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Order of battle

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Regia Marina

Vice Admiral Angelo Iachino (on Littorio) Ensign of the Regia Marina. ...

• Close covering force - Rear Admiral Raffaele de Courten (on Duca d'Aosta):
  • 1 battleship: Caio Duilio;
  • 3 light cruisers (7a Divisione Incrociatori): Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta, Muzio Attendolo, Raimondo Montecuccoli;
  • 3 destroyers: Ascari, Aviere, and Camicia Nera.

• Distant covering force - Rear Admiral Angelo Parona (on Gorizia):
  • 3 battleships: Andrea Doria, Giulio Cesare, and Littorio;
  • 2 heavy cruisers: Gorizia, and Trento;
  • 10 destroyers: Vincenzo Gioberti, Alfredo Oriani (9a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Maestrale (10a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Carabiniere, Corazziere (12a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Alpino, Bersagliere, Fuciliere, Granatiere (13a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Antoniotto Usodimare (16a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere).

• Close escort:
  • 6 destroyers: Saetta (7a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Antonio da Noli, Ugolino Vivaldi (14a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Lanzerotto Malocello, Nicolò Zeno (15a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere); Emanuele Pessagno (16a Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere);
  • 1 torpedo boat: Pegaso.

• M42 convoy:
  • 3 motorships: Monginevro, Napoli, Vettor Pisani;
  • 1 freighter: Ankara (German).

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Allies

• Force B - Rear Admiral Philip Vian (on Naiad)
  • 3 light cruisers: Naiad, Euryalus, Carlisle;
  • 8 destroyers (14th Destroyers Flotilla): Jervis, Kimberley, Kingston, Kipling, HMAS Nizam, Havock, Hasty, Decoy.

• Force K
  • 3 light cruisers: Aurora, Penelope, Neptune (sunk);
  • 4 destroyers (4th Destroyers Flotilla): Sikh, Maori, Legion, HNLMS Isaac Sweers.

• • 2 destroyers: Jaguar, Kandahar;
  • 1 transport: Breconshire.

Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... HMS Naiad was a Dido class cruiser of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Euryalus was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, one of the second group of the class with ten 5. ... HMS Jervis (F00), named for Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937, launched on 9 September 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. ... HMS Kingston (F64) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 6 October 1937, launched on 9 January 1939 and commissioned on 14 September 1939. ... HMAS Nizam (G38) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 27 July 1939, launched on 4 July 1940 and commissioned on 8 January 1941. ... HMS Havock (H43) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 May 1935, launched on 7 July 1936 and commissioned on 18 January 1937. ... HMS Hasty (H24) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 April 1935, launched on 5 May 1936 and commissioned on 11 November 1936. ... BAP Ferré (DM-74) is a Daring class destroyer in service with the Peruvian Navy. ... HMS Aurora (12) was the Arethusa class cruiser for the Royal Navy. ... H.M.S. Penelope was built by Messrs. ... The HMS Neptune was a Leander class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during World War II. The Neptune was the fourth ship of its class and was the ninth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name Neptune. ... HMS Sikh was a Tribal class destroyer of the Fourth destroyer flotilla of the British Navy. ... HMS Maori (L-24/F-24/G-24) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 June 1936, launched on 2 September 1937 by Mrs. ... HMS Legion, a British navy L-class destroyer launched in 1939. ... HMS Jaguar (F34) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. ... HMS Kandahar (F28) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. ...

External links

• First Sirte