Cdr Geoffrey Corlett : Lt Cdr Kenneth Adair Beattie : Lt Cdr Evelyn Thomson : Lt Cdr Dudley Stuart Attached Harwich Destroyers (9th Destroyer Flotilla): Cdr Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith 1st division / 9th D.F. : Cdr Goldsmith : Lt Cdr Philip Wilfred Sidney King : Lt Cdr Francis Edward Henry Graham Hobart 2nd division / 9th D.F. : Cdr John Coombe Hodgson (from 10th D.F.) : Lt Henry Dawson Crawford Stanistreet : Lt Cdr Edward Sidney Graham (from 10th D.F.) 5th Battle Squadron The 5th Battle Squadron was a special unit of fast s, intended to act as the vanguard of the main battle line. At the Battle of Jutland, it operated with the Battlecruiser Fleet, and was escorted by the 1st Destroyer Flotilla. Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas Sortied from Firth of Forth with Battle Cruiser Fleet soon after 6.00pm 30 May Battleships (flagship): Capt Arthur William Craig : Capt Maurice Woollcombe : Capt Edward Montgomery Phillpotts : Capt the Hon. Algernon Boyle 1st Destroyer Flotilla (light cruiser): Capt Charles Donnison Roper : Lt Cdr Laurence Reynolds Palmer 1st Division / 1st D.F. : Cdr Charles Ramsey : Lt Cdr Arthur Grendon Tippet : Lt Cdr Charles Herbert Neill James : Lt Francis George Glossop 2nd Division / 1st D.F. : Cdr Charles Albert Fremantle : Lt Cdr Edward Brooke : Cdr Dashwood Fowler Moir : Lt Cdr Alexander Hugh Gye Imperial German Navy High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) The High Seas Fleet was the main body of the German surface navy, principally based at Wilhelmshaven, on the Jade River in North-West Germany. Commander-in-Chief (Chef der Hochseeflotte): Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer in SMS Friedrich der Grosse Chief of Staff: KptzS Adolf von Trotha Chief of Operations: KptzS Battleships 3rd Battle Squadron (III. Geschwader) (battleships) Konteradmrial Paul Behncke Flag lieutenant: Korvettenkapitän Frhr Ernst von Gagern 5th Division: KAdm Behncke (flagship): KptzS Friedrich Brüninghaus : KptzS Ernst Goette : KptzS Constanz Feldt : KptzS Karl Seiferling 6th Division: KAdm Hermann Nordmann (flagship): KptzS : KptzS Karl Heuser : KptzS Karl Sievers Fleet Flagship (Flaggschiff der Hochseeflotte) : KptzS Theodor Fuchs 1st Battle Squadron (I. Geschwader) (battleships) Vizeadmiral Ehrhard Schmidt Flag lieutenant: Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Wegener 1st Division: VAdm Schmidt (flagship): KptzS Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer : KptzS Hans Küsel : KptzS Friedrich von Kameke : KptzS Wilhelm Höpfner 2nd Division: KAdm Walter Engelhardt (flagship): KptzS Richard Lange : KptzS Heinrich Rohardt : KptzS Robert Kühne : KptzS