HC Deb 08 January 1913 vol 46 c1195W

Lord C. BERESFORD asked the First Lord of the Admiralty to state the names of the battleships, battle-cruisers, cruisers, and destroyers composing the German high sea fleet.

Mr. CHURCHILL supplied the following details:—

Battleships.

"Kaiser," "Oldenburg," "Thuringen," "Ostfriesland," "Helgoland," "Posen," "Rheinland," "Westfalen," "Nassau," "Schleswig -Holstein," "Schlesien," "Pommern," "Hannover," "Deutschland," "Lothringen," "Preussen," "Hessen," "Elsass," "Braunschweig." The "Friedrich der Grosse" is to join the high sea fleet on completion of trials.

Battle Cruisers.

"Goeben"(temporarily detached to the Mediterranean),"Moltke," "Von der Tann."

Armoured Cruiser.

"Yorck."

Cruisers 2nd Class, Protected.

"Strassburg," "Breslau"(temporarily detached to Mediterranean),"Mainz," "Coln," "Kolberg," "Dresden," "Stettin." The "Stralsund" is to join on completion of trials.

Cruiser 3rd Class, Protected.

"Hela"(tender). There are also two special vessels, "Blitz" and Pfeil, "two destroyers, S.96 and S.98, and a few torpedo boats attached as tenders.

Destroyers.

The six destroyer flotillas, comprising sixty-six boats, are only attached to the high sea fleet temporarily from time to time. They consist of:—

S.102-S.106, G.108-G.113, S.126-S.128, S.130 and S.131, G.132-G.137, S.138-S.143, S.145-S.149, S.166, G.170, G.175, S.176-S.179, V.180-V.185, V.187-V.191, G.192, G.194, G.196, G.197, V.1-V.4, G.8-G.11, S.13-S.15.