Grand Fleet
Grand Fleet battleships
Active	1914-1918
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Commanders
Notable commanders	John Jellicoe, David Beatty

Grand Fleet during WWI

The 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. From left to right the ships are: King George V, Thunderer, Monarch and Conqueror.

During World War I, the British Home Fleet was renamed the Grand Fleet and represented 35-40 state of the art navy vessels. It was initially commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He was later succeeded by the commander of the Grand Fleet battlecruisers Admiral Sir David Beatty. The British Grand Fleet at sea in World War I This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos of the... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859–November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (17 January 1871- 11 March 1936), was an admiral in the Royal Navy. ... The British Grand Fleet sailing in parallel columns in World War I This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos... The British Grand Fleet sailing in parallel columns in World War I This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos... Ships of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Royal Navys Grand Fleet in World War I. From left to right, King George V, Thunderer, Monarch, Conqueror This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for... Ships of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Royal Navys Grand Fleet in World War I. From left to right, King George V, Thunderer, Monarch, Conqueror This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859–November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (17 January 1871- 11 March 1936), was an admiral in the Royal Navy. ...

The Grand Fleet only took part in one fleet action during the war, the indecisive Battle of Jutland. More British ships were sunk than German, although the German High Seas Fleet was damaged to the extent that it was unable to put to sea for a number of months. Strategically, Jutland was a British victory because the British fleet retained control of the North Sea with no further challenge from the German Navy. Combatants Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy High Seas Fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine Commanders Sir John Jellicoe Sir David Beatty Reinhard Scheer Franz von Hipper Strength 28 battleships 9 battlecruisers 8 heavy cruisers 26 light cruisers 78 destroyers 1 minelayer 1 seaplane carrier 16 battleships 5 battlecruisers 6 pre... German battlecruiser Derfflinger scuttled at Scapa Flow. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...

The Grand Fleet was based in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. It has been suggested that Gutter Sound be merged into this article or section. ... The Orkney Islands, usually called simply Orkney, are one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

The Grand Fleet's order of battle in May 1916 was as follows: An order of battle (often abbreviated as ORBAT, OOB, or OB) is an organizational tool used by military intelligence to list and analyze enemy military units. ...

The Grand Fleet

1st Battle Squadron

• 1st Division
  • Iron Duke - Captain Dreyer, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Jellicoe
  • Revenge - Captain Kiddle
  • Hercules - Captain Bernard
  • Agincourt - Captain Doughty
• 2nd Division
  • Colossus - Captain Pound, Rear-Admiral Gaunt
  • Collingwood - Captain Ley
  • Neptune - Captain Bernard
  • St Vincent - Captain Fisher

HMS Iron Duke was a battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859–November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... HMS Revenge was the name ship of the Revenge class of battleships of the Royal Navy, the ninth to bear the name. ... HMS Hercules was a Colossus-class battleship built by Palmers, launched on May 10, 1910, and commissioned on July 31, 1911 at Portsmouth. ... HMS Agincourt was a World War One Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Colossus of the British Royal Navy was the nameship of her class of dreadnoughts. ... HMS Collingwood was a -class battleship of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Neptune was a Royal Navy dreadnought, intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune-class battleships, but the subsequent two ships had thicker armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class. ... The HMS was the lead ship of the St. ...

2nd Battle Squadron

• 3rd Division
  • King George V - Captain Field, Admiral Sturdee
  • Ajax - Captain Baird
  • Centurion - Captain Culme-Seymour
  • Erin - Captain Stanley
• 4th Division
  • Orion - Captain Backhouse, Rear-Admiral Leveson
  • Monarch - Captain Borrett
  • Conqueror - Captain Tothill
  • Thunderer - Captain Fergusson

The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class of 1911 dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13. ... HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship (one of four ships of the class), built at Scotts shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde. ... HMS Centurion was the second battleship of the King George V class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport. ... Crew members - 1914 HMS Erin was originally ordered for the navy of the Ottoman empire and named Reshadiye, she was built by Vickers and designed by Sir George Thurston. ... HMS Orion was a battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1910, the lead ship of her class and the first super-dreadnought. In World War I she served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow and fought at the battle of Jutland, 31... HMS Monarch was an Orion-class battleship of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Conquerer was an Orion class battleship of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Thunderer was an Orion class battleship of the Royal Navy. ...

