The Grand Fleet, 1914-1918 (original) (raw)
The Grand Fleet, 1914-1918
Contributed by Graham E Watson (easton.watson@lineone.net).
Commander in Chief: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
11.16 - Admiral Sir David Beatty
Chief of Staff: Rear Admiral Charles Madden
11.16: Rear Admiral Osmond Brock
Fleet Flagship: Iron Duke
11.16: Queen Elizabeth
attached cruiser - Sappho
attached destroyer - Oak
1st BATTLE SQUADRON
Cmdr - Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly
12.14 - Vice Admiral Sir Cecil Burney
11.16 - Vice Admiral Sir Charles Madden
2 i/c - Rear Admiral Hugh Evan Thomas
8.15 - Rear Admiral Ernest Gaunt
12.16 - Rear Admiral William Nicholson
Marlborough (F VAd)
Vanguard 7.16 to 4BS
Colossus 7.16 to 4BS
Hercules 7.16 to 4BS
St Vincent (F RAd) 7.16 to 4BS
Superb 1.15 to 4BS
Collingwood 7.16 to 4BS
Neptune 7.16 to 4BS
11.15 - Agincourt 10.18 to 2BS
3.16 - Revenge (to F VAd)
5.16 - Royal Oak
6.16 - Royal Sovereign
7.16 - Benbow
7.16 - Emperor of India
12.16 - Resolution
12.16 - Iron Duke (to Flag RAd)
9.17 - Ramillies
attached cruiser - Bellona
2nd BATTLE SQUADRON
Cmdr - Vice Admiral Sir George Warrender
12.15 - Vice Admiral Sir Martin Jerram
11.16 - Vice Admiral Sir John de Robeck
2 i/c - Rear Admiral Robert Arbuthnot
1.15 - Rear Admiral Arthur Leveson
11.16 - Rear Admiral William Goodenough
King George V (F VAd)
Ajax
Audacious lost 27.10.14
Centurion
Orion (F RAd)
Monarch
Thunderer
Conqueror
1.15 - Erin
10.18 - Agincourt
attached cruiser - Boadicea
3rd BATTLE SQUADRON [detached to Nore Command May 1916]
Cmdr - Vice Admiral Sir Edward Bradford
2 i/c - Rear Admiral Montague Browning
11.15 - Rear Admiral Sydney Fremantle
King Edward VII (F VAd) lost 6.1.16
Africa
Britannia
Commonwealth
Hibernia ( RAd) [detached Mediterranean 10.15-5.16]
Dominion
Hindustan
Zealandia [detached Mediterranean 10.15-5.16]
Attached cruiser - Blanche
4th BATTLE SQUADRON
Cmdr - Vice Admiral Sir Douglas Gamble
2.15 - Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee
2.18 - Vice Admiral Sir Montague Browning
2 i/c - Rear Admiral Alexander Duff from 11.14-
1.17 - Rear Admiral Roger Keyes
6.17 - Rear Admiral Douglas Nicholson
Dreadnought (F VAd) 5.16 to 3BS
Bellerophon
Temeraire 10.18 to Mediterranean
8.14 - Agincourt 10.18 to 2BS
8.14 - Erin 1.15 to 2BS
10.14 - Benbow 7.16 to 1BS
11.14 - Emperor of India 7.16 to 1BS
1.15 - Superb 10.18 to Mediterranean
10.15 - Canada
7.16 - Collingwood
7.16 - St Vincent
7.16 - Vanguard lost 9.7.17
7.16 - Neptune
7.16 - Hercules
7.16 - Colossus
3.18 - Dreadnought 5.18 to reserve
attached cruiser - Blonde
5th BATTLE SQUADRON formed October 1915
Cmdr - Rear Admiral Hugh Evan Thomas
10.18 - Rear Admiral Arthur Leveson
3.15 - Warspite
5.15 - Queen Elizabeth 12.16 to fleet flagship
10.15 - Barham (F)
2.16 - Malaya
2.16 - Valiant
BATTLECRUISER FORCE/FLEET 2.15-
Cmdr - Vice Admiral David Beatty
11.16 - Rear Admiral William Pakenham [VAd 9.18]
Flagship - Lion
1st BATTLECRUISER SQUADRON
Cmdr - Rear Admiral David Beatty
