

Sixth Flotilla

Fifth flotilla

 

Ninth Flotilla

Seventh Flotilla

 

 

 

 

 





VOLUME FOUR


4.1 DOVER PATROL FORCES,
26 October 1916

 

6th Destroyer Flotilla:

Light Cruiser, Attentive.

Light Cruiser, Carysfort (detached from Harwich).

Flotilla Leader, Swift.

 

32 Destroyers (seven under repair):

     8 "L" class, 29 knots, 900-1,000 tons (detached from Harwich).

11 "F" class ("Tribals"), 33 knots, 900-1,000 tons.

13 "B," "C,"   "E" classes, 30 knots, 400-600 tons.

 

12 Monitors (three under repair):

Three 15-inch; five 12-inch; four 7.5-inch.

 

1 Gunboat.

3 Torpedo Boats (one under repair).

8 "P" class boats (two under repair).

5 "Racecourse" Paddle Minesweepers (built in 1916).

 

5th Submarine Flotilla:

Light Cruiser, Arrogant.

10 "C"-class Submarines (four under repair).

 

Seaplane Carrier, Riviera.

 

Auxiliary Patrol:

2 Yachts.

78 Trawlers (56 fitted with minesweep).

10 Paddle Minesweepers (old).

130 Net Drifters.

24 Motor Launches.

5 Motor Boats.






4.2 AUSTRIAN, ITALIAN AND BRITISH FORCES, ADRIATIC, late December 1915

 

AUSTRIAN FORCES IN CATTARO

Budapest

Monarch

Wien

four 9.4", six 5.9", 17 knots

Kaiser Karl VI

two 9.4", eight 5.9", 20 knots

Aspern

eight 4.7", 17 knots.

Novara

Helgoland

eight 3.9", 27 knots.

Five destroyers of the "Czepel" class

two 3.9", 33 knots

Two destroyers of the "Hussar" class

six 11-pdrs, 28 knots

Eight torpedo boats.

 

 

 

ALLIED FORCES IN BRINDISI

ITALIAN 

Vittorio Emanuele

Regina Elena

Roma

Two 12", twelve 8", 20 knots

Nino Bixio

Quarto

six 4.7", 26 knots

Agordat

twelve 14-pdr, 22 knots

Three armed merchant cruisers.

 

Mining vessels.

 

Nine destroyers (four "Abba," five, "Indomito")

 

Five submarines.

 

 

FRENCH

Nine destroyers (five "Casque," two "Bouclier," two "Spahi ).

 

Nine submarines

 

 

BRITISH 

Weymouth

Dartmouth

eight 6", 26 knots.

Liverpool

two 6", ten 4", 26 knots.

Topaze

twelve 4", 22 knots.

Four submarines

 

 




 

4.3 FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES, GREEK WATERS, 20 June 1916


 

Tonnage.

Armament.

(a) French:

 

 

Patrie

14,900

4-12"; 18-6.4"

2 Waldeck Rousseau class

27,990

14-7.6" x 2

6 destroyers

 

 

(b) British:

 

 

Exmouth

14,000

4-12"; 12-6"; 10-12-pdr.

Foresight

2,850

9-4"; 2-T.

Forward

2,850

9-4"; 2-T.

Hussar

1,070

1-4.7; 2-12-pdr.

Earl of Peterborough

5,900

2-12"; 2-12-pdr.

M.17

540

1-9.2"; 1-12-pdr.

Empress

2,540

4-12-pdr.

Peony fleet sweepers

 

 

Azalea fleet sweepers

 

 

4 destroyers

 

 

2 torpedo boats

 

 

2 minelayers

 

 

18 auxiliaries

 

 






4.4 FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES, GREEK WATERS, 31 August 1916

 

 


Armament

Provence (flag of V-A. C.in-C.- Dartige du Fournet)

23,177

10-13.4", 22-5.5"

Exmouth (flag of R-A. Hayes-Sadler)

14,000

4-12", 12-6"

3rd Battle Squadron

Verite (flag of V.-A. Darrieus)

14,489

4-12", 10-7.6"

Justice

14,800

4-12", 10-7.6"

Democratie

14,638

4-12", 10-7.6"

Republique

14,605

4-12", 18- 6.5"

Suffren

12,526

4-10", 18- 6.5"

Patrie (flag of R.-A. de Marliave)

14,900

4-12", 18- 6.5"

