Introduction

The High Sea's fleet at Jutland

 

The Battle of Jutland on the 31st May to 1st June 1916 was the ultimate showdown between the Royal Navy's Grand fleet and the German High Sea's Fleet.

 

It was a confrontation that the two countries had been building towards throughout the previous decade and was hoped by the Royal Naval Admiralty that it would decide the Naval war in the North Sea.

 

For an outline of the battle click here.

 

This Blog is a tester for a larger project to list and name all of the German sailors who took part as part of the High Sea's fleet and as a counter part of the Royal Navy page (here).

This page is very much under construction and even the pages that have been published (so far Moltke and Frauenlob) are still being worked on so please be patient as I work on this in my own time.

 

 

The German High Seas's fleet was organised into the following formations. Click each ship for their complement.

 

The High Seas fleet

 

 

III Battle Squadron (Konteradmiral P. Behncke)

 

V. Division

 

SMS Konig (Flag)

SMS Grosser Kurfurst

SMS Kronprinz

SMS Markgraf

 

VI. Division  Konteradmiral H. Nordmann

 

SMS Kaiser (Flag)

SMS Kaiserin

SMS Prinzregent Luitpold

SMS Friedrich der Grosse (Fleet Flagship under Vizadmiral Reinhard Scheer)

I Battle Squadron

1st Division

SMS Ostfriesland
SMS Thuringen
SMS Helgoland
SMS Oldenberg

2nd Division

SMS Posen
SMS Rhineland
SMS Nasau
SMS Westfalen

II Battle Squadron

1st Division

SMS Deutschland
SMS Hessen
SMS Pommern

2nd Division

SMS Hanover
SMS Schlesien
SMS Scheswig-Holstein
 





 

IV. Scouting Group (Kommodore von Reuter)

 

 

SMS Stettin (Flag)

SMS Munchen

SMS Hamburg

SMS Frauenlob

SMS Stuttgart 

                                                              Torpedo Boat formations

Flagship

SMS Rostock

1st Torpedo Half flotilla

SMS G.39
SMS G.40
SMS G.38
SMS S.32

                                                                 1st Scouting group

SMS Lutzow
SMS Derflinger
SMS Seydlitz
SMS Moltke
SMS Von der Tann

                                                              Scouting force light Cruisers

SMS Frankfurt
SMS Elbing
SMS Pillau
SMS Weisbaden

                                                                            U-boats

Several U-boats were deployed during the battle for scouting purposes.

Off Terschilling

U-46
U-67

Off Humber Estuary

UB-21

Off Flamborough Head

UB-22

Off the Firth of Forth

U-52
U-24
U-70
U-32
U-51
U-63
U-66

Off Peterhead

U-47

Off Pentland firth

U-44
U-43

                                                                   Airships

Several Zeppelins were deployed for scouting purposes and reconnaissance force for the surface vessels

Sortied on the 31st May

L.9
L.14
L.16
L.21
L.23

Sortied on the 1st June

L.11
L.17
L.22
L.24

Others that did no sortie.

L.13
L.30