Appendix 5: British Naval Forces in Home Waters, 1st July 1940
(Brackets denote temporary location. The 12 destroyers at the Tyne included 10 of the Escort Force)
Capital Ships | Aircraft Carrier | Cruisers | Destroyers | |
HOME FLEET (Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes) | ||||
Main Fleet | ||||
Scapa Flow | Nelson, Rodney, Renown, Repulse | Sussex, Norfolk, Southampton | 9 | |
(Liverpool) | Barham | |||
Rosyth | Birmingham, York | |||
Iceland | Argus | 2 | ||
Escort Duties | 5 | |||
ROSYTH COMMAND (Vice-Admiral C. G. Ramsey) | ||||
Tyne | Coventry | 12 | ||
NORE COMMAND (Admiral the Hon. Sir R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax) | ||||
Humber | Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield | 7 | ||
Harwich | 9 | |||
Sheerness | Cardiff | 3 | ||
DOVER COMMAND (Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay) | ||||
Dover | 5 | |||
PORTSMOUTH COMMAND (Admiral Sir William James) | ||||
Portsmouth | 5 | |||
WESTERN APPROACHES COMMAND (Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, V.C.) | ||||
Escort Duties | Galatea | 23 |