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Appendix 1: British Naval Forces in Home Waters, 31st August 1939
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Capital Ships |
Aircraft Carriers |
Cruisers |
Destroyers |
HOME FLEET (Admiral Sir Charles Forbes) |
Main Fleet |
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Scapa Flow |
Nelson Rodney Royal Oak Royal Sovereign Ramillies Hood Repulse |
Ark Royal |
Aurora Sheffield Edinburgh Belfast Effingham Emerald Cardiff Dunedin Diomede Dragon Calypso
Caledon |
17 |
Rosyth |
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Furious |
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Humber Force |
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Humber |
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Southampton Glasgow |
9 |
Channel Force |
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Portland |
Resolution Revenge |
Courageous Hermes |
Ceres Caradoc Cairo |
9 |
ROSYTH COMMAND (Vice-Admiral C. G. Ramsey) |
Rosyth |
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8 |
NORE COMMAND (Admiral Sir Studholme Brownrigg) |
Dover |
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9 |
PORTSMOUTH COMMAND (Admiral Sir William James) |
Portsmouth |
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12 |
WESTERN APPROACHES COMMAND (Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, V.C.) |
Plymouth |
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32 |