2nd Light Division

Waldeck Rousseau (flag of R.-A. Biard)

13,995

14-7.6"

Ernest Renan

13,504

4-7.6", 12 6.5"

Jurien de la Graviere, Repeating Ship

5,600

8-6.5"

Other vessels

Forward, light cruiser

2,850

9-4"

Sentinel, light cruiser

2,895

9-4"

Earl of Peterborough, monitor

5,900

2-12"

M.29, monitor

355

2-6"

M.33, monitor

355

2-6"

Aster, Honeysuckle, sloops

 

 

Prince Edward, Queen Victoria, net layers

 

 

Empress, British seaplane carrier

 

 

Campinas, French seaplane carrier

 

 

Diligente, Impatiente,  French gunboats

 

 

Pluton, French minelayer

 

 

Perdita, British minelayer

 

 

16 destroyers (4 British, 12 French)

 

 

2 torpedo boats

 

 

Hussar, torpedo gunboat (broad pendant of Commodore Heneage)

 

 

25 trawlers, drifters and Chalutiers

 

 






4.5 BRITISH CRUISER DISPOSITIONS IN ATLANTIC, December 1916

 

NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES

Leviathan: Kingston, Jamaica.  

Roxburgh: on passage to Bermuda, from Jamaica.

Carnarvon: at sea off Bermuda.    

Antrim: Bermuda.

Isis: Halifax.  

Calgarian: Halifax.

Caesar: Bermuda, guardship.    

Devonshire: Halifax.

Berwick: Kingston, Jamaica.

Drake: at sea, Bermuda to Trinidad.

Laurentic: Liverpool, in dock.  

 

 

NINTH CRUISER SQDN

King Alfred: Freetown.    

Swiftsure: Sierra Leone.

Ophir: Sierra Leone.   

Donegal: Dakar.

Sutlej: Gibraltar.

Orotava: on passage to Sierra Leone.

 

CRUISER FORCE 'I ', (CAPE VERDE ISLANDS)

Highflyer: Sierra Leone.

Marmora: patrolling between Bathurst and the Cape Verde Islands.

 

EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA

Glasgow: Cape Town. 

Macedonia: on passage, Abrolhos Rocks to Pernambuco.

Amethyst: Vicosa Reef.    

Orama: Abrolhos Rocks.

Edinburgh Castle: at the Plate.

 

 





4.6 BRITISH, FRENCH, JAPANESE FORCES, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS, January 1917

(including CAPE, EAST INDIES and CHINA COMMANDS)


 

1. THE CAPE COMMAND

Kent (9,800 tons; 22 knots; fourteen 6").

On escort duty between Devonport and Sierra Leone.

Hyacinth (5,600 tons; 18 knots; eleven 6").

At Simonstown.

 

East Africa Group.

Talbot (5,600 tons; 17 knots; eleven 6").

At Kiswere.

Challenger (5,900 tons; 20 knots; eleven 6").

At Dar es Salaam.

Rinaldo (980 tons; 13 knots; four 4").

At Lindi

Thistle (710 tons; 11 knots; two 4").

At Kilwa Kisiwani.

Himalaya (6,929 tons; 18 knots; eight 6").

On escort duty between Lindi and Durban.

Princess (8,684 tons; 14 knots; eight 6").

At Kiswere.

Trent (1,872 tons; 21 knots; two 12-pdr.).

On passage Dar es Salaam to Durban.

Mersey (1,260 tons; 12 knots; three 6").

At Mohoro Bay.

Severn (").

At Durban.

 

2. THE EAST INDIES COMMAND

(a) British Forces.

Euryalus (12,000 tons; 20 knots; two 9.2"; twelve

At Bombay, refitting.

Pyramus (2,135 tons; 17 knots; eight 4").

Movements unknown, as her log has been lost; probably Gulf of Aden. (Paid-off at Bombay – see http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05Pyramus1.htm

Fox (4,360 tons, 17 knots; two 6 "; eight 4.7").

At Port Sudan.

Sapphire (3,000 tons; 18.6 knots; twelve 4").

At Colombo, refitting.

Dufferin (Indian Marine).

At Bombay in dry dock.

Suva (2,230 tons; 13 knots; three 4.7").

On passage Aden to Bombay.

Enterprise (armed launch).

Central part of the Red Sea.

Minto (Indian Marine).

Central part of the Red Sea.

Hardinge (Indian Marine).

At Sherm Wej.

