Order of battle at Dogger Bank (1915)
# 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.

## Summary

### Ships present

| | 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.

## 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

## Royal Navy

### Battlecruiser Force

    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

    Commododre (T) Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B.
       HMS Arethusa (light cruiser) Cdre Tyrwhitt
    Attached Destroyers
       HMS Meteor: Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade
       HMS Miranda: Cdr Barry E. Domvile
       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

    1st Scouting Group (I. Aufklärungsgruppe) (battlecruisers)
    Konteradmiral Franz von Hipper
       SMS Seydlitz (flagship): Kapt.z.S. Moritz von Egidy
       SMS Moltke: Kapt.z.S. Magnus von Levetzow
       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
       SMS Stralsund: F.Kapt. Viktor Harder
       SMS Rostock: Kapt.z.S. Johannes Hartog
       SMS Kolberg: F.Kapt. Wilhelm Widenmann
    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
       18th Half-Flotilla (18. halbflottille)
          SMS V30: K.Kapt. Werner Tillessen
          SMS S33: Oblt.z.S. Hartmut Buddecke
          SMS S34: Kptlt. Otto Andersen
          SMS V29: Kptlt. Erich Steinbrinck
          SMS S35:
