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Appendix 9.4. The Battle of Jutland, 31 May–1 June 1916
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BOTH THE BRITISH and Germans fought this battle with two formations. On the British side these were the Grand Fleet and the Battlecruiser Fleet. The Grand Fleet consisted of the 1st Battle Squadron with the battleships Agincourt, Hercules, Marlborough, and the Revenge of the 6th Battle Division, the battleships Collingwood, Colossus, Neptune , and the St. Vincent of the 5th Battle Division, plus the light cruiser Bellona; the 2nd Battle Squadron with the battleships Ajax, Centurion, Erin, and the King George V of the 1st Battle Division, the battleships Conqueror, Monarch, Orion, and the Thunderer of 2nd Battle Division, and the light cruiser Boadicea; the 4th Battle Squadron with the battleships Canada, Iron Duke, Royal Oak, and the Superb of the 3rd Battle Division, the battleships Bellerophon, Benbow, Téméraire, and the Vanguard of the 4th Battle Division, and the light cruisers Active and Blanche, the minelayer Abdiel, and the destroyer Oak, attached to the fleet flagship Iron Duke; the battlecruisers Indomitable , Inflexible, and the Invincible and light cruisers Canterbury and Chester of the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron; the armored cruisers Black Prince, Defence, Duke of Edinburgh , and the Warrior of the 1st Cruiser Squadron; the armored cruisers Cochrane, Hampshire, Minotaur, and the Shannon of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron; the light cruisers Calliope, Caroline, Comus, Constance, and the Royalist of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron ; the destroyer leaders Broke and Tipperary and the destroyers Acasta, Achates, Ambuscade , Ardent, Christopher, Contest, Fortune, Garland, Hardy, Midge, Ophelia, Owl, Porpoise, Shark, Sparrowhawk, Spitfire, and the Unity of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla; the light cruiser Castor, the destroyer leader Kempenfelt, and the destroyers Magic, Mandate , Manners, Marne, Martial, Michael, Milbrook, Minion, Mons, Moon, Morning Star, Mounsey, Mystic, and the Ossory of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla; and the destroyer leaders Faulknor and Marksman and the destroyers Maenad, Marvel, Mary Rose, Menace , Mindful, Mischief, Munster, Narwhal, Nessus, Noble, Nonsuch, Obedient, Onslaught , and the Opal of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla The Battlecruiser Fleet consisted of the Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, and the appendix 9.4. the battle of jutland, 31 may–1 june 1916 appendix 9.4 243 Tiger of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron; the Indefatigable and New Zealand of the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron; the battleships 5th Battle Squadron Barham, Malaya, Valiant, and the Warspite of the 5th Battle Squadron; the light cruisers Cordelia, Galatea, Inconstant , and the Phaeton of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron; the light cruisers Birmingham, Dublin, Nottingham, and the Southampton of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron; the light cruisers Birkenhead, Falmouth, Gloucester, and the Yarmouth of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, and the seaplane carrier Engadine; the light cruiser Fearless and the destroyers Acheron, Ariel, Attack, Badger, Defender, Goshawk, Hydra, Lapwing, and the Lizard of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla; the destroyers Lydiard, Landrail, Laurel, and the Liberty and the Moorsom, Morris, Termagant, and the Turbulent of the 9th/10th Destroyer Flotilla; and the light cruiser Champion and the destroyers Moresby, Narbrough, Nerissa, Nestor, Nicator , Nomad, Obdurate, Onslow, Pelican, and the Petard of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla. On the German side were the battle and scouting forces. The battle force consisted of the 1st Battle Squadron with the battleships Helgoland, Oldenburg, Ostfriesland, and the Thüringen of the 1st Battle Division and the Nassau, Posen, Rheinland, and the Westfalen of the 2nd Battle Division; the 2nd Battle Squadron with the pre-dreadnought battleships Deutschland, Hessen, and the Pommern of the 3rd Battle Division and the Hannover, Schlesien, and the Schleswig-Holstein of the 4th Battle Division; the 3rd Battle Squadron with the battleships Grosser Kurfürst, König, Kronprinz, and the Markgraf of the 5th Battle Division and the Kaiser, Kaiserin, and the Prinzregent Luitpold of the 6th Battle Division; the fleet flagship Friedrich der Grosse, which was not assigned to any battle squadron or division; the 3rd Scouting Group with the light cruisers Frauenlob, Hamburg, München, Stettin, and the Stuttgart; and the light cruiser Rostock and the 1st Destroyer Flotilla with the destroyers G. 38, G. 39, G. 40, and the S. 32 of the 1st Half-Flotilla, the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla with the (leader) S. 53 and the G. 88, V. 71, and the V. 73 of the 5th Half-Flotilla and the G. 42, S. 54, and the V. 48 of the 6th Half-Flotilla, the 5th Destroyer Flotilla with the (leader) G. 11 and the V. 1, V. 2, V. 3, V. 4, and the V. 6 of the 9th Half-Flotilla and the G. 7, G. 8, G...