Lunka (2,193 tons; 16 knots; one 6").

At Suez.

Lama (2,198 tons; 16 knots; three 4").

At Rabegh.

Perth (2,058 tons; 15 knots; three 4.7").

At Perim.

Northbrook (Indian Marine).

At Yenbo.

Clio (1,070 tons; 13 knots; six 4").

At Kamaran.

Odin (1,070 tons; 13 knots; four 4").

At Aden.

Minerva (5,600 tons; 19 knots; eleven 6").

On passage Aden to Zanzibar.

Britomart (900 tons; 10 knots; two 4").

At Bombay, refitting.

Bramble (710 tons; 14 knots; two 4").

At Bushire.

Philomel (2,575 tons; 19 knots; eight 4.7").

On passage Muscat to Bombay.

Juno (5,600 tons; 20 knots; eleven 6").

At Muscat.

 

(b) French Forces.

Pothuau (5,374 tons; 19 knots; two 7.6"; ten 5.8").

D'Entrecasteaux (7,995 tons; 17.2 knots; two 9.4"; twelve 5.5").

D'Estrees (2,421 tons; 18.3 knots; two 5.5"; four 3.9").

 

3. THE CHINA COMMAND

(a) British Forces.

Psyche (2,135 tons; 20 knots; six 4").

Doubtful; log has been lost.

Fantome (1,070 tons; twelve knots; two 3-pdr.).

At sea, Sandakan to Singapore.

Cadmus (1,070 tons; 13 knots; six 4").

On passage from Jesselton to Singapore for refit.

City Of London (8,917 tons; 15 knots; eight 6").

At Colombo.

Venus (5,600 tons; 20 knots; eleven 6").

At Singapore.

Diana (").

On patrol off Singapore.

Fame (destroyer; 340 tons).

Doubtful; log has been lost.

Rosario (submarine depot ship).

At Hong Kong.

Virago (destroyer; 395 tons).

Doubtful; log has been lost.

Whiting (destroyer; 390 tons).

At Hong Kong, in dry dock.

Huon (Australian destroyer; 700 tons).

At Jesselton.

Torrens (").

On patrol off Singapore.

Swan (").

On patrol off Singapore.

 

(b) Japanese Forces

Suma (2,700 tons; 20 knots; two 6"; six 4.7")

On passage to Singapore.

Niitaka (3,420 tons; 20 knots; six 6").

At Singapore, preparing for voyage to Mediterranean.

Akashi (2,800 tons; 19 knots; two 8"; six 4.7")

On passage to Singapore, preparing for voyage to Mediterranean.

Tsushima (3,420 tons; 20 knots; six 6").

On passage from Japan to Singapore.

Katsura (destroyer; 665 tons)

At Singapore, preparing for voyage to the Mediterranean

Kayede (")

"

Ume (")

"

Kusunoki (")

"

    





4.7 BRITISH, FRENCH, JAPANESE FORCES, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS, December 1917

(including CAPE, EAST INDIES and CHINA COMMANDS)

 

1. THE CAPE COMMAND

Cape Town Group.

Hyacinth

at Simonstown.

Kent

at Sierra Leone.

Himalaya

on passage Cape Town to St. Helena.

Convoy Group.

Niitaka, Tsushima

on escort duty between Mauritius and the Cape.

East African Group.

Challenger

at sea, Dar es Salaam to Kilwa Kisiwani.

Lunka

on passage Majimbwa to Dar es Salaam.

Minerva

Kilwa. Kisiwani.

Talbot

on passage Zanzibar to Seychelles.

Rinaldo

at Durban, refitting.

Thistle

Zanzibar.

Trent

doubtful; log has been lost.

Mersey

Lindi.

Severn

Kilwa Kisiwani.

 

2. THE EAST INDIES COMMAND

(a) British Forces.

Espiegle

on patrol off Kamaran.

Clio

Perim.

Odin

Suez, in dock.

Suva

on passage Suez to el Wej.

Pyramus

on passage Jeddah to Wej.

Fox

Aden.

Topaze

Aden.

Hardinge

Suez.

Euryalus

on passage Singapore to Hong Kong.

Northbrook

Rangoon.

Doris

Aden.

Minto

doubtful; log has been lost.

Bramble

Bombay.

Juno

Trincomali.

Diana

on her way to Singapore to rejoin her station.

Venus

Colombo.

Sapphire

Muscat.

