Battle of the Denmark Strait Beatty, likewise, felt he needed to engage German Admiral Franz Hipper's battlecruisers with his own forces instead of drawing the Germans toward Admiral John Jellicoe and the British Grand Fleet. Holland, like Beatty, possessed superiority in the number of heavy ships he possessed, yet he was encumbered by inferiority in fighting effectiveness of those units. Moreover, Holland's deployment of his units compared to Beatty's deployment at Jutland. Beatty and Holland both attacked while German units were well before the beam. As a result, the midships and after turrets of Beatty's ships could barely fire on the enemy; Holland's ships could
Order of battle at Jutland Boest 4th Half-Flotilla "(4. Halbflottille)": Lt Cdr Adolf Dithmar 6th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla "(VI. Torpedoboots-Flottille)": Lt Cdr Max Schultz 11th Half-Flotilla "(11. Halbflottille)" : Lt Wilhelm Rüman 12th Half-Flotilla "(12. Halbflottille)": Lt Rudolf Lahs 9th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla "(IX. Torpedoboots-Flottille)": Lt Cdr Herbert Goehle 17th Half-Flotilla "(17. Halbflottille)": Lt Hermann Ehrhardt 18th Half-Flotilla "(17. Halbflottille)": Lt Cdr Werner Tillessen The following submarines were deployed to attack the Grand Fleet in the North Sea during the period of the Battle of Jutland Off Terschelling: Off the Humber Estuary: Off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire: Off the Firth of Forth, Scotland: Off Peterhead, Scotland: Off the