Operation ZZ

GRAND FLEET
Fleet Flagship
Ship	In Command
Queen Elizabeth	Admiral Sir David Beatty, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. (Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet.) Vice-Admiral Sir O. de B. Brock, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B. (Chief of Staff.) Commodore 1st class Hon. H. Brand, Ad C., C.B., C.V.O. (Captain of Fleet.) Captain A. E. M. Chatfield, C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O.
Tender:— Oak	Commander D. Faviell, D.S.O.
First Battle Squadron
Revenge	Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O. (Second-in-Command, Grand Fleet.) Commodore 2nd class M. H. Hodges, C.V.O. (Chief of Staff.) Captain G. P. Ross, C.B.
Resolution	Captain O. Backhouse, C.B.
Royal Sovereign	Captain H. M. Doughty, C.B.
Royal Oak	Captain Crawford Maclachlan, C.B.
Canada	Captain H. D. R. Watson, C.B., M.V.O.
Emperor of India	Rear-Admiral W. C. M. Nicholson, C.B. Captain C. W. R. Royds.
Benbow	Captain A. K. Waistell, C.B.
Marlborough	Captain C. D. Johnson, D.S.O., M.V.O.
Iron Duke	Captain E. La T. Leatham, C.B.
Blonde	Captain G. G. C. Wood-Martin.
Absent refitting:— Ramillies	Captain E. P. F. G. Grant, Ad C., C.B.
Second Battle Squadron
King George V	Vice-Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck, K.C.B. Captain Hon. L. J. O. Lambart, D.S.O. (Chief of Staff.) Captain A. V. Campbell, D.S.O., M.V.O.
Ajax	Captain D. M. Anderson, C.M.G., M.V.O.
Centurion	Captain D. L. Dent, C.M.G.
Erin	Captain W. M. Ellerton, C.B.
Orion	Rear-Admiral W. E. Goodenough, C.B., M.V.O. Captain E. J. A. Fullerton, D.S.O.
Thunderer	Captain T. D. Pratt, C.B.
Monarch	Captain S. R. Drury-Lowe, C.M.G.
Conqueror	Captain J. W. L. McClintock, D.S.O.
Agincourt	Captain H. L. Mawbey.
Absent refitting:— Bellona	Captain T. E. J. Bigg.
Temporarily attached:— Fearless	Captain C. J. C. Little. (Capt. (S) 12th S.M.F.)
Fourth Battle Squadron
Hercules	Vice-Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning, K.C.B., M.V.O. Captain A. Lowndes. (and as Chief of Staff).
Neptune	Captain J. R. Segrave.
St. Vincent	Captain E. Reeves, C.B.
Colossus	Rear-Admiral D. R. L. Nicholson. Captain C. P. Beaty-Pownall.
Bellerophon	Captain F. H. Mitchell, D.S.O.
Boadicea	Captain E. H. Edwards, D.S.O.
King Orry	Commander H. T. Mosse.
Refitting:— Collingwood	Captain C. C. Fowler, Ad C.
Absent:— Dreadnought	(Paid off).
Fifth Battle Squadron
Barham	Vice-Admiral Arthur C. Leveson, C.B. Captain R. Horne, D.S.O.
Malaya	Captain L. C. S. Woolcombe, M.V.O.
Valiant	Captain H. T. Buller, M.V.O.
Warspite	Captain H. Lynes, C.B., C.M.G.
Blanche	Captain F. A. W. Buller, D.S.O.
Sixth Battle Squadron
New York	Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, K.C.B., U.S.N. Captain Charles F. Hughes, U.S.N.
Texas	Captain Victor Blue, U.S.N.
Wyoming	Captain Henry A. Wiley, U.S.N.
Florida	Captain Thomas Washington, U.S.N.
Arkansas	Rear-Admiral W. H. G. Bullard, U.S.N. (In Command.)
Absent, not yet joined:— Nevada	Captain A. T. Long, U.S.N.
BATTLE CRUISER FORCE
Lion	Vice-Admiral William C. Pakenham, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. Commodore 2nd class H. F. P. Sinclair, C.B. (Chief of Staff.) Captain A. J. Davies.
First Battle Cruiser Squadron
Repulse	Rear-Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O. Captain W. H. D. Boyle, C.B.
Renown	Captain A. W. Craig, C.B.
Princess Royal	Captain J. D. Kelly.
Tiger	Captain A. A. M. Duff, C.B.