(Note.- The Dufferin, Azerbaijan and Lawrence were in the Persian Gulf.)

(b) French Forces.

Doubtful, probably D'Estrees, D'Entrecasteaux and Du Chayla.

 

 

3. THE CHINA COMMAND

(a) British Forces.

Suffolk

at Hong Kong.

City of London

Java Sea.

Fame

"

Cadmus

at Hong Kong

Whiting

"

Virago

"

Rosario

"

(b) Japanese Forces.

Yakumo (9,646 tons; 20 knots; four 8").

Singapore.

Kasuga (7,628 tons; 20 knots; one 10"; two 8").

"

Yodo (despatch vessel; two 4.7").

"

Yahagi (4,950 tons; 26 knots; eight 6").

Fremantle.

Suma

Penang.

Shigure (destroyers)

patrolling the Malacca Straits.

Harukaze (")

"

Hatsuhara (")

"

Hatsunaki (")

"

                






VOLUME FIVE


 5.1 ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDMENT FORCE, DOVER PATROL, May 1917

 

3

15-inch monitors: Terror (flag); Marshall Soult and Erebus.

1

12-inch monitor: Sir John Moore.

2

"M" monitors: Nos. 24 and 26.

2

destroyer leaders: Botha and Faulknor.

8

destroyers (6th Flotilla): Lochinvar, Landrail, Lydiard, Mentor, Moorsom, Morris, Mermaid, Racehorse.

6

paddle minesweepers.

19

motor launches.

Commodore Tyrwhitt detached 2 flotilla cruisers (Lightfoot and Nimrod) and 12 destroyers to assist and cover the operation.

 





  5.2 OSTEND BOMBARDMENT FORCE, DOVER PATROL, June 1917

 

Erebus, Terror (monitors), Botha, Faulknor (Flotilla leaders), Lochinvar, Lance, Manly, Mentor, Moorsom, Miranda (destroyers); P-boats Nos. 11 and 50; motor launches Nos. 532, 279, 239, 252, 105, 282, 103, 282, 110, 280, 283, 276.)

 

Commodore Tyrwhitt, with four light cruisers, a flotilla leader and eight destroyers, left Harwich to cover the bombardment from the Thornton Bank;

 

Centaur (broad pendant), Concord, Canterbury, Conquest (Light Cruisers), Lightfoot (Flotilla leader), Surprise, Truculent, Starfish, Recruit, Taurus, Sharpshooter, Satyr, Torrent (destroyers).

 

followed half an hour later by the Undaunted, with three more light cruisers, and eight destroyers;

 

Undaunted, Cleopatra, Aurora, Penelope (Light Cruisers), Thruster, Redoubt, Skilful, Phoebe, Sybille, Retriever, Radiant, Springbok (destroyers)

 





5.3 OCEAN ESCORT, NORTH ATLANTIC, June-July 1917

 

North American and West Indies Squadron. Ships marked "C" on convoy service:

Battleship Caesar

Cruisers Leviathan, Carnarvon, Berwick (C), Roxburgh (C), Devonshire, Antrim (C), Drake (C), Donegal, Cumberland (C)

Light cruisers Isis (C), Highflyer (C)

A.M.C. Calgarian, Orama.)

supplemented by four armed merchant cruisers detached from the 10th Cruiser Squadron:

 

Virginian, Almanzora, Kildonan Castle, Victorian. Victorian's first convoy sailed August 2.

 

and "Commissioned Escort Ships," of which four were actually in service on July 31 and a fifth preparing to sail.

Carrigan Head, Cambrian III (later renamed Bostonian), Knight Templar, Sachem, Discoverer.

 





5.4 QUEENSTOWN, S IRELAND ESCORT FORCES, June 1917

Twenty-four American (5th American Destroyer Division, Drayton, Jenkins, Patterson, Paulding, Trippe, Warrington, arrived in Queenstown on June 1)  and five British destroyers, the first sloop flotilla of seventeen units, a sweeping flotilla of eight sweepers and four torpedo boats, and ten Q-ships. Nine vessels were resting and refitting in harbour;

 

At Queenstown: Adventure, Bluebell, Crocus, Heather and Laburnum.

At Newport, Monmouthshire: Parthian and Peyton.

At Plymouth: Laggan.

At Buncrana: Anchusa.

