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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).

Ship movements during the Battle of Dogger Bank

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.

Summary edit

Ships present edit

Royal Navy Imperial German Navy
Battlecruisers
5 total

8 × 13.5-in. main-battery broadside

HMS Tiger (28,500 tons, 28 kn.)
2 × Lion class (26,270 tons, 27.5 kn.)


8 × 12-in. main-battery broadside

HMS New Zealand (18,500 tons, 25 kn.)
HMS Indomitable (17,408 tons, 25.5 kn.)
3 total

8 × 12-in. main-battery broadside

SMS Derfflinger (26,600 tons, 26.5 kn.)


10 × 11-in. main-battery broadside

SMS Seydlitz (24,988 tons, 26.5 kn.)
SMS Moltke (22,979 tons, 25.5 kn.)
Armored cruisers
1 total

8 × 8.3-in. main-battery broadside

SMS Blücher (15,842 tons, 25.4 kn.)
Light
cruisers
7 total

4 × Town class (5,400 tons, 25.5 kn.)
3 × Arethusa class (3,512 tons, 28.5 kn.)
4 total

SMS Graudenz (4,834 tons, 27.5 kn.)
SMS Rostock (4,800 tons, 29.3 kn.)
SMS Stralsund (4,500 tons, 27.5 kn.)
SMS Kolberg (4,293 tons, 25.5 kn.)
Destroyers
/ torpedo
boats *
37
18
Submarines
4
Totals
53
26

* 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.[citation needed]

Abbreviations edit

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

Royal Navy edit

 
Vice-Adm. Sir David R. Beatty
 
Adm. Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt
 
Light cruiser Arethusa underway

Battlecruiser Force edit

1st Battlecruiser Squadron
Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.
HMS Lion (flagship): Capt Alfred E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O.
HMS Tiger: Capt Henry B. Pelly, M.V.O.
HMS Princess Royal: Capt Osmond de B. Brock, A.d.C.
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron
Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Moore, K.C.B., C.V.O.
HMS New Zealand (flagship): Capt Lionel Halsey, C.M.G., A.d.C.
HMS Indomitable: Capt Francis W. Kennedy
1st Light Cruiser Squadron
Commodore (2nd Class) William E. Goodenough, M.V.O.
HMS Southampton: Cdre Goodenough
HMS Nottingham: Capt Charles B. Miller
HMS Birmingham: Capt Arthur A. M. Duff
HMS Lowestoft: Capt Theobald W. B. Kennedy

Harwich Force edit

Commododre (T) Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B.
HMS Arethusa (light cruiser) Cdre Tyrwhitt
Attached Destroyers[a]
HMS Meteor: Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade
HMS Miranda: Cdr Barry E. Domvile [b]
HMS Mentor: Cdr Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy
HMS Milne: Lt-Cdr Henry R. Clifton Mogg
HMS Mastiff: Lt-Cdr James L. Forbes
HMS Minos: Lt-Cdr Ernest H. B. Williams
HMS Morris: Cdr Reginald Henniker-Heaton

Imperial German Navy edit

 
Kadm Franz Hipper
 
Battle cruiser Seydlitz, KAdm Hipper's flagship, with zeppelin.
 
Battle cruiser Moltke at Hampton Roads
 
Light cruiser Rostock
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[1]
2nd Scouting Group (II. Aufklärungsgruppe) (light cruisers)
Konteradmiral Georg Hebbinghaus[2]
SMS Graudenz (flagship): F.Kapt. Theodor Püllen (GE)
SMS Stralsund: F.Kapt. Viktor Harder
SMS Rostock: Kapt.z.S. Johannes Hartog
SMS Kolberg: F.Kapt. Wilhelm Widenmann(GE)
5th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (V. Torpedoboots Flottille)
K.Kapt. Bernd von dem Knesebeck
SMS G12: Kptlt. Hans Loening
9th Half-Flotilla (9. halbflottille)
SMS V1: Kptlt. Walter Hoffert
SMS V4: Kptlt. Kurt Heeseler
SMS V5: Kptlt. Wolf von Eichhorn
10th Half-Flotilla (10. halbflottille)
SMS G11: K.Kapt. Oskar Heinecke
SMS G9: Kptlt. Hans Anschütz
SMS G7: Kptlt. Johannes Weineck
SMS G8: Kptlt. Adolf Müller
SMS V2: Kptlt. Gerhard Hoefer
8th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (VIII. Torpedoboots Flottille)
SMS S178: K.Kapt. Paul Hundertmarck
15th Half-Flotilla (15. halbflottille)
SMS V181: K.Kapt. Georg Weißenborn
SMS V182: Kptlt. Hans Hufnagel
SMS V185: Kptlt. Carl August Claussen(GE)
18th Half-Flotilla (18. halbflottille)
SMS V30: K.Kapt. Werner Tillessen (GE)
SMS S33: Oblt.z.S. Hartmut Buddecke
SMS S34: Kptlt. Otto Andersen
SMS V29: Kptlt. Erich Steinbrinck
SMS S35:

Notes edit

  1. ^ Soon to become the 10th Destroyer Flotilla
  2. ^ Miranda sailed with 3rd D.F. but joined Cdre (T) before the action.

References edit

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

Sources edit

British
  • Beatty, David (2 March 1915). "Action in the North Sea on Sunday, the 24th of January, 1915". The London Gazette (29088). London. ISSN 0374-3721. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  • Corbett, J. S. (1929) [1921]. Naval Operations. History of the Great War based on Official Documents. Vol. II (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green. OCLC 220474040. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  • Home Waters: From November 1914 to the End of January 1915 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs. Vol. III. Appendix C. The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1921. OCLC 220734221. Retrieved 27 January 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • The Navy List for January 1915. London: HMSO. 1915. OCLC 59612658. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
German
  • Groos, Otto (1925). Der Krieg in der Nordsee: Von Ende November bis Anfang Februar 1915 [The War in the North Sea: From the End of November until the Beginning of February, 1915]. Der Krieg zur See, 1914–18. Vol. III. Berlin: Verlag von E. S. Mittler & Sohn. OCLC 260121080.
  • Stoelzel, Albert (1930). Ehrenrangliste der Kaiserlich-Deutschen Marine 1914–18 [Honor Rank List of the Imperial German Navy 1914–18]. Berlin: Marine-Offizier-Verband. OCLC 62432982.
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