4th Battle Squadron

• 7th Division
  • Marlborough - Captain Ross, Vice-Admiral Burney
  • Royal Oak - Captain MacLachlan
  • Superb - Captain Hyde-Parker, Rear-Admiral Duff
  • Canada - Captain Nicholson
• 8th Division
  • Benbow - Captain Parker, Vice-Admiral Jerram
  • Bellerophon - Captain Edward F. Bruen
  • Temeraire - Captain Underhill
  • Vanguard - Captain Dick

HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. ... HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, torpedoed in Scapa Flow by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. ... Categories: Stub | Royal Navy battleships ... HMS Canada was a battleship, sometimes identified as a member of the Iron Duke class originally ordered by the government of Chile as Valparaiso. ... HMS Benbow was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of Admiral John Benbow and launched in 1913. ... HMS Bellerophon was a dreadnought of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, built in Portsmouth and launched 27 July 1907, and which fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. ... HMS Temeraire was a Bellerophon-class battleship in the Royal Navy that was commissioned on August 24, 1907. ... Categories: Naval stubs | Royal Navy battleships ...

1st Cruiser Squadron

(Armoured Cruisers)

• Defence - Captain Ellis, Rear-Admiral Arbuthnot
• Warrior - Captain Molteno
• Duke of Edinburgh - Captain Blackett
• Black Prince - Captain Bonham

HMS Defence was a Minotaur-class armored cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1907. ... HMS Warrior, the name ship of her class of 4 armored cruisers of the Royal Navy, was built several years before the outbreak of the First World War. ... The HMS Duke of Edinburgh, a cruiser of the Royal Navy,and one of two Duke of Edinburgh class cruisers, the other being HMS Black Prince. ... The HMS Black Prince was an armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy (RN) during the First World War. ...

2nd Cruiser Squadron

(Armoured Cruisers)

• Minotaur - Captain d'Aeth, Rear-Admiral Heath
• Hampshire - Captain Savill
• Cochrane - Captain Leatham
• Shannon - Captain J. S. Dumaresq

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Minotaur. ... HMS Hampshire was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Cochrane was a Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser launched on May 28, 1905. ... For other ships of the same name, see HMS Shannon. ...

4th Light Cruiser Squadron

• Calliope - Commodore Le Mesurier
• Constance - Captain Townsend
• Caroline - Captain Crooke
• Royalist - Captain Meade
• Comus - Captain Hotham

HMS Calliope British light cruiser under construction at the outbreak of World War I [sister ship: HMS Champion]. Design of Calliope and Champion based on HMS Caroline, using the same hull as Caroline but with one fewer funnel and slightly thicker armor. ... For other ships of the same name, see HMS Constance. ... Caroline sporting her three flags (From left to right) Union Jack, Commodore RNRs Burgee, Flag of the Royal Navy (White Ensign). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Attached Light Cruisers

• Active - Captain Withers
• Bellona - Captain Dutton
• Blanche - Captain Casement
• Boadicea - Captain Casement
• Canterbury - Captain Royds
• Chester - Captain Lawson

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Canterbury. ... HMS Chester was one of two Town class cruiser (1910)s originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914. ...

4th Destroyer Flotilla

• Tipperary - Captain Wintour
• Acasta
• Achates
• Ambuscade
• Ardent
• Broke
• Christopher
• Contest
• Fortune
• Garland
• Hardy
• Midge
• Ophelia
• Owl
• Porpoise
• Shark
• Sparrowhawk
• Spitfire
• Unity

HMS Tipperary, launched on 5th March 1914, was an Faulknor-class destroyer leader. ... HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Ardent, launched on 8th September 1913, was an Acasta-class destroyer. ... HMS Fortune, launched on 17th March 1913, was an Acasta-class destroyer. ... HMS Shark, launched on 30th July 1912, was an Acasta-class destroyer. ... HMS Sparrowhawk, launched on 12th October 1912, was an Acasta-class destroyer. ... HMS Spitfire was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916. ...

11th Destroyer Flotilla

• Castor (Light Cruiser) - Commodore Hawksley
• Kempenfelt
• Magic
• Mandate
• Manners
• Marne
• Martial
• Michael
• Milbrook
• Minion
• Mons
• Morning Star
• Mounsey
• Mystic
• Ossory

HMS Castor: one of a class of four light cruisers [sister ships were HMS Cambrian, HMS Canterbury, and HMS Constance]. Design of this class was based on the earlier cruisers HMS Champion and HMS Calliope, which, in turn, were based on the HMS Caroline class, using the same hull as...

12th Destroyer Flotilla

• Faulknor - Captain Stirling
• Maenad
• Marksman
• Marvel
• Mary Rose
• Menace
• Mindful
• Mischief
• Munster
• Narwhal
• Nessus
• Noble
• Nonsuch
• Obedient
• Onslaught
• Opal

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Opal. ...