 




 

5.5 BRITISH AEGEAN SQUADRON, 20 January 1918

 

Agean Squadron

Southern Aegean, 1st Detached Squadron

Dardanelles, 2nd Detached Squadron

 

Salonica, 3rd Detached Squadron

Smyrna Area, 4th Detached Squadron

Central Aegean, 5th Detached Squadron

Bulgarian Coast, 6th Detached Squadron

Mudros

Suda Bay

Kusu Bay, Pyrgos

Salonica

Kalloni, Vathi, Laki

Syra, Trebuki

Stavros

Battleship:

Agamemnon

Light cruisers:

Lowestoft

Foresight

Skirmisher

Monitor:

M.18 (under repair)

Sloop:

Heliotrope

Auxiliary Sweeper:

Gazelle (under repair)

Destroyers:

Arno

Wear (under repair)

Kennet (in dock)

Ribble (raising steam for Malta)

Lyra (en route from home, relief for Attack)

Light Cruiser:

Pelorus

Cruiser:

Endymion (refitting Malta).

Monitors:

Raglan (SO)

M.28

Destroyers:

Tigress

Lizard, both on patrol

Renard

Archer, both escorting oiler

Battleship:

Lord Nelson

Light cruiser:

Latona (SO)

Depot Ship

St George

Light Cruisers:

Sentinel (S.O.)

Forward, both Kalloni

Monitors:

M.22

M.23, both Khios Section

Abercrombie,

Samos Section

Sloop:

Peony (boiler cleaning), also Samos Section

Destroyer:

Welland

Minesweeper:

Lynn (S.O.).

Destroyer:

Colne

Cruiser:

Edgar

(S.O.).

Monitors:

M.17

M.20

M.19

(at Thaso)

 

 

SHIP'S DETACHED FROM THE AEGEAN SQUADRON

 

Refitting. Malta, Genoa, Gibraltar.

Milo.

Alexandria.

Adriatic

Patrols.

Cruiser:

Endymion (Malta)

Monitor:

M.16 (Malta)

Sloops:

Clematis (Malta)

Jonquil (Genoa).

Destroyers:

Acorn (Malta)

Acheron (Genoa)

Grampus (Malta)

Hope (Malta)

Larne (Malta)

Phoenix (Malta)

Rattlesnake (Gibraltar)

Redpole (Malta)

Rifleman (Gibraltar)

Ruby (Malta)

Paid off (for repairs):

Fury (Home Ports)

Pincher (Home Ports)

Savage (Home Ports)

Scorpion (Home Ports)

Usk (Home Ports)

Cruiser:

Theseus (S.O.).

Monitor: (-)

Sloops:

Anemone

Azalea (Port Said - Milo)

Honeysuckle (Port Said – Milo)

Destroyers:

Comet (Mudros- Milo)

Ribble (Mudros- Milo)

Hydra (Malta- Milo)

Cameleon (Malta- Milo)

Monitors:

M.29

M.32

Destroyers:

Basilisk

Jackal

(under command S.N.O. Egypt).

Destroyers:

Jed

Lapwing

Chelmer

(all Taranto- Alexandria)

Destroyers:

Sheldrake (Toulon)

Alarm (Brindisi)

Nereide (Gibraltar)

 





5.6 OCEAN ESCORTS, ATLANTIC CONVOYS, September 1917

 

Buncrana.

Queenstown.

Devonport

27 destroyers (2nd Flotilla)

1 light cruiser

36 destroyers (4th Flotilla)

3 destroyers (G.F.)

36 destroyers (U.S.A.)

4 destroyers (local defence)

13 sloops

12 sloops

8 torpedo boats (local defence)

13 submarines

(Vulcan and Platypus flotillas)

4 torpedo boats

 

Seaplane carrier.

9 minesweepers

 

 

Sixty-six destroyers had been detached to the three western commands in order to meet the new situation.Of these Great Britain had provided thirty; fifteen were detached from Portsmouth and Dover; nine were released from the Grand Fleet by the deliveryof destroyers of a later type; and six were moved up from Gibraltar. The United States provided the remaining thirty-six .... The United States Navy took care of the majority of the New York convoys, and by the end of August, six American light cruisers were engaged in this service, to which a seventh was added during thefollowing month.

 

Albany, Cleveland, Chattanooga, Des Moines, Denver, Tacoma - August. New Orleans - September.

 

Further detachments from the 10th Cruiser Squadron,

 

Arlanza, Armadale Castle, Gloucestershire, Moldavia, Motagua, Kildonan Castle, and Patuca, detached during August and September.

