German High Seas Fleet Beginning of WWI August 1914 Fleet Commander: Admiral von Ingenohl Flag Ship: Frederich der Grosse 1st Squadron: Vizeadmiral von Lans 1st Divsion: Ostfriesland (flagship) Thüringien Helgoladn Oldenburg Posen (flagship) Rheinland Nassau Westfalen 2nd Squadron: Vicezdmiral Scheer 1st Division: Preussen (flagship) Schlesien Hessen Lothringen Hannover (flagship) Schleswig-Holstein Pommern Deutschland 3rd Squadron Kontreadmiral Funke 1st Division: Prinzregent Lutipold (flagship) Kaisserin Kaiser König Albert König (flagship) Grosser Kurfürst 4th Squadron: Vizeadmiral Schmidt 1st Division Wittelsbach (flagship) Wettin Mecklenburg Sfchwaben Branunschweig (flagship) Elsass Zähringen 5th Squadron: Vizeadmiral Grapow 1st Division Kaiser Wilhelm II (flagship) Kaiser Wilhelm der Gross Kaiser Barbarossa 1
Kaiser Friedrich III (flagship) Kiser Karl der Grosse Wörth Brandenburg 6th Squadron: Kontreadmiral Eckermann 1st Division: Hildebrand (flagship) Heimdall Hagen Frithjol Aegir (flagship) Odin Beowulf Siegfried 1st Reconnaissance Group: Kontreadmiral Hipper Seydlitz Moltke Blücher (after 8 August) von der Tann tderffllinger 2nd ReconnaissanceGroup: Kontreadmiral MaaszDerfl Cöln Mainz Stralsund Kolberg Rostock Strasburg Graudenz (after 10 August) 3rd Reconnaissance Group: München Danzig Stuttgart Frauenlob Hela 4th Reconnaissance Group: Kontreadmiral von Rebeur-Paschwitz Roon Yorck Prinz Adalbert Prinz Heinrich 5th Reconnaissance Group: Kontreadmiral Jasper Hansa Bineta Victoria-Louise Hertha 1st Torpeado Boat Flotilla: V187 (Flagship) 1st Half: V188 V189 V190 V191 V197 2
2nd Half: V192 V193 V194 V195 V196 2nd Torpeado Boat Flotilla: S149 (Flagship) 3rd Half: S138 S139 S140 S141 S142 4th Half: S144 S145 S146 S147 S148 3rd Torpeado Boat Flotilla: S167 (Flagship) 5th Half: V162 V163 V164 V165 V166 6th Half V168 V169 V170 V172 V173 4th Torpeado Boat Flotilla: G113 (Flagship) 7th Half: S115 S116 S117 S118 S119 8th Half: G108 G109 G110 G111 G112 G114 5th Torpeado Boat Flotilla: G12 (Flagship) 9th Half V2 V3 V4 3
V5 V6 10th Half: G7 G8 G9 G10 G11 6th Torpeado Boat Flotilla: V161 (Flagship) 11th Half: V151 V152 V153 V154 V155 12th Half: V156 V157 V158 V159 V160 7th Torpeado Boat Flotilla: S24 (Flagship) 13th Half: S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 14th Half: S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 8th Torpeado Boat Flotilla: G174 (Flagship) 15th Half Flotilla: S128 S126 S121 S131 16th Half S176 S177 S179 G134 S120 1st Submarine Flotilla: Hamburg (Flagship) 1st Half Flotilla: D5 (Flagship) U7 U8 4
U9 U10 2nd Half Flotilla: S99 (Flagship) U13 U14 U16 U17 U18 2nd U-Boat Flotilla: Stettin (Flagship) 3rd Half Flotilla: U19 U20 U21 U22 U24 4th Half Flotilla: S101 U23 U25 U27 U28 Reserve Submarines fitting out: In Danzig: U6, U11, U12 In Kiel: U26 In Norweg: A5 & U29 Ships on Mine Laying Service Nautilus Albatros Pelikan Mine Laying Steamers: Königin Kaiser Preussen Silvana Apollo Mine Sweepers: 1st Minesweeping Division: D3 T75 T24 T76 T38 T77 T42 T78 T43 T79 T44 T80 T45 T81 T74 2nd Minesweeping Division: D6 T51 T28 T52 T30 T53 T39 T54 5
T46 T55 T47 T56 T49 T57 T50 3rd Minesweeping Flotilla: D8 T36 T25 T37 T29 T40 T31 T41 T33 T71 T34 T72 T35 T73 East Sea Strike Forces: Cruisers: Amazone Augsburg Magdeburg Lübeck Undine Thetis Gazelle Freya Panther Torpeado Boats S102 S91 S93 S94 S127 V186 V25 V26 Sleipner (T97) Carmen U-Boats; D-10 Flagship U3 U4 UA Mine Layers: Prinz Waldemar Prinz Sigismund Prinz Adalbert Detuschland Harbor Flotillas: Ems: Arcona D9 T85 T87 14 Patrol Boats Ems Minesweeping Division Jade/Weser Aridane Berlin 6
Niobe Zleten Blitz Hay Drache Alice Roosevelt S103 S107 S61 S62 S66 S68 Wilhelmshaven Minesweeping Division Jade Minesweeping Division Elbe: Nymphe Nedusa Pfeil Fuchs S92 S114 S67 S69 S59 S64 Cuxhaven Minesweeping Division Helgoland: D7 S82 S83 S84 S86 Helga Eider: Hynde Kiel: Delphin (artillery tender) S58 S60 S63 S65 Kiel Minesweeper Division Primus Minetender Steamer In East Asia: Scharnhorst Gneisenau Emden Leipzig Nürnburg Iltis Jaguar Tiger Luchs Vaterland Otter 7
Tsingtau S 90 Cormoran (steamship) Titan (Steamer) Mediterranean Sea: Goeben Breslau Loreley (Consantinople Station Ship America: Karlsruhe Dresden East Africa: Königsberg Möwe West Africa: Eber South Seas: Geier Planet I Mine Sweeping Division D 3 T 24 T 38 T 42 T 43 T 45 T 74 T 75 T 76 T 77 T 78 T 79 T 80 T 81 II Mine Sweeping Division D 6 T 28 T 30 T 39 T 46 T 47 T 50 T 51 T 52 T 53 T 54 T 55 T 56 T 57 III Mine Sweeping Division D 8 T 25 T 29 T 31 T 33 8
T 34 T 35 T 36 T 37 T 40 T 71 T 72 T 73 Zepplin Forces: L3 (on the North Sea) Seaplane Forces 6 in Helgoland (later 9) 4 in Kiel (later 3) 2 In Putzig (later 2) (later) 8 in Warnemünde Land Base Aircraft: 8 in Wilhelmshaven (later 10) 4 in Geestemünde 4 in Cuxhaven 4 in Kiel 9