Allied Forces

Western Convoy from Gibraltar

Close Escort

  • Captain Hardy
  • CLAA Cairo (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Captain Hardy
  • DD Bedouin (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Commander B. G. Scurfield
  • DD Marne
  • DD Matchless
  • DD Ithuriel
  • DD Partridge
  • DD Blankney
  • DD Middleton
  • DD Badsworth
  • DD Kujawiak (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Polish Navy.
  • ML Welshman
  • MS Hebe
  • MS Speedy
  • MS Rye
  • MS Hythe
  • 6 MGB's

Covering Force

  • Vice-Admiral A. T. Curteis
  • BB Malaya
  • CV Argus
    • 807 Sq.
      Notes: 4 Fulmars.
    • 824 Sq.
      Notes: 4 Swordfish.
  • CV Eagle
    • 813 Sq.
      Notes: 9 Swordfish and 4 S. Hurricanes.
    • 801 Sq.
      Notes: 12 Sea Hurricanes.
  • CL Kenya (flagship)(flagship)
  • CL Charybdis
  • CL Liverpool
  • DD Onslow
  • DD Icarus
  • DD Escapade
  • DD Wishart
  • DD Westcott
  • DD Wrestler
  • DD Vidette
  • DD Antelope

Force Y

Tanker Force
  • Tanker Brown Ranger
  • Corv. Coltsfoot
  • Unknown corvette

Force X

Western Convoy
  • FR Troilus
  • FR Burdwan (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: 5,601 tons. Sunk by aircraft & naval gunfire.
  • FR Chant (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: 5,601 tons. Sunk by aircraft & naval gunfire.
  • FR Tanimbar (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: 8,619 tons. Sunk by aircraft.
  • FR Orari
    Notes: 10,350 tons.
  • T Kentucky (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: 9,308 tons. Sunk by aircraft & naval gunfire.

Eastern Convoy from Alexandria

Close Escort

2nd DD Flotilla
  • DD Fortune
  • DD Griffin
  • DD Hotspur
5th DD Flotilla
  • DD Dulverton
  • DD Exmoor
  • DD Croome
  • DD Eridge
  • DD Airedale
  • DD Beaufort
  • DD Hurworth (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Sunk by aircraft.
  • DD Tetcott
  • DD Aldenham (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Sunk by aircraft.
Other
  • Corv. Delphinium
  • Corv. Primula
  • Corv. Erica
  • Corv. Snapdragon
  • MS Boston
  • MS Seham

Covering Force

15th Cruiser Squadron
  • Rear-Admiral Philip Vian
  • CL Cleopatra (flagship)(flagship)
  • CL Dido
  • CL Hermione (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Sunk by U-205.
  • CL Euryalus
  • CL Arethusa
  • CL Coventry
4th Cruiser Squadron
  • Rear-Admiral Tennant
  • CL Birmingham (flagship)(flagship)
  • CL Newcastle
7th Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Napier
  • DD Nestor (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Sunk by aircraft.
  • DD Nizam
  • DD Norman
    Notes: Royal Australian Navy.
14th Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Jervis
  • DD Kelvin
  • DD Javelin
12th Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Parkenham
  • DD Paladin
  • DD Inconstant
22nd Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Sikh
  • DD Zulu
  • DD Hasty (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Sunk by German MTB S-55.

MW.11

Eastern Convoy
  • FR City of Pretoria
  • FR City of Calcutta
    Notes: 8,603 tons.
  • FR Bhutan (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: 6,104 tons. Sunk by aircraft.
  • FR Potaro
    Notes: 5,410 tons.
  • FR Bulkoil
  • FR Rembrandt
  • FR Aagtekerk (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: 6,811 tons. Sunk by aircraft
  • FR City of Edinburgh
  • FR City of Lincoln
  • FR Elizabeth Bakke
  • FR Ajax
  • Dummy BB Centurion
    Notes: Disguised as modern KGV class BB.
  • RS Antwerp
    Notes: Rescue ship.
  • RS Malines
    Notes: Rescue ship.

Submarines

Off Taranto

  • SS Proteus
  • SS Thorn
  • SS Taku
  • SS Thrasher
  • SS Porpoise
  • SS Una
  • SS P31
  • SS P34
  • SS P35

Between Sicily & Sardinia

  • SS P211
  • SS P42
  • SS P43
  • SS P46

Italian Forces

Surface Forces Sent Against Western Convoy

7th Division

  • Vice-Adm. Alberto da Zara
  • CL Eugenio di Savoia (flagship)(flagship)
  • CL Montecuccoli

Destroyers

  • DD Oriani
  • DD Ascari
  • DD Zeno
    Notes: Returned to base due to engine trouble.
  • DD Gioberti
    Notes: Returned to base due to engine trouble.
  • DD Vivaldi
  • DD Malocello
  • DD Premuda

Surface Forces Sent Against Western Convoy

Italian Forces

  • Vice-Adm. Angelo Iachino
9th Division
  • V.-Adm. Guiseppe Fioravanzo
  • BB Littorio (fleet flagship)(fleet flagship)
  • BB Vittorio Veneto (flagship)(flagship)
3rd Division
  • Rear-Adm. Angelo Parona
  • CA Trento (flagship)(flagship) (sunk)(sunk)
    Notes: Sunk by submarine.
  • CA Gorizia
8th Division
  • Adm. Raffaele De Courten
  • CL Garibaldi (flagship)(flagship)
  • CL Duca d'Aosta
7th Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Legionario
  • DD Folgore
  • DD Freccia
  • DD Saetta
13th Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Alpino
  • DD Bersagliere
  • DD Pigafetta
  • DD Mitragliere
11th Destroyer Flotilla
  • DD Aviere
  • DD Geniere
  • DD Camicia Nera
  • DD Corazziere

German Forces

3rd MTB Flotilla
  • Lt. Wupperman
  • MTB S54 (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Lt. Wupperman
  • MTB S55
    Commanding officer: Lt. Horst Weber
  • MTB S56
  • MTB S58
  • MTB S59
  • MTB S60

Italian Submarines

North of Algerian Coast

  • SS Malachite
  • SS Velella
  • SS Bronzo
  • SS Emo
  • SS Uarsciek
  • SS Giada
  • SS Acciaio
  • SS Otaria
  • SS Alagi

Near Malta

  • SS Corallo
  • SS Dessie
  • SS Onice
  • SS Ascianghi
  • SS Aradam

Ionian Sea

  • SS Axum
  • SS Platino
  • SS Micca
  • SS Zoea
  • SS Atropo

Further east of Ionian Sea group

  • SS Galatea
  • SS Sirena

German Submarines

  • SS U-77
  • SS U-81
  • SS U-205
    Commanding officer: Lt.-Commander Reschke
  • SS U-431
  • SS U-453
  • SS U-559

Sources

  • Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
  • The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 by J. Greene & A. Massignani
  • The Italian Navy in WWII by A. Bragadin
  • Carrier Operations in WWII, Volume I: The Royal Navy by D. Brown