Miscellaneous

• Abdiel (Minelayer)
• Oak (Destroyer tender)

The Battlecruiser Fleet

1st Battlecruiser Squadron

• Lion - Captain Chatfield, Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty
• Princess Royal - Captain Cowan, Rear Admiral O de Brock
• Queen Mary - Captain Prowse
• Tiger - Captain Pelly

HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 1910, the lead ship of her class. ... David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (17 January 1871- 11 March 1936), was an admiral in the Royal Navy. ... HMS Princess Royal was a Royal Navy battlecruiser of the World War I era. ... HMS Queen Mary was a Royal Navy Lion-class battlecruiser, armed with eight 13. ... The eleventh HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1913. ...

2nd Battlecruiser Squadron

• HMAS Australia -
• New Zealand - Captain Green, Rear-Admiral Pakenham
• Indefatigable - Captain Sowerby

HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser laid down by John Brown and Company of Clydebank at Glasgow in Scotland on 26 June 1910, launched on 25 October 1911 by Lady Reid, wife of Sir George Reid, the Australian High Commissioner in London and former Prime Minister. ... HMS New Zealand was the battlecruiser flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland in World War I. She was a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand. ... For other ships with the same name, see HMS Indefatigable. ...

3rd Battlecruiser Squadon

• Invincible - Captain Cay, Rear-Admiral Hood
• Inflexible - Captain Heaton-Ellis
• Indomitable - Captain Kennedy

The fifth Invincible of the Royal Navy was a battlecruiser, the lead ship of her class of three, and the first battlecruiser to be built by any country in the world. ... HMS Inflexible was the second of three Invincible-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy in 1906-08. ... HMS Indomitable was an Invincible-class battlecruiser, basically a smaller sized replica of the revolutionary Dreadnought. ...

5th Battle Squadron

• Barham - Captain Craig, Rear-Admiral Evan-Thomas
• Valiant - Captain Woollcombe
• Warspite - Captain Philpotts
• Malaya - Captain Boyle

Created in 1915, the 5th Battle Squadron was a part of the Royal Navys Grand Fleet in World War I and was comprised of the five fast battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class. ... HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, and launched in 1914. ... HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy built at the Fairfield shipyards in Glasgow and launched in November 1914. ... HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. ... HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy built by Armstrong Whitworth and launched in March 1915. ...

1st Light Cruiser Squadron

• Galatea - Commodore Alexander-Sinclair
• Phaeton - Captain Cameron
• Inconstant - Captain Thesiger
• Cordelia - Captain Beamish

HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser launched on May 14, 1914 at Beardmore shipyard. ...

2nd Light Cruiser Squadron

• Southampton - Commodore Goodenough
• Birmingham - Captain Duff
• Nottingham - Captain Miller
• Dublin - Captain Scott

HMS Southampton was one of the third batch of Town class light cruisers [sister ships were HMS Dublin and Chatham. ... HMS Birmingham was a member of the final group of three ships of the so-called Town class of light cruisers. ... For other ships of the same name, see HMS Nottingham. ... HMS Dublin, alongside Chatham and Southampton, was a Chatham Class Light Cruiser, each costing an average £334,053. ...

3rd Light Cruiser Squadron

• Falmouth - Captain Edwards, Rear-Admiral Napier
• Yarmouth - Captain Pratt
• Birkenhead - Captain Reeves
• Gloucester - Captain Blunt

Seaplane Carrier

• Engadine

HMS Engadine was a seaplane tender which served in the First World War. ...

1st Destroyer Flotilla

• Fearless (Light Cruiser) - Captain Roper
• Acheron
• Ariel
• Attack
• Badger
• Defender
• Goshawk
• Hydra
• Lapwing
• Lizard

HMS Badger was an Acheron class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I. She was with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla from 1911–12, before joining the British Grand Fleet in 1914 until 1916. ... HMS Hydra was an Acheron or I class destroyer of the Royal Navy displacing 770 tons. ... For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lizard. ...

9th and 10th Destroyer Flotillas (combined)

• Lydiard - Commander Goldsmith
• Landrail
• Laurel
• Liberty
• Moorsom
• Morris
• Termagant
• Turbulent

HMS Lydiard was a Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Turbulent, launched on 5 January 1916, was an Talisman-class destroyer. ...

13th Destroyer Flotilla

• Champion (Light Cruiser) - Captain Farie
• Moresby
• Narbrough
• Nerissa
• Nestor
• Nicator
• Nomad
• Obdurate
• Onslow
• Pelican
• Petard

HMS Nestor, launched on 9th October 1915, was an Admiralty M class destroyer. ... HMS Nomad, launched on 7th February 1916, was an Admiralty M class destroyer. ...

External links

• The Grand Fleet
• Royal Navy History