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British Pacific Fleet- 1945

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History - Between the wars
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British Pacific Fleet
RAN Ships
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August 1972 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)

336 ships… 300 aircraft…

Battleships

  • DUKE OF YORK (C-in-C, BPF): Capt. A. D. Nicholl, CBE, DSO
  • KING GEORGE V (VA 2 in C): Capt. B. B. Schofield, CBE
  • ANSON: Capt. A.C.G. Madden
  • HOWE: Capt. H.W.U. McCall, DSO

Fleet Aircraft Carriers

  • VICTORIOUS: Rear Admiral M.M. Denny, CB, CBE
  • FORMIDABLE: Capt. W.G. Andrewes, CBE, DSO
  • INDEFATIGABLE: Capt. Q.D. Graham, CBE, DSO
  • INDOMITABLE: Capt. J. A. S. Eccles, CBE
  • IMPLACABLE: Capt. C.C. Hughes-Hallett, CBE

Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers

  • COLOSSUS: Capt. G. H. Stokes, CB, DSC
  • GLORY: Capt. A. W. Buzzard, DSO, OBE
  • VENERABLE: Capt. W. A. Dallmeyer, DSO
  • VENGEANCE: Capt. D. M. L. Neame, DSO

Escort Aircraft Carriers

  • STRIKER: Capt. W. P. Came
  • ARBITER: Capt. D. H. Everett, DSO, MBE
  • CHASER: Capt. R.G. Poole
  • RULER: Capt. H.P. Currey, OBE
  • SLINGER: Lt. Cdr. J.G. Hopkins
  • SPEAKER: Capt. U.H. R. James
  • VINDEX: Cdr. J. D. L. Williams, DSC
  • REAPER: Cdr. I.T. Clark, OBE

Cruisers

  • BERMUDA: Capt. J.S. Bethell, CBE
  • BELFAST: Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC
  • EURYALUS: Capt. R.S. Warne, CBE
  • GAMBIA (N.Z. manned): Capt. R.A. B. Edwards, CBE
  • ACHILLES (N.Z. manned): Capt. F.J. Butler, MBE
  • NEWFOUNDLAND: Capt. R.W. Ravenhill, CBE, DSC
  • BLACK PRINCE: Capt. G.V. Gladstone
  • ONTARIO (RCN): Capt. H.T. W. Grant, DSO, RCN
  • SWIFTSURE: Capt. P.V. McLaughlin
  • ARGONAUT: Capt. W. P. McCarthy

Fast Minelayers

  • APOLLO: Capt. L. N. Brownfield
  • ARIADNE: Capt, F. B. Lloyd, OBE
  • MANXMAN: Capt. G. Thistleton-Smith, GM

