German Forces

Special Task force (Sonderverband)
  • Vizeadmiral Schmidt
    Position: Commander of Special Task Force
  • Kpt.z.S. Levetzow
    Position: Chief of Staff
  • Moltke (force flagship)(force flagship)

3rd BS

  • Vizeadmiral Behncke
  • Konig (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Kommodore Seiferling
  • Bayern
  • Grosser Kurfurst
  • Kronprinz
  • Markgraf (2nd flagship)(2nd flagship)

4th BS

  • Vizeadmiral Souchon
  • Friedrich der Grosse (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Kommodore Meurer
  • Konig Albert
  • Kaiserin
  • Prinzregent Luitpold
  • Kaiser (2nd flagship)(2nd flagship)

2nd SG

  • Kontreadmiral von Reuter
  • Konigsberg (flagship)(flagship)
  • Karlsruhe
  • Nurnberg
  • Frankfurt
  • Danzig

6th SG

  • Kontreadmiral Hopman
  • Kolberg (flagship)(flagship)
  • Strassburg
  • Augsburg
  • Blitz
  • Nautilus

Torpedoboats

I F.d.T
  • Kommodore Heinrich
  • Emden (flagship)(flagship)

2nd Flotilla

  • B98
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Heinecke
3rd Half Flotilla
  • G101
    Commanding officer: Klt. Kolbe
  • V100
  • G103
  • G104
4th Half Flotilla
  • B109
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Faulborn
  • B97
  • B110
  • B111
  • B112

6th Flotilla

  • V69
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Tillessen
12th Half Flotilla
  • V43
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Lahs
  • V44
  • V45
  • V46
  • S50
13th Half Flotilla
  • V82
    Commanding officer: Klt. Zander
  • S61
  • S63
  • S64
  • V74

8th Flotilla

  • V180
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Nieden
15th Half Flotilla
  • V183
    Commanding officer: Klt. Vollheim
  • V181
  • V182
  • V184
  • V185
16th Half Flotilla
  • S176
    Commanding officer: Klt. Stohwasser
  • G174
  • S178
  • S179
  • V186

10th Flotilla

  • S56
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Hundertmarck
19th Half Flotilla
  • T170
    Commanding officer: Klt. Rebensberg
  • T169
  • T172
  • G175
  • T165
20th Half Flotilla
  • V78
    Commanding officer: Klt. von Diersburg
  • S65
  • S66
  • V77
  • G89
7th Half Flotilla
  • T154
    Commanding officer: Kvk. von der Recke-Vollmerstein
  • T139
  • T140
  • T143
  • T145
  • T151
  • T157
  • T158
  • T160

U-boats

U-boat Flotilla "Kurland"
  • Klt. Schott
  • Kpt.z.S. Levetzow
    Position: Chief of Staff
  • UC56
  • UC57
  • UC58
  • UC59
  • UC60
  • UC78

Minesweeping Forces

Barrage Breaker Group

  • Kvk. Simonsen
  • Rio Pardo
  • Lothar
  • Schwaben
  • Glatz

2nd Minesweeper Flotilla

  • A62
    Commanding officer: Klt. Doflein
3rd Minesweeper Half Flotilla
  • T136
    Commanding officer: Klt. von der Marwitz
  • M67
  • M68
  • M75
  • M76
  • M77
  • T59
  • T65
  • T68
  • T82
  • T85
4th Minesweeper Half Flotilla
  • T104
    Commanding officer: Klt. von Zitzewitz
  • T53
  • T54
  • T55
  • T56
  • T60
  • T61
  • T62
  • T66
  • T67
  • T69
8th Minesweeper Half Flotilla
  • M64
    Commanding officer: Klt. Koellner
  • M11
  • M31
  • M32
  • M39
  • A35
3rd Half flotilla, Baltic Outpost Flotilla
  • T141
    Commanding officer: Kvk. Goethe
  • 15 motorboats
  • Fiora
    Notes: Auxiliary support ship
  • Primula
    Notes: Auxiliary support ship

1st Minesweeper Division

  • Klt. Astheimer
  • 11 launches or motorboats

3rd Minesweeper Division

  • Klt. Weidgen
  • 12 launches or motorboats
  • Indianola
    Notes: Auxiliary ship
Eastern Escort Group Minesweeping Half Flotilla
  • Fgk. Nordman
  • 6 Auxiliary Minesweepers

