British Forces

  • CL Sydney
    Commanding officer: Capt J. A. Collins
    Notes: Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

7nd Destroyer Flotilla

  • Capt H. Nicholson
  • DD Havock
  • DD Hyperion
  • DD Hasty
  • DD Ilex
  • DD Hero

Italian Forces

2nd Cruiser Division
  • Rear-Adm Ferdinando Casardi
  • CL Bande Nere
    Commanding officer: Capt Maugeri
  • CL Bartolemeo Colleoni (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt Umberto Novaro

Sources

  • The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 by J. Greene & A. Massignani
  • Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
  • The Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni by F. Gay & V. Gay