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
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<br>
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 B. 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
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 <sup>()</sup>
: : Kapt.z.S. Magnus von Levetzow<sup>()</sup>
: : Kapt.z.S. Ludwig von Reuter
: : F.Kapt. Alexander Erdmann
2nd Scouting Group (II. Aufklärungsgruppe) (light cruisers)
Konteradmiral Georg Hebbinghaus
: (flagship): F.Kapt. Theodor Püllen <sup>()</sup>
: : F.Kapt. Viktor Harder
: : Kapt.z.S. Johannes Hartog
: : F.Kapt. Wilhelm Widenmann<sup>()</sup>
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 WeiÃÂenborn
:: : Kptlt. Hans Hufnagel
:: : Kptlt. Carl August Claussen<sup>()</sup>
: 18th Half-Flotilla (18. halbflottille)
:: : K.Kapt. Werner Tillessen <sup>()</sup>
:: : Oblt.z.S. Hartmut Buddecke
:: : Kptlt. Otto Andersen
:: : Kptlt. Erich Steinbrinck
:: :
Notes
References
Sources
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