Second Battle Cruiser Squadron
Australia	Rear-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, K.C.M.G., C.B. Captain T. N. James.
New Zealand	Captain L. A. B Donaldson, C.M.G.
Indomitable	Captain E. K. Loring.
Inflexible	Captain J. R. P. Hawksley, C.B., M.V.O.
LIGHT CRUISER FORCE
First Cruiser Squadron
Courageous	Vice-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier, C.B., M.V.O. (Vice-Admiral, Light Cruiser Force.) Captain A. Bromley.
Glorious	Captain C. B. Miller, C.B.
First Light Cruiser Squadron
Caledon	Rear-Admiral Walter H. Cowan, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O. Commander H. S. M. Harrison-Wallace.
Phaeton	Captain J. E. Cameron, C.B., M.V.O.
Galatea	Captain C. M. Forbes, D.S.O.
Inconstant	Captain F. A. Marten.
Royalist	Captain Hon. M. R. Best, D.S.O., M.V.O.
Second Light Cruiser Squadron
Birmingham	Rear-Admiral J. A. Fergusson, C.B. Captain E. A. Taylor.
Sydney	Captain J. S. Dumaresq, C.B.
Melbourne	Captain E. A. Rushton.
Yarmouth	Captain C. Asser.
Absent at Kola:— Dublin	Captain Hon. R. A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, D.S.O.
Third Light Cruiser Squadron
Chatham	Rear-Admiral A. T. Hunt, C.B., C.S.I. Captain T. J. Hallett.
Birkenhead	Captain A. M. Stancomb.
Chester	Captain R. N. Lawson, C.B.
Southampton	Captain B. V. Brooke.
Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron
Calliope	Rear-Admiral A. F. Everett, C.B. Captain P. L. H. Noble.
Cordelia	Captain Hon. A. L. O. Forbes-Semphill.
Cambrian	Captain C. A. Fountaine.
Constance	Captain C. S. Townsend, C.B.
Comus	Captain J. M. Casement.
Absent refitting:— Caroline	Captain O. E. Leggett.
Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron
Cardiff	Rear-Admiral Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, C.B., M.V.O. Captain C. H. Sinclair.
Ceres	Captain H. G. E. Lane.
Calypso	Captain B. S. Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G.
Cassandra	Captain E. C. Kennedy.
Caradoc	Captain W. M. Kerr.
Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron
Cleopatra	Rear-Admiral G. H. Borrett, C.B. Captain Hon. A. C. Strutt.
Undaunted	Captain E. W. Denison.
Aurora	Captain H. W. Bowring.
Penelope	Captain L. R. Oliphant.
Absent refitting:— Carysfort	Acting Captain A. Lambert.
Flying Squadron
Furious	Rear-Admiral Sir Richard F. Phillimore, K.C.M.G., C.B, M.V.O. Captain W. S. Nicholson, C.B. (and as Chief of Staff).
Vindictive	Captain H. E. Grace.
Absent:—Argus
Absent:—Pegasus
Absent:—Nairana
Absent:—Canning
Second Cruiser Squadron
Minotaur	Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen, C.B. Captain C. N. Tindall-Carill-Worsley.
Absent:—Shannon
Absent:—Cochrane
Absent:— Achilles
Destroyer Flotillas
Castor	Commodore 2nd Class H. J. Tweedie. (Commdore F.)
Third Flotilla 11 Destroyers. 11 absent.	Captain (D) H. E. Sullivan, D.S.O.
Eleventh Flotilla 17 Destroyers. 4 absent.	Captain (D) B. M. Money.
Twelfth Flotilla 13 Destroyers. 7 absent.	Captain (D) Hon. W. S. Leveson-Gower.
Thirteenth Flotilla 23 Destroyers. 7 absent.	Captain (D) A. B. S. Dutton.
Fourteenth Flotilla 23 Destroyers. 7 absent.	Captain (D) H. R. Godfrey, D.S.O.
Fifteenth Flotilla 17 Destroyers. 9 absent.	Captain (D) R. G. Rowley-Conwy.
Twentieth Flotilla 8 Destroyers. 3 absent.	Captain (D) B. Curtis, D.S.O.
Twenty-First Flotilla 4 Destroyers. 6 absent.	Captain (D) H. E. Sullivan, D.S.O.
French Forces
Amiral Aube	Contre-Amiral A. Grasset Capitaine de Vaisseau Petitt.
Magon	—
Enseigne Roux	—