Grand Fleet » Battlecruiser Fleet

Squadron · United Kingdom · from August 4, 1914

David Beatty's battlecruisers, the Grand Fleet's scouting force, based at Rosyth.

Recorded for World War I.

August 4, 1914 – August 26, 1914 With the Grand Fleet · map
August 28, 1914 Sinks three German cruisers (Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)) · map
August 30, 1914 – December 19, 1914 Back with the Grand Fleet · map
December 20, 1914 – January 23, 1915 Based at Rosyth (date approximate) · map
January 24, 1915 Sinks Blücher (Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)) · map
January 26, 1915 – May 30, 1916 Back at Rosyth · map
May 31, 1916 Loses Indefatigable, Queen Mary and Invincible (Battle of Jutland) · map
June 2, 1916 – November 20, 1918 Back at Rosyth · map
November 21, 1918 Receives the High Seas Fleet's surrender · map