2nd Minesweeper Division

  • Kvk. Altvater
  • 12 launches or motorboats
  • Ammon
    Notes: Auxiliary ship

4th Minesweeper Division

  • Klt. Kipke
  • 10 launches or motorboats
  • Hochkamp
    Notes: Auxiliary ship

Anti-Submarine Forces

Baltic Hunting Flotilla

Suchflottille der Ostsee
  • T144
    Commanding officer: Fgk. von Rosenberg
1st Half Flotilla
  • T142
    Commanding officer: Klt. Sach
  • A28
  • A30
  • A32
  • 32 armed fishing vessels
2nd Half Flotilla
  • T130
    Commanding officer: Klt. Wahlen
  • A27
  • A29
  • A31
  • 24 armed fishing vessels
Other
  • 3 Auxiliaries
  • 3 motorboats

Eastern Escort Half Flotilla "Wschod"

  • Klt. Harder
  • 6 armed fishing vessels

Net Layer Unit

  • Kvk. Kaulhausen
  • 3 net layers
  • 6 tugs

Fleet Auxiliaries

  • Klt. Sachse
  • T132
  • 4 hospital ships
  • 4 ammunition transports
  • 3 supply transports
  • 2 petrol transports
  • 1 cable ship
  • 2 net carriers
  • 11 tugs
  • 8 light vessels
  • 8 tenders

Transport Fleet

  • Fgk von Schlick
1st Group
  • Fgk. Fischer
  • 4 transports
2nd Group
  • Ktl. Walther
  • 6 transports
3rd Group
  • Fgk. Keller
  • 3 transports
4th Group
  • Kvk. Gluer
  • 6 transports

Air Forces

Airships
  • Kvk. Wendt
  • L30
  • L37
  • LZ113
  • LZ120
  • SL8
  • SL20
Aircraft
  • Klt Berthold
  • 81 seaplanes
  • 16 aeroplanes
Other
  • Santa Elena
    Notes: Seaplane carrier
    • 4 seaplanes

Russian Forces

Riga Bay Operations Group
  • Vice Admiral Bachirev

Battleships

  • Bayan (force flagship)(force flagship)
  • Grazhadin
  • Slava

Cruisers

  • Admiral Makarov
  • Diana

Gunboats

  • Khrabri
  • Grozyashchi
  • Khivenetz

Destroyer Group

  • Rear Admiral Stark
  • Novik (flagship)(flagship)

11th Destroyer Division

  • Grom
  • Pobeditel
  • Zabijaka

12th Destroyer Division

  • Desna
  • Leitenant Ilin
  • Samson
  • Kapitän Izylmetev

13th Destroyer Division

  • Avtroil
  • Gavriil
  • Izyaslav
  • Konstantin

4th Destroyer Division

  • General Kondratenko
  • Pogranichnik

5th Destroyer Division

  • Donskoi Kazak
  • Steregushchi
  • Strashni
  • Turkmenetz-Stravropolski
  • Ukraina
  • Vojskovoi
  • Zabajkaletz

Attached

  • Headquarters ship
  • Hospital ship
  • Mine transport/netlayer
  • 3 transports
  • 3 small steamers

Submarines

  • C26
  • C27
  • C32

Patrol Forces

Guard Ships

9th Destroyer Division

  • Dyeyatelni
  • Dyelni
  • Gromyaschi
  • Razyashchi
  • Silni
  • Storozhevoi

8th Destroyer Division

Lovki class (units not stated).

Auxiliary Patrol Divisions

5 Auxiliary Patrol Divisions with 29 vessels and 2 support ships

Minesweeper Forces

Minesweeper Divisions

5 Minesweeper Divisions with 13 vessels

Motorboat Minesweeper Divisions

2 Motorboat Minesweeper Divisions with 6 vessels and 1 support ship.

Minelayers

  • Amur
  • Pripyat
  • Volga

Auxiliaries

  • 2 netlayers
  • 11 transports
  • 1 tug
  • 1 harbour steamer

Sources

  • "Pierwsza Wojina Swiatowa Na Morzu" by Jan Gozdawa-Golebiowski and Tadeusz Wywerka Prekurat