 

..... breaking up of 2nd Cruiser Squadron. The three ships of this squadron were transferred, during August, to the North American Station, and strengthened by the Cornwall on her completion of refit.

 

Achilles, Cochrane, Duke Of Edinburgh. Achilles did not join till September.

 

 Two additional commissioned escort ships were also brought into service.

 

Mechanician, Wyncote

 

By September 30 the total number of ships definitely allocated to ocean escort duty in the North and SouthAtlantic was forty-three; twelve cruisers, nine light cruisers (of which seven were American), fifteen armed merchant cruisers, and seven commissioned escort ships. Fourteen out of seventeen cruising ships now comprised in the North American and West Indies Squadron were absorbed by escort duties,including the three taken over from the 2nd Cruiser Squadron; four ships in the 9th Cruiser Squadron were similarly employed, and of twenty-two ships nominally comprised in the 10th Cruiser Squadron, eleven had been detached for convoy duties.

 

For ocean escort to the Gibraltar convoys eight vessels were employed;

 

Rule, Acton, Laggan, Marshfort, Puma, Underwing, Tamarisk, and Duke Of Clarence. Dundee had been sunk.

 

six of these vessels went to Gibraltar in September, their place as ocean escorts being taken by United States vessels of the lighter type.

 

The gunboat Sacramento and revenue cutters Seneca, Ossipee, Manning and Yamacraw were originally designated for this service. In addition to these vessels, the light cruisers Birmingham and Chester, the armed yacht Nahma, and the revenue cutters Algonquin and Tampa were eventually used






5.7 BRITISH CRUISER AND DESTROYER FORCES AT SEA, AT TIME OF FIRST SCANDINAVIAN CONVOY ATTACK, October 1917

 

 

1st L.C.S. (Rosyth).

2nd L.C.S. (Rosyth).

3rd L.C.S. (Scapa).

4th L.C.S. (Scapa).

Caledon

Birmingham

Chatham

Calliope

Galatea

Southampton

Yarmouth

Caroline

Phaeton

Melbourne

Birkenhead

Comus

Inconstant

15th Flotilla:

Chester

Constance

Royalist

Parker

12th Flotilla:

14th Flotilla:

13th Flotilla:

Rigorous

Menace

Opportune

Gabriel

Rocket

Noble

Orford

Norseman

Rowena

14th Flotilla:

Partridge

Petard

Sabrina

Medina

Peyton

Urchin

Trenchant

Nonpareil

Relentless

 

 

Offa

 

 

 

Patriot

 

 

6th L.C.S. (Rosyth).

1st C.S. (Rosyth).

1st C.S. (Rosyth).

 

Cardiff

Courageous

Furious

 

Ceres

Glorious

 

 

Calypso

13th Flotilla:

13th Flotilla

 

Caradoc

Nepean

Onslow

 

Cassandra

Nereus

Oriana

 

13th Flotilla:

Pigeon

Penn

 

Nerissa.

Vanquisher

Tower

 

Osiris

 

 

 

Patrician

 

 

 

Pylades

 

 

 

Rival

 

 

 

Telemachus

 

 

 

Tristram

 

 

 

Umpire

 

 

 

Vanoc

 

 

 

Vimiera

 

 

 

HARWICH FORCE.

FORCE A.

FORCE B.

FORCE C.

 

Centaur

Undaunted

Canterbury

 

Carysfort

Cleopatra

Aurora

 

Concord

10th Flotilla:

10th Flotilla

 

10th Flotilla:

Valkyrie

Lightfoot

 

Nimrod

Tempest

Retriever

 

Taurus

Sceptre

Tetrarch

 

Ulleswater

11th Flotilla:

Stork

 

Truculent

Minion

Sybille

 

Starfish

14th Flotilla:

 

 

 

Norman

 

 

 

 Eight Grand Fleet destroyers were at the time doing escort duty between the Shetlands and Norway:

 

Marmion, Sarpedon, Mary Rose, Obedient, Strongbow, Tirade, Marvel, Morning Star - Brilliant;  Depot Ship - Leander (Senior Officer's ship)

 





5.8 AMERICAN ESCORTS, MEDITERRANEAN CONVOYS, October 1917

 

Light Cruiser

Birmingham

arrived at Gibraltar during August.

Gunboat

Sacramento

"

 

Nashville

"

 

Machias

"

 

Castine

"

Revenue Cutter

Ossipee

"

Light Cruiser

Chester

"

Revenue Cutter

Seneca

arrived at Gibraltar during September.