2.15 - Rear Admiral Osmond Brock
11.16 - Rear Admiral Richard Phillimore
1.18 - Rear Admiral Henry Oliver
Lion -2.15 Flag BCF
Princess Royal
Queen Mary lost 31.5.16
11.14 - Tiger
8.16 - Repulse
9.16 - Renown
2nd BATTLECRUISER SQUADRON
1.15 - Rear Admiral Archibald Moore
2.15 - Rear Admiral William Pakenham
11.16 - Rear Admiral Arthur Leveson
6.18 - Rear Admiral Lionel Halsey
New Zealand
8.14 - Invincible -2.15 3BCS
8.14 - Inflexible -2.15 3BCS
1.15 - Indomitable -2.15 3BCS
2.15 - Australia (F)
6.16 - Inflexible
6.16 - Indomitable
3rd BATTLECRUISER SQUADRON
5.15 - Rear Admiral Horace Hood KIA 31.5.16
Invincible (F) lost 31.5.16
Indomitable
Inflexible
LIGHT FORCES/1ST CRUISER SQUADRON
1.17 - Rear Admiral Trevelyan Napier [VAd 10.18]
Courageous
Glorious
1st CRUISER SQUADRON
12.14 - Rear Admiral Archibald Moore
1.15 - Rear Admiral Robert Arbuthnot-KIA 31.5.16
Defence (F) lost 31.5.16
Warrior lost 1.6.16
Black Prince lost 31.5.16
Duke of Edinburgh 6.16 to 2CS
2nd CRUISER SQUADRON
Cmdr - Rear Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
5.16 - Rear Admiral Herbert Heath 11.16
Shannon (F) - 18 to NAWI
Achilles 9.17 to NAWI
Cochrane 1.18 to NAWI
Natal lost 31.12.15
5.16 - Donegal 9.16 to NAWI
5.16 - Minotaur
5.16 - Hampshire lost 5.6.16
6.16 - Duke of Edinburgh 9.17 to NAWI
3rd CRUISER SQUADRON
Cmdr - Rear Admiral William Pakenham
3.15 - Rear Admiral Lowther Grant
11.15 - Rear Admiral Montague Browning- .16
Antrim (F) 7.16 to NAWI
Argyll lost 28.10.15
Devonshire 5.16 to Nore
Roxburgh 9.15 to repairs
6th CRUISER SQUADRON
Rear Admiral William Grant
Drake (F) lost 2.10.17
Good Hope 9.14 to S Atlantic
King Alfred 9.14 to West Africa
Leviathan 10.15 to NAWI
1.15 - Donegal 11.15 to 7CS
1.15 - Cumberland 2.15 to 7CS
1.15 - Hampshire 2.15 to 7CS
7th CRUISER SQUADRON
Rear Admiral Arthur Waymouth
4.15 - Rear Admiral Edward Tottenham
10.15 - Rear Admiral Herbert Heath-5.16
11.14 - Hampshire -5.16 to 2CS
1.15 - Minotaur (F) -5.16 to 2CS
2.15 - Cumberland -4.15 to NAWI
3.15 - Donegal -5.16 to 2CS
3.15 - Lancaster -4.16 to Pacific
1st LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON
8.14 - Commodore William Goodenough
1.15 - Commodore Edwin Alexander-Sinclair [RAd 4.17]
7,17 - Commodore Walter Cowan [RAd 9.18]
Southampton -2.15 to 2LCS
Birmingham -2.15 to 2LCS
Lowestoft -2.15 to 2LCS
Nottingham -2.15 to 2LCS
1.15 - Inconstant
2.15 - Galatea (F)
2.15 - Caroline -11.15 to 4LCS
2.15 - Cordelia - .17 to 4LCS
9.15 - Phaeton
2.17 - Royalist
3.17 - Caledon (F)
2nd LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON
12.14 - Rear Admiral Trevelyan Napier
1.15 - Commodore William Goodenough
12.16 - Commodore Cecil Lambert [RAd 4.17]
2.18 - Rear Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour
5.18 - Rear Admiral James Fergusson
Falmouth -2.15 to 3LCS
Gloucester -2.15 to 3LCS
Yarmouth -2.15 to 3LCS
Liverpool -2.15 to 3LCS
2.15 - Southampton (F) - .18 to 3LCS
2.15 - Birmingham
2.15 - Lowestoft - .16 to Med
2.15 - Nottingham lost 19.8.16
.16 - Dublin
.16 - Melbourne
