Appendix I
British Naval Forces in Home Waters
31st August, 1939

  Capital
Ships
Aircraft
Carriers
Cruisers Destroyers

HOME FLEET
(Admiral Sir Charles Forbes)
Main Fleet  
      Scapa Flow Nelson
Rodney
Royal Oak
Royal Sovereign
Ramillies
Hood
Repulse
Ark Royal Aurora
Sheffield
Edinburgh
Belfast
Effingham
Emerald
Cardiff
Dunedin
Diomede
Dragon
Calypso
Caledon
  17  
      Rosyth   Furious  
Humber Force  
      Humber     Southampton
Glasgow
  9  
Channel Force  
      Portland Resolution
Revenge
Courageous
Hermes
Ceres
Caradoc
Cairo
  9  
ROSYTH COMMAND
(Vice-Admiral C. G. Ramsey)
      Rosyth         8  
NORE COMMAND
(Admiral Sir Studholme Brownrigg)
      Dover         9  
PORTSMOUTH COMMAND
(Admiral Sir William James)
      Portsmouth         12  
WESTERN APPROACHES COMMAND
(Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, V.C.)
      Plymouth         32  

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