Order of battle at Dogger Bank (1915)



The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval engagement during the First World War that took place on 24 January 1915 near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the Kaiserliche Marine (High Seas Fleet).

The British surprised the smaller and slower German squadron, which fled for home. During a stern chase lasting several hours, the British caught up with the Germans and engaged them with long-range gunfire. The German squadron returned to harbour, with some ships in need of extensive repairs. The Germans lost Blücher and most of her crew. The British flagship Lion was out of action for several months, but they lost no ships and suffered few casualties.

After the British victory, both navies replaced officers who were thought to have shown poor judgement and made changes to equipment and procedures because of failings observed during the battle.

Ships present

 * The German Navy's torpedo boats were of similar size and function to the destroyers in the Royal Navy, and are often referred as such.

Abbreviations
Abbreviations for Officers’ Ranks
 * Adm / Admiral
 * VAdm / Vice-admiral : Vizeadmiral / VAdm
 * RAdm / Rear-admiral : Konteradmiral / KAdm
 * Cdre / Commodore : Kommodore / Kom
 * Capt / Captain : Kapitän zur See / KptzS
 * Cdr / Commander : Fregattenkapitän / FKpt
 * Lt Cdr / Lieutenant-commander : Korvettenkapitän / KKpt
 * Lt / Lieutenant : Kapitänleutnant / KptLt
 * SLt / Sub-lieutenant : Oberleutnant zur See / OLtzS

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

Battlecruiser Force

 * 1st Battlecruiser Squadron
 * Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.
 * HMS Lion (1910) (flagship): Capt Alfred E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O.
 * HMS Tiger (1913): Capt Henry B. Pelly, M.V.O.
 * HMS Princess Royal (1911): Capt Osmond de B. Brock, A.d.C.


 * 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Moore, K.C.B., C.V.O.
 * HMS New Zealand (1911) (flagship): Capt Lionel Halsey, C.M.G., A.d.C.
 * HMS Indomitable (1907): Capt Francis W. Kennedy


 * 1st Light Cruiser Squadron
 * Commodore (2nd Class) William E. Goodenough, M.V.O.
 * HMS Southampton (1912): Cdre Goodenough
 * HMS Nottingham (1913): Capt Charles B. Miller
 * HMS Birmingham (1913): Capt Arthur A. M. Duff
 * HMS Lowestoft (1913): Capt Theobald W. B. Kennedy

Harwich Force

 * Commododre (T) Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B.
 * HMS Arethusa (1913) (light cruiser) Cdre Tyrwhitt


 * Attached Destroyers
 * HMS Meteor (1914): Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade
 * HMS Miranda (1914): Cdr Barry E. Domvile
 * HMS Mentor (1914): Cdr Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy
 * HMS Milne (1914): Lt-Cdr Henry R. Clifton Mogg
 * HMS Mastiff (1914): Lt-Cdr James L. Forbes
 * HMS Minos (1914): Lt-Cdr Ernest H. B. Williams
 * HMS Morris (1914): Cdr Reginald Henniker-Heaton


 * 1st Destroyer Flotilla
 * Captain Wilmot S. Nicholson
 * HMS Aurora (1913) (flotilla cruiser, Capt Nicholson)
 * 1st Division/1st D.F.
 * HMS Acheron (1911): Cdr Brien M. Money
 * HMS Attack (1911): Lt-Cdr Cyril Callaghan
 * HMS Hydra (1912): Lt-Cdr Robert S. Buchanan
 * HMS Ariel (1911): Lt-Cdr James V. Creagh
 * 3rd Division/1st D.F.
 * HMS Ferret (1911): Cdr Geoffrey Mackworth
 * HMS Forester (1911): Lt-Cdr Montague G. B. Legge
 * HMS Defender (1911): Lt-Cdr Cecil H. H. Sams
 * HMS Druid (1911): Lt-Cdr Roger V. Allison
 * 4th Division/1st D.F.
 * HMS Hornet (1911): Cdr Cecil G. Chichester
 * HMS Tigress (1911): Lt-Cdr Paul Whitfield
 * HMS Sandfly (1911): Lt-Cdr Francis G. C. Coates
 * HMS Jackal (1911): Lt-Cdr John C. Tovey
 * 5th Division/1st D.F.
 * HMS Goshawk (1911): Cdr Dashwood F. Moir
 * HMS Phoenix (1911): Lt-Cdr Michael K. H. Kennedy
 * HMS Lapwing (1911): Lt-Cdr Alexander H. Gye


 * 3rd Destroyer Flotilla
 * Captain Francis G. St. John, M.V.O.
 * HMS Undaunted (1914) (flotilla cruiser, Capt St.John)
 * 1st Division/3rd D.F.
 * HMS Lookout (1914): Cdr Arthur B. S. Dutton
 * HMS Lysander (1913): Lt-Cdr George W. Taylor
 * HMS Landrail (1914): Lt-Cdr Bruce Lloyd Owen
 * 2nd Division/3rd D.F.
 * HMS Laurel (1913): Cdr George P. England
 * HMS Liberty (1913): Lt-Cdr Reginald B. C. Hutchinson D.S.C.
 * HMS Laertes (1913): Cdr Malcolm L. Goldsmith
 * HMS Lucifer (1913): Lt-Cdr Ralph M. Mack
 * 3rd Division/3rd D.F.
 * HMS Laforey (1913): Cdr Graham R. L. Edwards
 * HMS Lawford (1913): Lt-Cdr Arthur A. Scott
 * HMS Lydiard (1914): Lt-Cdr George H. Knowles
 * HMS Louis (1913): Lt-Cdr Richard W. U. Bayly
 * 4th Division/3rd D.F.
 * HMS Legion (1914): Lt-Cdr Claud F. Allsup
 * HMS Lark (1913): Lt-Cdr Charles E. Hughes-White


 * 8th Submarine Flotilla
 * Commododre (S) Roger Keyes
 * Destroyers
 * HMS Firedrake (1912): Lt-Cdr Alfred B. Watts
 * HMS Lurcher (1912): 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

Imperial German Navy



 * 1st Scouting Group (I. Aufklärungsgruppe) (battlecruisers)
 * Konteradmiral Franz von 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 (sunk): F.Kapt. Alexander Erdmann


 * 2nd Scouting Group (II. Aufklärungsgruppe) (light cruisers)
 * Konteradmiral Georg Hebbinghaus
 * 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 (1914): Oblt.z.S. Hartmut Buddecke
 * SMS S34 (1914): Kptlt. Otto Andersen
 * SMS V29: Kptlt. Erich Steinbrinck
 * SMS S35 (1914):