Battle of the Baltic Islands 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy

^{The German torpedoboat S64.}

^{S64, scuttled after striking a mine near Kumora Reef on the night of 17 October.}

^{The German torpedoboat B111 is towed stern first into Libau after striking a mine on 18 October. Her bow was completely destroyed by the mine, yet she remained afloat.}

^{The battleship SMS Markgraf.}

^{One of the abandoned 12-inch guns at Zerel.}

^{The famous lighthouse at Cape Zerel. The building to the left still stands today.}

^{The grave of a sailor from the German torpedoboat B111, killed when she hit a mine on 18 October.}

^{Buried together: a German soldier of the Pioneer Landing Corps, another from 7th Company, 131st Infantry Regiment, and an unknown Russian soldier.}

APPENDIX I Sea Forces of the Special Unit

Chief of the Special Unit: Vizeadmiral Ehrhard Schmidt

Chief of Staff: Kapitän zur See von Levetzow

Admiralty Staff (Admiralstab) officers: Korvettenkapitän Dietrich Meyer, Kapitänleutnant Tegtmeyer, Kapitänleutnant Firle

Navigation Officer: Kapitänleutnant Kiep

Flagship:

Moltke — Kapitän zur See Gygas

Battle Squadrons

III Battle Squadron

Commander: Vizeadmiral Behncke

2nd Admiraclass="underline" Kontreadmiral Seiferling

König — Kapitän zur See Weniger

Bayern — Kapitän zur See Rohardt

Grosser Kurfürst — Kapitän zur See Goette

Kronprinz — Kapitän zur See Rösing

Markgraf — Kapitän zur See Mörsberger

IV Battle Squadron

Commander: Vizeadmiral Souchon

2nd Admiraclass="underline" Kommodore Meurer.

Friedrich der Grosse — Kapitän zur See von Lessel

König Albert — Kapitän zur See Varrentrapp

Kaiserin — Kapitän zur See Grasshoff

Prinzregent Luitpold — Kapitän zur See von Hornhardt

Kaiser — Kapitän zur See Loesch

Reconnaissance (Aufklarungs) Forces

C-in-C of Reconnaissance Forces of the Eastern Baltic (BdAdO): Kontreadmiral Hopman

II Reconnaissance Group (II AG)

Commander: Kontreadmiral von Reuter

Königsberg — Fregattenkapitän Karl Feldmann

Karlsruhe — Fregattenkapitän Tietgens

Nürnberg — Fregattenkapitän Hildebrand

Frankfurt — Fregattenkapitän Seidensticker

Danzig — Korvettenkapitän Adalbert Prinz von Preussen

VI Reconnaissance Group (VI AG)

Commander: Kontreadmiral Hopman

Kolberg — Fregattenkapitän Kurt Frank

Strassburg — Fregattenkapitän Quaet-Faslem

Augsburg — Fregattenkapitän Lutter

Tender Blitz — Korvettenkapitän Hauck

Nautilus — Korvettenkapitän Franz Pfeiffer

Torpedoboats

I Leader of Torpedoboats (I FdT): Kommodore Heinrich

Emden — Fregattenkapitän Freiherr von Gagern

II Torpedoboat Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Heinecke

B98

3rd Half Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Hans Kolbe

G101

V100

G103

G104

4th Half Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Faulborn

B109

B110

B111

B97

B112

VI Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Werner Tillessen

V69

12th Half Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Lans

V43

S50

V44

V45

V46

13th Half Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Zander

V82

S64

S61

S63

V74

VIII Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Nieden

V180

15th Half Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Vollheim

V183

V185

V181

V184

V182

16th Half Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Stohwasser

S176

S178

G174

S179

V186

X Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Hundertmarck

S56

19th Half Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Rebensburg

T170

T169

T172

G175

T165

20th Half Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Freiherr Röder von Diersburg

V78

V77

G89

S65

S66

7th Half Flotilla

Commander: Korvettenkapitän Graf von der Recke Vollmerstein

T154

T158

T157

T151

T160

T145

T143

T140

T139

Hydroglider — Oberleutnant zur See Peytsch

U-Boats

U-Boat Flotilla Kurland

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Schött

UC 56 — Kapitänleutnant der Reserve Kiesewetter

UC 57 — Kapitänleutnant Wissmann

UC 58 — Kapitänleutnant Vesper

UC 59 — Kapitänleutnant Lefholz

UC 60 — Oberleutnant zur See von Fischer

UC 78 — Oberleutnant zur See Kukat

Barrier Breaker Vessels

Sperrbrechergruppe

Commander: Korvettenkapitän der Seewehr Simonsen

Rio Pardo

Lother

Schwaben

Glatz

Minesweepers

II Minesweeper Flotilla

Commander: Kapitänleutnant Doflein

A62

3rd Minesweeper Half Flotilla (3rd MSHF)

T136 — Kapitänleutnant Von der Marwitz

M67

M68

M75

M76

M77

T59

T65

T68

T82

T85

4th Minesweeper Half Flotilla (4th MSHF)

T104 — Kapitänleutnant Maxim von Zitzewitz

T53

T54

T55

T56

T60

T61

T62

T66

T67

T69

8th Minesweeper Half Flotilla (8th MSHF)

M64 — Kapitänleutnant Erich Koellner

M11

M31

M32

M39

A35

3rd S-Half Flotilla*