Destroyer Ships

  • TYNE: Capt. S. Boucher
  • MONTCLARE: Capt. G.W. Hoare-Smith

Destroyers

  • QUADRANT: Lt. Cdr. P.C. Hopkins
  • QUALITY: Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn
  • QUEENBOROUGH: Cdr. P. L. Saumarez, DSC
  • QUIBERON (RAN): Cdr. G.K.N. Knox, RAN
  • QUICKMATCH (RAN): Lt. Cdr. O.H. Becher, DSC RAN
  • QUILLIAM: Lt. J. R. Stephens
  • NAPIER (RAN manned): Capt. H.J. Buchanan, DSO, RAN
  • NEPAL (RAN manned): Lt. Cdr. C.J. Stephenson, RAN
  • NIZAM (RAN manned): Cdr. C.H. Brooks, RAN
  • NORMAN (RAN manned): Lt. Cdr. J. Plunkett-Cole, RAN
  • BARFLEUR: Cdr. M.S. Townsend, DSO, OBE, DSC
  • TROUBRIDGE: Capt. G. F. Burghard
  • TEAZER: Lt. Cdr. T. F. Taylor, DSC
  • TENACIOUS: Lt. Cdr. G.C. Crowley, DSC
  • TERMAGANT: Lt. Cdr. D.C. Beatty, DSC
  • TERPSICHORE: Cdr. R.T. White, DSO
  • TUMULT: Lt. Cdr. A.S. Pomeroy, DSC
  • TUSCAN: Lt. Cdr. P. B. N. Lewis, DSC
  • TYRIAN: Cdr. R.H. Mills
  • TRAFALGAR: Capt. A.F. Pugsley, CB, DSO
  • ARMADA: Lt. Cdr. R.A. Fell
  • CAMPERDOWN: Lt. Cdr. J.J.S. Yorke, DSC
  • HOGUE: Cdr. A. St. Clair-Ford, DSO
  • GRENVILLE: Capt. R.G. Onslow, DSO
  • ULSTER: Lt. Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO, DSC
  • ULYSSES: Lt. Cdr. B.G.B. Bordes, DSC
  • UNDINE: Cdr. T.C. Robinson, DSC
  • UNDAUNTED: Lt. Cdr. C.E. R. Sharp
  • URANIA: Lt. Cdr. D. H. P. Gardiner, DSC
  • URCHIN: Lt. Cdr. A.F. Harkness, OBE, DSC, RD, RNR
  • URSA: Cdr. D. B. Wyburd, DSO, DSC
  • KEMPENFELT: Capt. E.G. McGregor, DSO
  • WAGER: Lt. Cdr. R.C. Watkin
  • WAKEFUL: Lt. Cdr. G. D. Pound, DSC
  • WESSEX: Lt. Cdr. R. Horncastle
  • WHELP: Cdr. G.A. F. Norfolk
  • WHIRLWIND: Cdr. W. A. F. Hawkins, DSO, OBE, DSC
  • WIZARD: Lt. Cdr. R.H. Hodgkinson, DSC
  • WRANGLER: Lt. Cdr. E.G. Warren
  • ALGONQUIN (RCN): Lt. Cdr. D.W. Piers, DSC, RCN

Auxiliary Anti-Aircraft Ships

  • PRINCE ROBERT (RCN): Capt. W.B. Creery, RCN

Sloops

  • ENCHANTRESS: Lt. Cdr. A. J. Clemence, RNR (Command and HQ Ship, Escorts)
  • PHEASANT: Cdr. J. B. Palmer
  • CRANE: Lt. Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, DSC
  • REDPOLE: Lt. Cdr. E.J. Lee
  • WHIMBREL: Lt. Cdr. N. R. Murch
  • WOODCOCK: Lt. Cdr. S.J. Parsons, DSC
  • ALACRITY: Lt. Cdr. J. Clutton-Baker, DSC
  • AMETHYST: Lt. Cdr. N. Scott-Elliott, DSC
  • BLACK SWAN: Lt. Cdr. A.D.C. Inglis
  • ERNE: Lt. Cdr. P.S. Evans
  • HART: Cdr. H.F.C. Leftwich
  • HIND: Lt. Cdr. A.D. White, RD, RNR
  • CYGNET: Lt. Cdr. A. H. Pierce, OBE, RNR
  • FLAMINGO: Lt. A. Traill, RNR
  • OPOSSUM: Lt. Cdr. W. F. Hollins
  • STARLING: Lt. Cdr. G. C. Julian, RNZNVR
  • STORK: Lt. Cdr. D. E. Mansfield, DSC
  • WREN: Cdr. S. R.J. Woods, DSC, RD, RNR

Frigates

  • AVON: Cdr. P.G.A. King, DSC, RD, RNR
  • FINDHORN: Lt. Cdr. J.P. Burnett, RNVR
  • PARRETT: Lt. Cdr. T. Hood, RNR
  • HELFORD: Cdr. C.G. Cuthbertson, DSC, RD, RNR
  • BARLE: Lt. Cdr. J. Duncan, DSC, RNR
  • DERG: Lt. Cdr. N.B.J. Stapleton, RD, RNR
  • ODZANI: Lt. Cdr. J.N. Burgess, RANVR
  • PLYM: Lt. Cdr. A. Foxall, RNR
  • USK: Lt. Cdr. G.B. Medlycott, RNR
  • WIDEMOUTH BAY: Lt. Cdr. J.H. MacAlister, RNVR
  • BIGBURY BAY: Lt. Cdr. G.P.D. Hall, DSC
  • VERYAN BAY: Lt. J.S. Brownrigg, DSC
  • WHITESAND BAY: Lt. Cdr. B.C. Longbottom

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