The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval engagement during the First World War that took place on 24 January 1915 near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the (High Seas Fleet).

The British surprised the smaller and slower German squadron, which fled for home. During a stern chase lasting several hours, the British caught up with the Germans and engaged them with long-range gunfire. The German squadron returned to harbour, with some ships in need of extensive repairs. The Germans lost Blücher and most of her crew. The British flagship Lion was out of action for several months, but they lost no ships and suffered few casualties.

After the British victory, both navies sacked officers who were thought to have shown poor judgement and made changes to equipment and procedures because of failings observed during the battle.

Summary

Ships present

Royal NavyImperial German Navy 8 × 13.5-in. main-battery broadside (28,500 tons, 28 kn.) 2 × (26,270 tons, 27.5 kn.)

8 × 12-in. main-battery broadside (18,500 tons, 25 kn.) (17,408 tons, 25.5 kn.) 8 × 12-in. main-battery broadside (26,600 tons, 26.5 kn.)

10 × 11-in. main-battery broadside (24,988 tons, 26.5 kn.) (22,979 tons, 25.5 kn.) 8 × 8.3-in. main-battery broadside (15,842 tons, 25.4 kn.) 4 × (5,400 tons, 25.5 kn.) 3 × (3,512 tons, 28.5 kn.) (4,834 tons, 27.5 kn.) (4,800 tons, 29.3 kn.) (4,500 tons, 27.5 kn.) (4,293 tons, 25.5 kn.)

The German Navy's torpedo boats were of similar size and function to the destroyers in the Royal Navy, and are often referred as such.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations for Officers' Ranks Adm / Admiral VAdm / Vice-admiral : Vizeadmiral / VAdm RAdm / Rear-admiral : Konteradmiral / KAdm Cdre / Commodore : Kommodore / Kom Capt / Captain : Kapitän zur See / KptzS Cdr / Commander : Fregattenkapitän / FKpt Lt Cdr / Lieutenant-commander : Korvettenkapitän / KKpt Lt / Lieutenant : Kapitänleutnant / KptLt SLt / Sub-lieutenant : Oberleutnant zur See / OLtzS

Other Abbreviations AdC.: Aide de Camp to The King C.B.: Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath C.M.G.: Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George C.V.O.: Commander of The Royal Victorian Order D.F: Destroyer Flotilla D.S.C.: Distinguished Service Cross D.S.O.: Distinguished Service Order HMS: His Majesty's Ship SMS: Seiner Majestät Schiff (German; translation: His Majesty's Ship) K.C.B.: Knight Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath M.V.O.: Member of The Royal Victorian Order the Hon.: The Honourable

Royal Navy

Battlecruiser Force 1st Battlecruiser Squadron Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. (flagship): Capt Alfred E. M. Chatfield, C.V.O. : Capt Henry Bertram Pelly, M.V.O. : Capt Osmond de B. Brock, A.d.C.

2nd Battlecruiser Squadron Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Moore, K.C.B., C.V.O. (flagship): Capt Lionel Halsey, C.M.G., A.d.C. : Capt Francis W. Kennedy

1st Light Cruiser Squadron Commodore (2nd Class) William E. Goodenough, M.V.O. : Cdre Goodenough : Capt Charles B. Miller : Capt Arthur A. M. Duff : Capt Theobald W. B. Kennedy

Harwich Force Commododre (T) Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B. (light cruiser) Cdre Tyrwhitt

Attached Destroyers : Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade : Cdr Barry E. Domvile : Cdr Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy : Lt-Cdr Henry R. Clifton Mogg : Lt-Cdr James L. Forbes : Lt-Cdr Ernest H. B. Williams : Cdr Reginald Henniker-Heaton

1st Destroyer Flotilla Captain Wilmot S. Nicholson (flotilla cruiser, Capt Nicholson) 1st Division/1st D.F. : Cdr Brien M. Money : Lt-Cdr Cyril Callaghan : Lt-Cdr Robert S. Buchanan : Lt-Cdr James V. Creagh 3rd Division/1st D.F. : Cdr Geoffrey Mackworth : Lt-Cdr Montague G. B. Legge : Lt-Cdr Cecil H. H. Sams : Lt-Cdr Roger V. Allison 4th Division/1st D.F. : Cdr Cecil G. Chichester : Lt-Cdr Paul Whitfield : Lt-Cdr Francis G. C. Coates : Lt-Cdr John C. Tovey 5th Division/1st D.F. : Cdr Dashwood F. Moir : Lt-Cdr Michael K. H. Kennedy : Lt-Cdr Alexander H. Gye

3rd Destroyer Flotilla Captain Francis G. St. John, M.V.O. (flotilla cruiser, Capt St.John) 1st Division/3rd D.F. : Cdr Arthur B. S. Dutton : Lt-Cdr George W. Taylor : Lt-Cdr Bruce Lloyd Owen 2nd Division/3rd D.F. : Cdr George P. England : Lt-Cdr Reginald B. C. Hutchinson D.S.C. : Cdr Malcolm L. Goldsmith : Lt-Cdr Ralph M. Mack 3rd Division/3rd D.F. : Cdr Graham R. L. Edwards : Lt-Cdr Arthur A. Scott : Lt-Cdr George H. Knowles : Lt-Cdr Richard W. U. Bayly 4th Division/3rd D.F. : Lt-Cdr Claud F. Allsup : Lt-Cdr Charles E. Hughes-White

8th Submarine Flotilla Commododre (S) Roger Keyes Destroyers : Lt-Cdr Alfred B. Watts : Cdr Wilfred Tomkinson Deployed submarines : Lt-Cdr E. W. Leir : Lt-Cdr F. Fielmann : Lt-Cdr F. H. H. Goodhart : Lt-Cdr M. E. Nasmith

Imperial German Navy

1st Scouting Group (I. Aufklärungsgruppe) (battlecruisers) Konteradmiral Franz von Hipper (flagship): Kapt.z.S. Moritz von Egidy (GE) : Kapt.z.S. Magnus von Levetzow(GE) : Kapt.z.S. Ludwig von Reuter : F.Kapt. Alexander Erdmanndenkmalprojekt.org

2nd Scouting Group (II. Aufklärungsgruppe) (light cruisers) Konteradmiral Georg HebbinghausImperial German Navy Scouting Group Commanders (flagship): F.Kapt. Theodor Püllen (GE) : F.Kapt. Viktor Harder : Kapt.z.S. Johannes Hartog : F.Kapt. Wilhelm Widenmann(GE)

5th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (V. Torpedoboots Flottille) K.Kapt. Bernd von dem Knesebeck : Kptlt. Hans Loening

9th Half-Flotilla (9. halbflottille) : Kptlt. Walter Hoffert : Kptlt. Kurt Heeseler : Kptlt. Wolf von Eichhorn

10th Half-Flotilla (10. halbflottille) : K.Kapt. Oskar Heinecke : Kptlt. Hans Anschütz : Kptlt. Johannes Weineck : Kptlt. Adolf Müller : Kptlt. Gerhard Hoefer

8th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla (VIII. Torpedoboots Flottille) : K.Kapt. Paul Hundertmarck

15th Half-Flotilla (15. halbflottille) : K.Kapt. Georg Weißenborn : Kptlt. Hans Hufnagel : Kptlt. Carl August Claussen(GE)

18th Half-Flotilla (18. halbflottille) : K.Kapt. Werner Tillessen (GE) : Oblt.z.S. Hartmut Buddecke : Kptlt. Otto Andersen : Kptlt. Erich Steinbrinck

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