.16 - Sydney
.18 - Yarmouth
3rd LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON 2.15 -
2.15 - Rear Admiral Trevelyan Napier
1.17 - Rear Admiral Allan Hunt
Falmouth (F) lost 20.9.16
Gloucester -12.16 to Med
Yarmouth - .18 to 2LCS
Liverpool -12.15 to Med
5.15 - Birkenhead
5.16 - Chester
.16 - Chatham (F)
.18 - Southampton
4th LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON
6.15 Commodore le Mesurier
.18 Commodore R Bentinck
10.18 Rear Admiral Alan Everett
Royalist -2.17 to 1LCS
Comus
Carysfort -4.16 to 5LCS/Harwich
Calliope (F)
11.15 - Caroline
1.16 - Constance
5.16 - Cambrian
.17 - Cordelia
6th LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON
7.17 - Rear Admiral Alexander-Sinclair
Cardiff (F)
Calypso
Caradoc
Ceres
Cassandra lost 5.12.18
7th LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON
3.18 - Commodore George Borrett [RAd 8.18]
Carysfort (F)
Aurora
Penelope
Phaeton
8.18 - Cleopatra
11.18 - Undaunted
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
1.17 - Rear Admiral Richard Phillimore (and 1BCS)
3.18 - Furious
9.18 - Argus
.18 - Campania
Destroyer Flotilla Flagship 11.15 - Castor
Submarine Flotilla Flagship 11.16 - Fearless
1st DESTROYER FLOTILLA
Served in the Grand Fleet until November 1916 when moved to Nore Command
Cruiser flagship - Fearless
Meteor (L) 9.14- Botha .15- .15
Acheron
Archer
Ariel
Attack
Badger
Beaver
Defender
Druid
Ferret
Forester
Goshawk
Hind
Hornet
Hydra
Jackal
Lapwing
Lizard
Phoenix
Sandfly
Tigress
2nd DESTROYER FLOTILLA
Served in the Grand Fleet until April 1916 when moved to Devonport
Cruiser Flagships - Active
12.14-2.15 Galatea
Acorn - .15 to Med
Alarm
Brisk
Cameleon
Comet - .15 to Med
Fury - .15 to Med
Goldfinch lost 18.2.15
Hope
Larne
Lyra
Martin
Minstrel - .15 to Med
Nemesis
Nereide
Nymphe
Redpole
Rifleman
Ruby
Sheldrake - .15 to Med
Staunch - .15 to Med
3rd DESTROYER FLOTILLA
Joined the Grand Fleet from Harwich 1918
Nimrod
Talisman
Maenad
Mameluck
Marvel
Menace
Michael
Munster
Napier
Nessus lost 8.9.18
Noble
Nonsuch
Onslaught
Petard
4th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
Served in the Grand Fleet until September 1916 when moved to the Humber
Cruiser flagship - Caroline 12.14-2.15
Swift .15 - Faulknor
Added 5.16 - Tipperary lost 31.5.16
Acasta
Achates
Ambuscade
Ardent lost 31.5.16
Christopher
Cockatrice
Contest
Fortune lost 31.5.16
Garland
Hardy
Lynx lost 9.8.15
Midge
Owl
Paragon
Porpoise
Shark lost 31.5.16
Sparrowhawk lost 31.5.16
Spitfire
Unity
Victor
11th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
formed September 1915
Kempenfelt 8.17 - Valorous
11.16 - Seymour
Moon 6.15- .18
Mons 7.15- .18
Mandate 8.15- .18
Marmion 8.15- lost 21.10.17
Marne 8.15- .18
Michael 8.15- .18
Morning Star 8.15- .18
Manners 9.15- .18
Martial 10.15- .18
Milbrook 10.15- .18
Minion 11.15- .18
Mystic 11.15- .18
Ossory 11.15- .18
Mounsey 11.15- .18
Musketeer 12.15- .18
Magic 1.16- .18
Romola 8.16-
Sarpedon 9.16-
Setter 10.16- lost 17.5.17
Tenacious 8.17-
Tormentor 8.17-
Tancred 9.17-