 

Yamacraw

"

 

Manning

"

Gunboat

Marietta

arrived at Gibraltar 3rd October.

 





5.9 BRITISH FORCES, BATTLE OF HELIGOLAND, November 1917

 

 

screening destroyers:

1st Cruiser Squadron:

Courageous (flag)

Ursa

Glorious

Nerissa

 

Urchin

 

Umpire

6th Light Cruiser Squadron:

Cardiff (flag)

Valentine

Ceres

Vimiera

Calypso

Vanquisher

Caradoc

Vehement

1st Light Cruiser Squadron:

Caledon (broad pendant)

Vendetta

Galatea

Medway

Royalist

 

Inconstant

 

1st Battle Cruiser Squadron:

Lion (flag)

Champion (light cruiser)

Princess Royal

Verdun

Tiger

Telemachus

New Zealand

Oriana

Repulse (rear flag)

Nepean

 

Obdurate

 

Tristram

 

Petard

 

Tower

1st Battle Squadron:

Revenge

Saumarez

Royal Oak

Noble

Resolution

Nonsuch

Emperor Of India

Napier

Benbow

Penn

Canada

Paladin

 

Valhalla

 

Prince

 

Mischief

 

Munster

 





5.10 BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES, ZEEBRUGGE AND FIRST OSTEND RAID, April 1918

 

1. In the Swin, an anchorage in the Thames estuary off the Essex coast about 8 miles south of Clacton and out of sight of inhabited land.

 

for the attack on Zeebrugge mole - Vindictive, Iris II and Daffodil.

block-ships Zeebrugge - Thetis, Intrepid, Iphigenia:

block-ships Ostend - Sirius, Brilliant

 

2. At Dover.

 

Destroyers:

Warwick (flag of Vice-Admiral).

Phoebe, North Star: patrol unit Zeebrugge.

Trident, Mansfield: patrol unit Zeebrugge.

Whirlwind, Myngs: patrol unit Zeebrugge.

Velox, Morris, Moorsom, Melpomene: patrol unit Zeebrugge.

Tempest, Tetrarch: patrol unit Ostend.

Attentive, Scott, Ulleswater, Teazer, Stork: outer patrol Zeebrugge.

 

Monitors:

Erebus. Terror: for long-range bombardment at Zeebrugge batteries.

 

Destroyers:

Termagant, Truculent, Manly: attending on Erebus and Terror.

 

Submarines:

C.1, C.3: for destroying a portion of the viaduct, Zeebrugge.

Picket Boat: to rescue crews of C.1 and C.3.

 

Minesweeper:

Lingfield: attached to Zeebrugge expedition for escorting motor launches with surplus steaming parties back to Dover.

 

5 motor launches: for removing surplus steaming parties from block-ships.

18 coastal motor boats.

28 motor launches: for smoke-screening Zeebrugge expedition, picking up survivorsfrom block-ships.

 

3. At Dunkirk.

Monitors:

Marshall Soult, Lord Clive, Prince Eugene, General Craufurd, M.24, M.26, M.21: for bombarding Ostend batteries.

 

Destroyers: Faulknor, Mastiff, Afridi, Swift, Matchless: patrol off Ostend.

Mentor, Lightfoot, Zubian: accompanying Ostend monitors.

 

French torpedo boats:

Lestin, Roux, Bouclier: accompanying Ostend monitors.

6 British motor launches: for attending on big monitors.

18 British motor launches.

6 British coastal motor boats: for smoke-screening the Ostend expedition,and rescue work.

4 French torpedo boats.

4 French motor launches: attending on small monitors, M.24, M.26, M.21.

 

4. At Harwich (under Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt).

7 Light Cruisers.

2 Flotilla Leaders and 14 Destroyers: to cover the operation and preventinterference from the northward.






5.11 BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES, SECOND OSTEND RAID, May 1918

 

30th Division:

Monitors: Prince Eugene, Sir John Moore.

Destroyers: Lestin, Roux, Bouclier.

4 large motor launches.

M.27; 2 French destroyers, 2 French motor boats, attached to the 30th Division formarking the position of aiming light.

 

31st Division:

Monitors: Erebus, Terror.

Destroyers: Phoebe, Morris, Manly.

4 large motor launches.

M.23, M.25; 2 French destroyers and 2 French motor boats, attached to the 30th Division for marking the aiming light.

