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Admiral Sir Andrew B. CunninghamPosition: C in C Mediterranean
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BB Queen ElizabethCommanding officer: Captain C. B. Berry
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BB Warspite (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain D. B. Fisher
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BB Barham (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain G. C. Cooke
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BB Valiant (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain C. E. Morgan
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Rear Admiral D. W. BoydPosition: Rear Admiral (Air)
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CV FormidableCommanding officer: Captain A. W. LaT. Bisset
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No. 803 SquadronCommanding officer: Lt. K. M. BruenNotes: 6 Fulmars.
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No. 806 SquadronCommanding officer: Lt. Commander C. L. G. EvansNotes: 6 Fulmars.
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No. 826 SquadronCommanding officer: Lt. Commander W. H. G. SauntNotes: 6 Albacores.
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No. 829 SquadronCommanding officer: Lt. W. B. WhitworthNotes: 4 Albacores.
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CL Gloucester (sunk)Commanding officer: Captain H. A. Rowley
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CL Fiji (sunk)Commanding officer: Captain P. B. R. W. William-Powlett
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CL Orion (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain G. R. B. Back
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CL Ajax (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain E. D. B. McCarthy
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CL Perth, RAN (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain Sir P. W. Bowyer-Smith
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CL Dido (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain H. W. V. McCall
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CL Naiad (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain M. H. A. Kelsey
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CL PhoebeCommanding officer: Captain G. Grantham
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CL Calcutta (sunk)Commanding officer: Captain D. M. Lees
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CL Carlisle (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain T. C. Hampton
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CL CoventryCommanding officer: Captain W. P. Carne
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CM AbdielCommanding officer: Captain Hon. E. Pleydell-Bouverie
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DD VampireCommanding officer: Commander J. A. WalshNotes: Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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DD VendettaCommanding officer: Lt. Commander R. RhoadesNotes: Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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DD VoyagerCommanding officer: Commander J. C. MorrowNotes: Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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DD WaterhenCommanding officer: Lt. Commander J. H. SwainNotes: Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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DD Stuart (flagship)Commanding officer: Captain H. M. L. WallerNotes: Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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DD DecoyCommanding officer: Commander E. G. McGregor
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DD DefenderCommanding officer: Lt. Commander G. L. Farnfield
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DD Greyhound (sunk)
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DD GriffinCommanding officer: Lt. Commander J. Lee-Barber1
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DD Nubian (damaged)Commanding officer: Commander R. W. Ravenhill
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DD Jervis (flagship)Commanding officer: Captain P. J. Mack
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DD JanusCommanding officer: Commander J. A. W. Tothill
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DD JaguarCommanding officer: Lt. Commander J. F. W. Hine
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DD Juno (sunk)Commanding officer: Comander ST. J. R. J. Tyrwhitt
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DD KandaharCommanding officer: Commander W. G. A. Robson
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DD KimberleyCommanding officer: Lt. Commander J. S. M. Richardson
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DD Kingston (damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Commander P. Sommerville
- ^Multiple reference books show Lt. Kenneth R. C. Letts as Griffin's CO. According to J.A.J. Dennis (ex-First Lieutenant H.M.S. Griffin), Letts was invalided off the Griffin in January 1940 and was never CO.
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DD HastyCommanding officer: Lt. Commander L. R. K. Tyrwhitt
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DD Hereward (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. W. J. Munn
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DD Havock (damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. G. R. G. Watkins
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DD HotspurCommanding officer: Lt. Commander P. F. Brown
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DD HeroCommanding officer: Commander H. W. Biggs
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DD Ilex (flagship) (sunk)Commanding officer: Captain H. ST. L. Nicholson
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DD IsisCommanding officer: Commander C. S. B. Swinley
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DD Imperial (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. Commander C. A. De W. Kitcat
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DD Kelly (flagship) (sunk)Commanding officer: Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten
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DD JackalCommanding officer: Lt. Commander M. P. Jonas
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DD Kelvin (damaged)
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DD KashmirCommanding officer: Commander H. A. King
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DD KiplingCommanding officer: Commander A. StClair-Ford
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DD Napier (flagship) (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain S. H. T. Arliss
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DD Nizam (damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Commander M. J. Clark
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SS RorqualCommanding officer: Commander R. H. Dewhurst
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Sloop GrimsbyCommanding officer: Commander K. J. D'Arcy
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Sloop AucklandCommanding officer: Commander J. G. Hewitt
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Sloop FlamingoCommanding officer: Commander J. H. Huntley
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Corv. SalviaCommanding officer: Lt. Commander J. I. Miller
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LSL GlenroyCommanding officer: Captain Sir James Paget, Bart
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LSL GlengyleCommanding officer: Captain C. H. Petrie
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MS Widnes (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. Commander R. B. Chandler
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MS DerbyCommanding officer: Lt. F. C. V. Brightham
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PC KOS 21Commanding officer: Lt. Commander I. H. Wilson
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PC KOS 22 (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. H. D. Foxon
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PC KOS 23 (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. Commander J. J. Reid
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PC SyvernCommanding officer: Lt. Commander R. E. Clarke
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PC MoonstoneCommanding officer: Lt. Commander P. G. Britten
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PC LannerCommanding officer: Skipper W. Stewart
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M ML1011 (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. A. H. Blake
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M ML1030 (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. W. M. O. Cooksey
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M ML1032Commanding officer: Lt. E. N. Rose
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Air Marshall Sir Arthur Longmore
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24 Hurricanes, Gladiators, Fulmars
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TB Lupo (damaged)Commanding officer: Commander Francesco Minabelli
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TB SaggitarioCommanding officer: Lt. Guiseppe Cigala Fulgosi
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SS Tricheco
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SS Uarsciek
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SS Fisalia
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SS Topazio
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SS Adua
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SS Dessie
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SS Malachite
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SS Squalo
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SS Smeraldo
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SS Sirens
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SS Nereide
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Cant Z.1007bisNotes: Unknown number.
Several other Italian air units were involved but listed references do not denote units or numbers of particular aircraft types used.
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General Alexander LohrNotes: Commander of German air assault.
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He-111 BombersNotes: Unknown number.
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Ju-87 Dive BombersNotes: 40-50 aircraft.
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General Kurt StudentNotes: Airborne troop commander.
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Ju-52 TransportsNotes: Unknown number.
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280 aicraft
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I/LG1Commanding officer: Captain Cuno HoffmannNotes: Ju-88.
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II/LG1Commanding officer: Captain KolleweNotes: Ju-88.
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KG2Commanding officer: Colonel RieckhoffNotes: Do-17.
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KG6Notes: He-111.
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90 aicraft
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ZG-26Notes: Me-110.
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III/JG77Commanding officer: Major v WinterfeldtNotes: Me-109; fitted with bomb racks.
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TB Lupo
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1st Caique Squadron (seriously damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Oesterlin (German)Notes: 20 small coastal vessels carrying 2,331 troops; reportedly at least half (10) were sunk.
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Rear Admiral I. G. Glennie
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CL Dido (flagship)
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CL Orion
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CL Ajax
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DD Janus
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DD Kimberley
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DD Hasty
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DD Hereward
- The Battles for Crete by S. W. C. Pack
- Sea Battles in Close-Up, World War 2; Vol. 2 by E. Grove
- The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 by J. Greene & A. Massignani
- The Italian Navy in World War II by M. A. Bragadin
- Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen