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German Fleet, Battle of Jutland, 31 German High Seas Fleet Battle of Jutland 31 May - 1 June 1916 3rd Battle Squadron Division V: Battleship König (1) Battleship Grosser Kurfürst Battleship Kronprinz Wilhelm Battleship Markgraf Division VI: Battleship Kaiser (2) Battleship Prinz Regent Luitpold Battleship Kaiserin 1st Battle Squadron Battleship Friedrich der Gross (3) Division I Battleship Ostfriesland (4) Battleship Thüringen Battleship Helgoland Battleship Oldenburg Division II Battleship Posen (5) Battleship Rheinland Battleship Nassau Battleship Westfalen 2nd Battle Squadron Division III Battleship Deutschland (6) Battleship Pommern Battleship Schleissen Division IV Battleship Hannover (7) Battleship Schleswig-Holstein Battleship Hessen Torpedoboats Light Cruiser Rostock - Commodore Michelson 1st Torpedoboat Flotilla: Commodore C. Albrecht on G39 Half Flotilla 1: LCDR C.Albrecht Torpedoboat G39 Torpedoboat G40 Torpedoboat G39 Torpedoboat S32 3rd Torpedoboat Flotilla: Captain Hollmann on S53 Torpeadoboat S53 Half Flotilla V: LCDR Gautier Torpedoboat V71 Torpedoboat V73 Torpedoboat G88 Half Flotilla VI: LCDR Karlowa Torpedoboat S54 Torpedoboat V48 Torpedoboat G42 5th Torpedoboat Flotilla: Captain Heinecke on G11 1 Torpeadoboat G11 Half Flotilla IX: LCDR Hoefer Torpedoboat V2 Torpedoboat V4 Torpedoboat V6 Torpedoboat V1 Torpedoboat V3 Half Flotilla X: LCDR F. Klein Torpedoboat G8 Torpedoboat G7 Torpedoboat G5 Torpedoboat G9 Torpedoboat G10 7th Torpedoboat Flotilla: Captain von Koch on S24 Torpeadoboat S24 Half Flotilla XIII: LCDR G. von Zitzewitz Torpedoboat S15 Torpedoboat S17 Torpedoboat S20 Torpedoboat S16 Torpedoboat S18 Half Flotilla XIV: CDR H. Cordes Torpedoboat S19 Torpedoboat S23 Torpedoboat V189 1st Scouting Squadron Battlecruiser Lützow (6) Battlecruiser Derfflinger Battlecruiser Seydlitz Battlecruiser Moltke Battlecruiser Von der Tann 2nd Scouting Group Light Cruiser Frankfurt - Rear Admiral Bödicker Light Cruiser Elbing Light Cruiser Pillau Light Cruiser Wiesbaden 4th Light Scouting Group Light Cruiser Stettin - Commodore von Reuter Light Cruiser München Light Cruiser Frauenlob Light Cruiser Stuttgart Light Cruiser Hamburg Torpedoboat Flotillas - Commodore Heinrich Light Cruiser Regensburg 2nd Torpedoboat Flotilla: Captain Schuur on B98 Torpeadoboat B98 Half Flotilla III: CDR Boest Torpedoboat G101 Torpedoboat G102 Torpedoboat B112 Torpedoboat B97 Half Flotilla IV:CDR A.Dithmar Torpedoboat B109 2 Torpedoboat B110 Torpedoboat B111 Torpedoboat G103 Torpedoboat G104 6th Torpedoboat Flotilla: Captain Schultz on G41 Torpedoboat G41 Half Flotilla XI: LCDR Rümann Torpedoboat V44 Torpedoboat G87 Torpedoboat G86 Half Flotilla XII: LCDR Lahs Torpedoboat V69 Torpedoboat V45 Torpedoboat V46 Torpedoboat S50 Torpedoboat G37 9th Torpedoboat Flotilla: Captain Goehle on V28 Torpeadoboat V28 Half Flotilla XVII: LCDR Ehrhardt Torpedoboat V27 Torpedoboat V26 Torpedoboat S36 Torpedoboat S51 Torpedoboat S52 Half Flotilla XVIII: CDR W. Tillessen Torpedoboat S30 Torpedoboat S34 Torpedoboat S33 Torpedoboat V29 Torpedoboat S35 (1) Flag Rear Admiral Paul Behncke (2) Flag Rear Admiral Nordmann (3) Fleet Flag Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer (4) Flag Vice Admiral E. Schmidt (5) Flag Rear Admiral Engelhardt (6) Flag Rear Admiral F. von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (7) Flag Vice Admiral Franz Hipper Bennett, G., The Battle of Jutland, David & Charles Newton Abbot, Great Britain, 1972. Frost, H.H., The Battle of Jutland, US Naval Institute, Annapolism, MD. 3 .
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