Italian Forces

  • Admiral A. Iachino
    Position: Commander-in-Chief

Battleships

  • Vittorio Veneto (force flagship)(force flagship)

3rd Cruiser Division

  • Vice-Adm. Luigi Sansonetti
  • Trieste (flagship)(flagship)
  • Trento
  • Bolzano

1st Cruiser Division

  • Vice-Admiral C. Cattaneo
  • Zara (flagship)(flagship)
  • Fiume
  • Pola

8th Cruiser Division

  • Vice-Admiral A. Legnani
  • Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi (flagship)(flagship)
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi

6th Destroyer Flotilla

  • Nicoloso da Recco
  • Emanuele Pessagno

9th Destroyer Flotilla

  • Vincenzo Gioberti
  • Vittorio Alfieri
  • Alfredo Oriani
  • Giosue Carducci

10th Destroyer Flotilla

  • Maestrale
  • Libeccio
  • Scirocco
  • Grecale

12th Destroyer Flotilla

  • Corazziere
  • Carabiniere
  • Ascari

13th Destroyer Flotilla

  • Granatiere
  • Fuciliere
  • Bersagliere
  • Alpino

British Forces

  • Admiral Sir A.B. Cunningham
    Position: C-in-C Mediterranean Fleet

1st Battle Squadron

  • Rear-Admiral H.B.Rawlings
    Position: Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron
  • HMS Warspite (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Captain D.B. Fisher
  • HMS Barham (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Captain G.C. Cooke
  • HMS Valiant
    Commanding officer: Captain C.E. Morgan

Aircraft Carrier

  • Rear-Admiral D.W. Boyd
    Position: Rear-Admiral (Air)
  • HMS Formidable (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Captain A.W. La T. Bisset

Cruisers

  • Vice-Admiral H.D.Pridham-Whippell
    Position: Vice-Admiral Light Forces (VALF)
  • HMS Orion (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Captain G.R.B. Back
  • HMS Ajax
    Commanding officer: Captain E.D.B.McCarthy
  • HMAS Perth
    Commanding officer: Captain Sir P.W. Bowyer-Smyth
  • HMS Gloucester
    Commanding officer: Captain H.A. Rowley

14th Destroyer Flotilla

  • HMS Jervis
    Commanding officer: Captain P.J. Mack
  • HMS Janus
    Commanding officer: Lieutenant L.R.P. Lawford
  • HMS Mohawk
    Commanding officer: Commander J.W.M. Eaton
  • HMS Nubian
    Commanding officer: Commander R.W. Ravenhill

10th Destroyer Flotilla

  • HMAS Stuart
    Commanding officer: Captain H.M.L. Waller, RAN
  • HMS Greyhound
    Commanding officer: Commander W.R. Marshall-A'Deane
  • HMS Griffin
    Commanding officer: Lieutenant-Commander J. Lee-Barber

2nd Destroyer Flotilla

  • HMS Ilex
    Commanding officer: Captain H.St.L. Nicholson
  • HMS Hasty
    Commanding officer: Lieutenant-Commander L.R.K. Tyrwhitt
  • HMS Hereward
    Commanding officer: Lieutenant T.F.P.U. Page
  • HMS Havock
    Commanding officer: Lieutenant G.R.G. Watkins
  • HMS Hotspur
    Commanding officer: Lieutenant-Commander C.P.F. Brown
  • HMAS Vendetta
    Notes: Returned to Alexandria, Egypt, with engine trouble after the engagement off Gavdo Island.

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