British Grand Fleet
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During World War I, the British Home Fleet was renamed the Grand Fleet. 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 Grand Fleet only took part in one fleet action during the war, that 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 victory because the British fleet retained control of the North Sea.
Squadrons of the Grand Fleet included:
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2nd Battle Squadron
- 1st Division
- King George V- Captain Field, Vice-Admiral Jerram
- Ajax - Captain Baird
- Centurion - Captain Culme-Seymour
- Erin - Captain Stanley
- 2nd Division
- Orion - Captain Backhouse, Rear-Admiral Leveson
- Monarch - Captain Borrett
- Conqueror - Captain Tothill
- Thunderer - Captain Fergusson
4th Battle Squadron
- 3rd Division
- Iron Duke - Captain Dreyer, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
- Royal Oak - Captain MacLachlan
- Superb - Captain Hyde-Parker, Rear-Admiral Duff
- Canada - Captain Nicholson
- 4th Division
- Benbow - Captain Parker, Vice-Admiral Sturdee
- Bellerophon - Captain Bellerophen
- Temeraire - Captain Underhill
- Vanguard - Captain Dick
1st Battle Squadron
- 6th Division
- Marlborough - Captain Ross, Vice-Admiral Burney
- Revenge - Captain Kiddle
- Hercules - Captain Bernard
- Agincourt - Captain Doughty
- 5th Division
- Colossus - Captain Pound, Rear-Admiral Gaunt
- Collingwood - Captain Ley
- Neptune - Captain Bernard
- St Vincent - Captain Fisher
3rd Battlecruiser Squadon
- Invincible - Captain Cay, Rear-Admiral Hood
- Inflexible - Captain Heaton-Ellis
- Indomitable - Captain Kennedy
1st Cruiser Squadron (Armoured Cruisers)
- Defence - Captain Ellis, Rear-Admiral Arbuthnot
- Warrior - Captain Molteno
- Duke of Edinburgh - Captain Blackett
- Black Prince - Captain Bonham
2nd Cruiser Squadron (Armoured Cruisers)
- Minotaur - Captain d'Aeth, Rear-Admiral Heath
- Hampshire - Captain Savill
- Cochrane - Captain Leatham
- Shannon - Captain Dumaresq
4th Light Cruiser Squadron
- Calliope - Commodore Le Mesurier
- Constance - Captain Townsend
- Caroline - Captain Crooke
- Royalist - Captain Meade
- Comus - Captain Hotham
Attached Light Cruisers
- Active - Captain Withers
- Bellona - Captain Dutton
- Blanche - Captain Casement
- Boadicea - Captain Casement
- Canterbury - Captain Royds
- Chester - Captain Lawson
4th Destroyer Flotilla
- Tipperary - Captain Wintour
- Acasta
- Achates
- Ambuscade
- Ardent
- Broke
- Christopher
- Contest
- Fortune
- Garland
- Hardy
- Midge
- Ophelia
- Owl
- Porpoise
- Shark
- Sparrowhawk
- Spitfire
- Unity
11th Destroyer Flotilla
- Castor (Light Cruiser) - Commodore Hawksley
- Kempenfelt
- Magic
- Mandate
- Manners
- Marne
- Martial
- Michael
- Milbrook
- Minion
- Mons
- Moon
- Morning Star
- Mounsey
- Mystic
- Ossory
12th Destroyer Flotilla
- Faulknor - Captain Stirling
- Maenad
- Marksman
- Marvel
- Mary Rose
- Menace
- Mindful
- Mischief
- Munster
- Narwhal
- Nessus
- Noble
- Nonsuch
- Obedient
- Onslaught
- 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
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron
- New Zealand - Captain Green, Rear-Admiral Pakenham
- Indefatigable - Captain Sowerby
5th Battle Squadron
- Barham - Captain Craig, Rear-Admiral Evan-Thomas
- Valiant - Captain Woollcombe
- Warspite - Captain Philpotts
- Malaya - Captain Boyle
1st Light Cruiser Squadron
- Galatea - Commodore Alexander-Sinclair
- Phaeton - Captain Cameron
- Inconstant - Captain Thesiger
- Cordelia - Captain Beamish
2nd Light Cruiser Squadron
- Southampton - Commodore Goodenough
- Birmingham - Captain Duff
- Nottingham - Captain Miller
- Dublin - Captain Scott
3rd Light Cruiser Squadron
- Falmouth - Captain Edwards, Rear-Admiral Napier
- Yarmouth - Captain Pratt
- Birkenhead - Captain Reeves
- Gloucester - Captain Blunt
Seaplane Carrier
- Engadine
1st Destroyer Flotilla
- Fearless (Light Cruiser) - Captain Roper
- Acheron
- Ariel
- Attack
- Badger
- Defender
- Goshawk
- Hydra
- Lapwing
- Lizard
9th and 10th Destroyer Flotillas (combined)
- Lydiard - Commander Goldsmith
- Landrail
- Laurel
- Liberty
- Moorsom
- Morris
- Termagant
- Turbulent
13th Destroyer Flotilla
- Champion (Light Cruiser) - Captain Farie
- Moresby
- Narborough
- Nerissa
- Nestor
- Nicator
- Nomad
- Obdurate
- Onslow
- Pelican
- Petard
The Grand Fleet was based in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
External link
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