Order of battle at Jutland Pentland Firth (between the Orkneys and the Scottish mainland): During the battle the Germans used the Zeppelin airships of the Naval Airship Section "(Marine Luftschiff Abteilung)" for scouting, although in the prevailing overcast conditions they were not particularly successful. The commander of the Naval Airship Section was Lt Cdr Peter Strasser, and they flew from bases at Nordholz and Hage in north-west Germany and Tondern (then part of Schleswig; the town became part of Denmark in 1920). Sortied on 31 May Sortied on 1 June Did not sortie during the Battle of Jutland Abbreviations for Officers’ Ranks (German ranks translated
Order of battle at Jutland Order of battle at Jutland This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Jutland fought between 31 May and 1 June 1916. The battle involved 250 warships of the British and German navies, and, in terms of combined tonnage of vessels engaged, was the largest naval battle in history. The Grand Fleet was the main body of the British Home Fleets in 1916, based at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland. The Grand Fleet had a total of 32 Dreadnought and Super-Dreadnought battleships available to use by the time