Tornado 11.17- lost 23.12.17
Vivacious 12.17-
Vittoria 1.18-
Vortigern 1.18-
Watchman 1.18-
Versatile 2.18-
Walker 2.18-
Vancouver 3.18-
Viscount 3.18-
Walrus 3.18-
Vanessa 4.18-
Vanity 6.18-
Voyager 6.18-
12th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
formed November 1915
Marksman 9.17 - Valhalla
12.16 - Saumarez
Mameluke 10.15- .18
Maenad 11.15- .18
Mindful 11.15- .18
Nessus 11.15- .18
Marvel 12.15- .18
Mischief 12.15- .18
Munster 1.16- .18
Napier 1.16- .18
Opal 1.16- lost 12.1.18
Mary Rose 2.16- lost 17.10.17
Noble 2.16- .18
Nonsuch 2.16- .18
Obedient 2.16- .18
Narwhal 3.16- .18
Onslaught 3.16- .18
Menace 4.16- .18
Prince 9.16- .18
Strongbow 11.16- lost 17.10.17
Simoon 3.18-
Winchester 3.18-
Wrestler 3.18-
Scimitar 4.18-
Torch 5.18-
Vivien 5.18-
Wolsey 5.18-
Scotsman 6.18-
Scout 6.18-
Scythe 7.18-
Tomahawk 7.18-
Waterhen 7.18-
Sepoy 8.18-
Speedy 8.18-
Sea Bear 9.18-
Sirdar 9.18-
Trinidad 9.18-
Tryphon 9.18-
13th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
formed April 1916
Cruiser flagship - Champion
Gabriel .18 - Valkyrie
6.17 - Valentine
Nepean 3.16- .18
Nestor 3.16- lost 31.5.16
Obdurate 3.16- .18
Nerissa 3.16- .18
Moresby 4.16- .18
Nicator 4.16- .18
Onslow 4.16- .18
Narborough 5.16- lost 12.1.18
Nereus 5.16- .18
Nomad 5.16- lost 31.5.16
Paladin 5.16- .18
Pelican 5.16- .18
Penn 5.16- .18
Petard 5.16- .18
Negro 6.16- lost 21.12.16
Pigeon 6.16- .18
Pasley 7.16- .18
Patrician 7.16- .18
Medway 8.16- .18
Oracle 8.16- .18
Orcadia 9.16- .18
Orpheus 9.16- .18
Rival 9.16- .18
Norseman 11.16- .18
Octavia 11.16- .18
Oriana 11.16- .18
Oriole 11.16 .18
Oberon 12.16- .18
Osiris 12.16- .18
Tristram 6.17-
Tower 8.17-
Umpire 8.17-
Urchin 8.17-
Vanoc 8.17- .18
Ursula 9.17-
Vanquisher 9.17- .18
Vehement 9.17- .18
Vimiera 9.17-
Ursa 10.17-
Vendetta 10.17-
Ulster 11.17-
Venturous 11.17- .18
Verdun 11.17-
Violent 11.17-
Wakeful 11.17-
Vectis 12.17-
Vega 12.17-
Venetia 12.17-
Verulam 12.17-
Viceroy 1.18-
Vesper 2.18-
Wolfhound 3.18-
Vidette 4.18-
Westcott 4.18-
Westminster 4.18-
Winchelsea 4.18-
Wessex 5.18-
Woolston 6.18-
Walpole 8.18-
Windsor 8.18-
Whitley 10.18-
Wryneck 11.18-
14th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
formed June 1916
Botha 9.17 - Vampire
Ithuriel 6.17 - Anzac
Ophelia 5.16-
Relentless 5.16-
Medina 6.16-
Nizam 6.16- .18
Nonpareil 6.16-
Observer 6.16-
Opportune 6.16-
Orestes 6.16-
Pellew 6.16-
Peyton 6.16-
Plover 6.16-
Patriot 6.16-
Offa 7.16-
Partridge 7.16- lost 12.12.17
Peregrine 7.16-
Plucky 7.16-
Norman 8.16-
Orford 12.16-
Pylades 12.16-
Warwick 3.18-
Velox 4.18-
Whirlwind 8.18-
Paladin .18-
Penn .18-
Octavia .18-
Patrician .18-
Tyrant .18-
Splendid 10.18-
Tobago 10.18-
Sabre 11.18-
Seafire 11.18-
Seraph 11.18-
15th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
formed September 1916
Parker
Grenville
Rapid 8.16-
Parthian 9.16- .18
Sabrina 9.16-
Radstock 9.16-
Rowena 9.16-
North Esk 10.16- .18
Portia 10.16- .18
Ready 10.16-
Raider 10.16-
Restless 10.16-
Rocket 10.16-
Rigorous 11.16-
Sable 11.16-
