Great Britain - Naval order-of-battle & locations

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Royal Navy order-of-battle for beginning of game....while minor changes occurred over the months before late-August 1914, this remains more than adequate for SRGW. The Royal Navy's "Grand Fleet" commend rotated locations opposite the North Sea or English Channel (Home Port: Weymouth-Portland).

* * * GRAND FLEET (Flagship) IRON DUKE


* * 1st Battleship Sdn.
MARBOROUGH
COLLINGWOOD
COLOSSUS
HERCULES
NEPTUNE
ST. VINCENT
VANGUARD

Armored Cruisers:
BELLONA
BLANCHE
BLONDE
SAPPHO
OAK
BOARDCEA

Light Cruisers: 1st Light Cruiser Sdn.
BIRMINGHAM
SOUTHAMPTON
FALMOUTH
LIVERPOOL
NOTTINGHAM
LOWESTOFT

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* * 2nd BS Sdn.
KING GEORGE V
AJAX
AUDACIOUS
CENTURION
MONARCH
ORION
THUNDERER

Battlecruiser Squadron: 1st BC Sdn.
LION
NEW ZEALAND
QUEEN MARY
PRINCESS ROYAL

Destroyer Squadron:
FEARLESS
29 "I" (Acheron) Class DD

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* * 3rd BS Sdn.
AFRICA
KING EDWARD VII
BRITANNIA
COMMONWEALTH
DOMINION
HIBERNIA
ZEALANDIA
HINDUSTAN

Cruisers: 2nd Cruiser Sdn.
ACHILLES
SHANNON
COCHRANE
NATAL

Destroyers:
ACTIVE
20 "H" (Acorn) Class DD

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* * 4th BS Sdn.
DREADNOUGHT
BELLERPHON
TEMERAIRE

Cruisers: 2nd Cruiser Sdn.
ANTRIM
ARGYLL
ROXBURGH
DEVONSHIRE

Destroyers: 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (based at Harwich - X826 Y144
AMPHION
16 "L" (Landrail) Class DD [four further pending completion: LEGION, LENNOX, LOOKOUT, LYDIARD]


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* * 9TH BS Sdn. (Grimsby; use Hull-Humber as alternative)
HANNIBAL
MARS
MAGNIFICENT
VICTORIOUS

Cruisers: 9th Cruiser Sdn.
GOOD HOPE
DRAKE
LEVIATHAN
[KING ALFRED en route]

Destroyers: 4th Destroyer Flotilla
SWIFT (D.60) - Leader
20 "K" (Acasta) Class DD

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5th Battleship Sdn. (Weymouth-Portland)
PRINCE OF WALES
BULWARK
IMPLACABLE
FORMIDABLE
IRRESISTIBLE
LONDON
VENERABLE
QUEEN
TOPAZE

Cruisers: 7th Cruiser Sdn. (Assigned Southern North Sea patrol; use Hull-Humber (X 816 Y 134)
ABOUKIR
BACCHANTE
CRESSY
EURYALUS

Destroyers: 6th Destroyer Flotilla (Dover - relocate to Weymouth if Dover location (X 826 Y 148) is not created.
ATTENTIVE
ADVENTURE
SENTINEL
FORESIGHT
12 "F" (Tribal) Class DD
12 "C" (Albatross) Class DDO

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6th Battleship Sdn. (Weymouth-Portland) ( X 806 Y 151 )
LORD NELSON
AGAMEMNON
RUSSELL
ALBEMARLE
CORNWALLIS
DUNCAN
EXMOUTH
DIAMOND
VENGEANCE

Cruisers: 9th Cruiser Sdn.
AMPHITRITE
ARGONAUT
HIGHFLYER
EUROPA
VINDICTIVE
CHALLENGER

Destroyers: 7th Destroyer Flotilla (assigned Hull-Humber (X816 Y 134)
SKIRMISHER
28 "D" Class DDO (by Sept 1914, only 8 D class remained in service, with flotilla)

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7th Battleship Sdn. (Devonport-Plymouth) (X 812 Y 150)
CEASAR
PRINCE GEORGE
ILLUSTRIOUS
AMJESTIC
SAPPHIRE

Cruisers: 10 Cruiser Sdn. (assigned Northern Patrol, North Sea - use: Inverness (X 791 Y 115)
CRESCENT
EDGAR
EDYMION
GRAFTON
HAWKE
ROYAL ARTHUR
THESEUS
GIBRALTER

Destroyer: 8th Destroyer Flotilla (Forth; use Devonport-Plymouth ( X 812 Y 150 )
PATHFINDER
9 x A (Boxer) Class DDO

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8th Battleship Sdn. (Devonport-Plymouth ( X812 Y 150 )
ALBION
CANOPUS
GLORY
GOLIATH
OCEAN
PROSERPINE
JUPITER
GLORY (transferred shortly after to Bahamas/Bermuda)

Cruisers: 11th Cruiser Sdn.
ISIS
Doris
JUNO
MINERVA
VENUS

Destroyers: 9th Destroyer Flotilla (Tyne; use Devonport-Plymouth) ( X 812 Y 150 )
PATROL
19 "D" Class DDO

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Cruiser Force F (Sheerness; Isle of Sheppey; combine with Eastchurch (as Eastchurch-Sheerness; X 824 Y 147 )
HOGUE
SUTLEJ

Cruisers: 5th Cruiser Sdn. (detached to Freetown, Gambia
CARNAVRON
CORNWALL
CUMBERLAND
MONMOUTH

* 12th Cruiser Sdn. (Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey; Eastchurch-Sheerness, X 824 Y 147)
CHARYDBIS
DIANA
ECLIPSE
TALBOT

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* * Submarine Flotillas:

4th Submarine Flotilla (Dover - X 826 Y 148)
7 x "C" Class SS
1 x "S" Class SS (unit S.1; follow-on S.2 and S.3 still building)

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3rd Submarine Flotilla (Devonport-Plymouth, X 812 Y 150)
3 x "C" Class SS
3 x "B" Class SS

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5th Submarine Flotilla (Nore; use Eastchurch-Sheerness, X 824 Y 147 )
6 x "C" Class SS

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6th Submarine Flotilla (Humber; use Hull-Humber, X 816 Y 144)
6 x "C" Class SS

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7th Submarine Flotilla (Forth; use Inverness, X 791 Y 115)
12 x "C" Class SS

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8th Submarine Flotilla (Harwich, X 826 Y 144)
8 x "D" Class SS
9 x "E" Class SS [Units E.11 and higher numbers were not launched until after Jan 1914)

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* * UNITS IN RESERVE (due to fitting-out, repair and overhauls, etc.):

For convenience, has all at: Devonport-Plymouth X 812 Y 150 )

* TERRIBLE
* SIRIUS
* DONEGAL
* HERMES [cruiser; not the carrier]
* KENT
* ARETHUSA
* AURORA
* CORDELIA

5 x Armed Merchant Cruisers (AMC)
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Follow-on post will cover Overseas locations (Med., NZ, etc.)