 

32nd Division: Faulknor (Commodore's broad pendant), Nugent, Moorsom

Myngs.

 

33rd Division: Broke, Matchless, Mansfield, Melpomene.

 

34th Division: Warwick (flag of Vice-Admiral), Velox, Whirlwind,

Trident.

Motor launch Division: 18 large boats.

C.M.B. Division: 5 large, 3 small boats.

Attached C.M.B.'s: 2, for escorting Vindictive.


(The schedule of duties for the mosquito craft was as follows:

 

C.M.B.S Nos. 21 and 22: to mark the Stroom Bank, and when relieved by C.M.B. No. 12 to move off and lay a calcium buoy between the piers.

C.M.B. No. 12: to relieve C.M.B.s Nos. 21 and 22 at the Stroom Bank and then to mark it.

C.M.B.s Nos. 24 and 30: to deliver torpedo attacks on the piers.

C.M.B.s Nos. 5 and 22: to burn red flares near the wrecks of the Brilliant and Sirius.

C.M.B. No. 23: to mark the entrance to the harbour with a special flare if demanded by the Vindictive.

C.M.B.s Nos. 25 and 26: to escort the Vindictive, to mark the direction of the pier heads, and to attack the pier heads with torpedoes.

M.L.s Nos. 254 and 276: to rescue the crew of the Vindictive.

13 Motor launches: to make smoke screen.)





5.12 BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN FORCES, OTRANTO BARRAGE, May to September 1918.

 

 

15 May.

15 June.

15 July.

15 Sept.

Destroyers (Brit. and French)

27

31

27 (no French)

31 (no French)

Submarines (Brit. and French)

15

15

12

8

Sloops (Kite Balloon)

1

4

4

6

Torpedo Boats

-

-

3

4

American S/M Chasers

-

30

36

36

Hydrophone Trawlers

18

18

38

38

Trawlers

18

20

14

14

Drifters

102

109

107

101

Motor Launches

40

40

40

41

Yacht

1

1

1

1

 




 

5.13 OCEAN ESCORTS, ATLANTIC CONVOYS, JUNE, JULY 1917

 

Convoy Number.

(number of ships)

 

Mercantile Convoy.

Destroyer Escort

(from 1 or 2 bases)

 

 

Total Escort.

 

Ocean Escort.

 

Sailed.

Arrived destroyer rendezvous

Number.

 

Base.

 

Date of sailing.

 

Number.

 

Base.

 

Date of sailing.

 

Date.

Base

HH.1 (12)

Roxburgh

May 24

Hampton Roads

June 6

8 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

June 4

-

-

-

8

HH.2 (12)

Isis

June 4

Hampton Roads

June 18

8 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

June 16

-

-

-

8

HH.3 (9)

Drake

June 13

Hampton Roads

June 27

8 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

June 25

-

-

-

8

HH.4 (18)

Antrim

June 19

Hampton Roads

July 4

8 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 1

4 (1st Flot.)

Portsmouth

July 3

12

HH.5 (20)

Carrigan

June 25

Hampton Roads

July 11

10 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 8

2 (U.S.S.)

Queenstown

July 8

12

HH.6 (24)

Roxburgh

July 2

Hampton Roads

July 17

14 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 15

6 (Convoy Flot.) (P-boats)

Portsmouth

July 16

14 (6 P-boasts)

HS.1 (17)

Highflyer

July 10

Sydney

July 20

8 (U.S.S.)

Queenstown

July 18

4 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 21

12

HH.7 (24)

Berwick

July 6

Hampton Roads

July 21

5 (14th, 15th Flot.) (3 sloops)

Buncrana

July 19

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-

5 (3 sloops)

HH.8 (14)

Sachem

July 10

Hampton Roads

July 25

8 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 22

6 (Convoy Flot.) (P-boats)

Portsmouth

July 24

8 (6 P-boats)

HN.1 (19)

USS Albany

July 14

New York

July 28

8 (U.S.S.)

Queenstown

July 27

4 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 29

12

HS.2 (19)

Virginian

July 20

Sydney

July 29

8 (U.S.S.)

Queenstown

July 27

6 (4th Flot.)

Devonport

July 30

14

HH.9 (20)

Knight Templar

July 14

Hampton Roads

July 29

5 (14th, 15th Flot.) (2 sloops)

Buncrana

July 27

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5 (2 sloops)

 



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