The List of ships sunk at the Battle of Jutland is a list of ships which were lost during the Battle of Jutland.
This battle was fought between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet on 31 May and 1 June 1916, during the First World War. The list is in chronological order of the time of sinking.
Time of Sinking | Main damage | Name of the ship | Type | Lives lost | Survivors |
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31 May 16:03 | Battlecruiser action | Indefatigable | Battlecruiser | 1,017 | 2 (POW) |
31 May 16:25 | Battlecruiser action | Queen Mary | Battlecruiser | 1,266 | 9 (2 POW) |
31 May 17:30 | Battlecruiser action | Nomad | Destroyer | 8 | 72 (POW) |
31 May 17:30 | Battlecruiser action | Nestor | Destroyer | 6 | 68 (POW) |
31 May 17:30 | Battlecruiser action | V27 | Torpedo boat | crew evacuated | |
31 May 17:45 | Battlecruiser action | V29 | Torpedo boat | 33-43 | crew evacuated |
31 May 18:20 | Fleet action | Defence | Armoured cruiser | 903 | none |
31 May 18:30 | Fleet action | Invincible | Battlecruiser | 1,026 | 6 |
31 May 19:02 | Fleet action | Shark | Destroyer | 86 | 6 |
31 May 19:30 | Fleet action | S35 | Torpedo boat | 87 | none |
31 May 20:05 | Fleet action | V48 | Torpedo boat | 90 | 1 |
31 May 22:35 | Night action | Frauenlob | Light cruiser | 320 | 9 |
31 May 23:30 | Night action | Ardent | Destroyer | 78 | 2 |
31 May 23:30 | Night action | Fortune | Destroyer | 67 | 1 |
1 June 00:00 | Night action | Black Prince | Armoured cruiser | 857 | none |
1 June 02:00 | Night action | Wiesbaden | Light cruiser | 589 | 1 |
1 June 02:05 | Night action | Turbulent | Destroyer | 90 | 13 (POW) |
1 June 02:15 | Night action | V4 | Torpedo boat | 18 | crew evacuated |
1 June 02:45 | Night action | Tipperary | Destroyer | 185 | 12 |
1 June 02:45 | Night action | Lützow | Battlecruiser | 115 | crew evacuated |
1 June 03:00 | Night action | Elbing | Light cruiser | 4 | crew evacuated |
1 June 03:10 | Night action | Pommern | Pre-dreadnought | 839 | none |
1 June 04:25 | Night action | Rostock | Light cruiser | 14 | crew evacuated |
1 June 07:30 | Night action | Sparrowhawk | Destroyer | 6 | crew evacuated |
1 June 08:25 | Battlecruiser action | Warrior | Armoured cruiser | 68 | crew evacuated |
- Time-of-day versus "action" may vary, as some ships received their deadly damage during one action but limped through to a later time or even a later action.
- The majority of British loss of life came from Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's battlecruiser force, which lost Queen Mary and Indefatigable in the opening minutes, and Invincible two hours later, with a total of 3,309 lives lost.
Sources
- Campbell, John (1998). Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting. Lyons Press. ISBN 1-55821-759-2.
- Marder, Arthur J. (1978). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904–1919. Vol. III: Jutland and After, May 1916 – December 1916 (Second ed.). London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-215841-4.
- Wrecksite - WARSHIPS LOST AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
- North East Medals The Battle of Jutland 1916 - Casualties Listed by Ship.