Pheasant 12.16- lost 1.3.17
Rob Roy 12.16-
Salmon 12.16-
Sorceress 12.16-
Rosalind 12.16-
Trenchant 4.17-
Ulysses 5.17- lost 28.10.18
Undine 5.17-
Tirade 6.17-
20th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
A minelaying flotilla formed in 1918 but based at Immingham
Abdiel
Gabriel
Ariel lost 2.8.18
Ferret
Sandfly
Lawford
Legion
Prine
Tarpon
Telemachus
Vanquisher
Vanoc
Vehement lost 2.8.18
Venturous
SCAPA LOCAL FLOTILLA 1914
Arun Boyne Cherwell Dee Erne
Exe Swale Ure
1st MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA
formed 1915
Godetia Carnation Dahlia Daphne Iris
Lilac Marigold Myrtle Pansy Sunflower
Quorn Zetland
2nd MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA
formed 1916
Lupin Foxglove Gentian Larkspur
Bicester Croome
3rd MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA
formed 1918
Belvoir Cotswold Cottesmore Dartmoor Garth Gretna
Hambledon Heythrop Holderness Meynell Muskerry Oakley
Pytchley Tedworth
THE HARWICH FORCE
Cmdr - Commodore Reginald Tyrrwhitt
[ Rear Admiral 1919]
CRUISERS [later 5th Light Cruiser Squadron]
Amphion lost 4.8.14
Arethusa (F) lost 10.2.16
Aurora
Undaunted 9.14-3.18
Penelope 12.14-3.18
Adventure 5-7.15
Cleopatra 6.15-8.18
Conquest 6.15-7.18
Carysfort (F) 4.16-3. 18
Canterbury 5.16-9.18
Centaur 8.16-
Concord 12.16-
Curacoa (F) 12.17-
Curlew 12.17-
Coventry 2.18-
Danae 6.18-
Dragon 8.18-
Carlisle 11.18-
Dauntless 12.18-
3rd DESTROYER FLOTILLA
served at Harwich from August 1914 until dispersed April 1917
renumbered 9th DESTROYER FLOTILLA during 1915
Laertes
Laforey temp det to Med 15/16
Lance
Landrail
Lark
Laurel
Lawford temp det to Med 15/16
Legion
Lennox
Linnet
Llewellyn
Louis temp det to Med 1915 and lost there
Loyal
Lydiard
Lysander
Leonidas 8.14-
Lookout 8.14-
Lucifer 8.14-
Liberty .15-
Laverock 10.15-
Lassoo 10.15- lost 13.8.16
Lochinvar 12.15-
10th DESTROYER FLOTILLA
formed August 1914
Nimrod 2.18 - Scott -lost 15.8.18 9.18 - Montrose
Valkyrie 6.17-
Shakespeare 10.17-
Spenser 12.17-
Miranda 8.14- .17
Meteor 9.14- .18
Minos 10.14- .17
Mastiff 11.14- 1.16
Manly 11.14- .17
Matchless 12.14- .17
Milne 12.14- .17
Morris 12.14- .17
Murray 12.14- .17
Mentor 1.15- .17
Mansfield 2.15- .17
Moorsom 2.15- .17
Myngs 2.15- .17
Medea 5.15-
Melampus 6.15-
Medusa 7.15- lost 27.3.15
Melpomene 8.15- .17
Talisman 1.16- .17
Trident 2.16- .17
Termagent 3.16- .17
Phoebe 12.16- .17
Simoon 12.16- lost 23.1.17
Starfish 12.16-
Surprise 1.17- lost 23.12.17
North Star 2.17- .17
Sybille 2.17-
Redgauntlet 2.17-
Satyr 2.17-
Skate 2.17-
Stork 2.17-
Sturgeon 2.17-
Sylph 2.17-
Torrent 2.17- lost 23.12.17
Radiant 2.17-
Redoubt 3.17-
Skilful 3.17-
Tempest 3.17-
Thruster 3.17-
Retriever 3.17-
Nugent 4.17- .17
Sharpshooter 4.17-
Springbok 4.17-
Tarpon 4.17- .18
Truculent 5.17-
Recruit 5.17- lost 9.8.17
Sceptre 5.17-
Torrid 5.17-
Taurus 5.17-
Telemachus 6.17- .18
Tetrarch 6.17-
Thisbe 6.17-
Teazer 7.17-
Ulleswater 10.17- lost 15.8.18
Sparrowhawk 9.18-
Swallow 9.18-
Tactician 10.18-
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