B. Miller CB) Attached destroyers (13th Destroyer Flotilla) (Cdr John Tovey) (Lt. Cdr. Montague G. B. Legge DSO) (Lt Cdr Guy P. Bowles) (Lt Cdr Roger V. Alison DSO) 6th Light Cruiser Squadron Rear Admiral Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair CB MVO (flag; Capt. Claud H. Sinclair) (Capt. the Hon. Herbert Meade DSO) (Capt. Herbert L. Edwards) (Capt. William M. Kerr) Attached destroyers (13th Destroyer Flotilla) (flotilla leader; Cdr. Charles A. Fremantle) (Cdr. Dashwood F. Moir) (Lt Cdr. Kenneth A. Beattie) (Lt. Vernon Hammersley-Heenan) 1st Light Cruiser Squadron Commodore Walter Cowan CB, MVO, DSO (Cdre Cowan) (Capt. Charles Forbes DSO) (Capt. the Hon. Mathew R. Best MVO, DSO) (Capt. Francis A. Marten) Attached destroyers (13th Destroyer Flotilla) (Cdr. Charles Ramsey) (Lt. Cdr. Charles H. Neill James) 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron (detachment) Rear Admiral Richard Phillimore CB, MVO) (flag; Capt. William Boyle) Other forces at sea in support (none of which engaged) Battle Cruiser Force Vice Admiral Sir William Pakenham KCB, KCVO) (flag), , , Attached light forces (13th Destroyer Flotilla) (flotilla cruiser), , , , , , , , . 1st Battle Squadron Admiral Sir Charles Madden (flag), , , , , Attached destroyers (12th Destroyer Flotilla) (flotilla leader), (flotilla leader), , , , , , , , , . German forces 2nd Scouting Group Konteradmiral Ludwig von Reuter (FKpt Karl Feldmann) (FKpt Gerhard von Gaudecker) (FKpt Otto Seidensticker) (KptzS Walther Hildebrand) 7th Torpedo-Boat Flotilla KKpt Hermann Cordes S62 (KptLt Max Fink; flotilla leader) G87 (OLtzS Wolfgang Komorowski) 14th half-flotilla (KptLt Richard Beitzen) G92 (KptLt Arthur von Killinger; half-flotilla leader) G93 (KptLt Georg Reimer) V83 (Kpt Lt Wedig von Keyserlingk) 12th half-flotilla (KKpt Rudolf Lahs) V43 (OLtzS Victor Narjes; half-flotilla leader) V44 (OLtzS Eberhard Kautter) V45 (KptLt Martin Laßmann) Minesweepers 6th Minesweeper Half-Flotilla [6. ] (KptLt d'Ottilié) M66, M7, A36, T74, M53, M4, M3, M1 4th Auxiliary Minesweeper Half-Flotilla [4. ] (KptLt d R Joachim Löwe) A63 A68, A69, A74, A41, A52 2nd Auxiliary Minesweeper Half-Flotilla (KptLt d R Klose) fishing vessels 6th Auxiliary Minesweeper Half-Flotilla (KptLt d R Wilke) fishing vessels 4th Barrier-Breaker Group [IV. ] (KptLt d R Hillebrand) two vessels Group S, North Sea Outpost Flotilla (LtzS Heinrich Woldag)NO armed trawlers Fritz Reuter and KehdingenGE 4th Battle Squadron (detachment) KptzS Kurt Graßhoff (KptzS Kurt Graßhoff) (KptzS Max Loesch) Attached torpedo-boats (anti-submarine escort) S18 (KptLt Wildemann) S24 (KptLt Paschen) Other forces at sea in support (none of which were engaged) Battleships: