Ship category Grand Fleet Other British forces German fleet Dreadnought battleships 35 0 18 Battlecruisers 11 0 5 Armoured cruisers 4 0 0 Light cruisers 37 8 14 Aircraft carriers[lower-alpha 12] 3 0 0 Flotilla leaders, destroyers[lower-alpha 13] and torpedo-boats[lower-alpha 14] 160 44 60 Submarines 14 58 25