| HOME FLEET |
| ROYAL NAVY OCTOBER 1, 1932 |
| HOOD (F) Capt. T. H. Binney, DSO RENOWN Capt. T. F. P. Calvert, DSO attached Sloop SNAPDRAGON Cmdr. H. E. Morse, DSO attached drifters (no crews provided) HORIZON SEABREEZE SHEEN |
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| BATTLE-CRUISER SQUADRON Rear Admiral W. M. James, CB |
| NELSON - flagship |
| Admiral Sir John Kelly, GCVO, KCB Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet |
| AIRPLANE CARRIERS Rear Admiral R. G. H. Henderson, CB |
| FURIOUS Capt. C. F. S. Danby HQ Flight Wing Cmdr. D. Iron, RAF, OBE No. 401 Flight Lt. Cmdr. R. R. Graham No. 407 Flight Flt. Lt. A. M. Wray, RAF, MC, DFC, AFC No. 442 Flight Lt. Cmdr. C. B. Tidd No. 449 Flight Lt. Cmdr. H. L. St. J. Fancourt No. 465 Flight Flt. Lt. N. A. P. Pritchett, RAF No. 466 Flight Lt. A. M. Kimmins |
| DESTROYERS Captain G. H. D'O. Lyon Commodore 2nd Class |
| SECOND CRUISER SQUADRON Vice Admiral E. A. Astley Rushton, CB, CMG |
| DORSETSHIRE (F) Capt. A. J. Power YORK Capt. R. H. L. Bevan, DSO, MVO EXETER Capt. H. G. C. Franklin attached drifters (no crews provided) COLDSNAP HAMATTAN |
| SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON Rear Admiral W. F. French, CB, CMG |
| WARSPITE (F) Capt. L. D. I. Mackinnon NELSON Capt. A. T. B. Curteis RODNEY Capt. John C. Tovey, DSO MALAYA Capt. G. W. Hallifax VALIANT Capt. W. G. C. Maxwell, CMG |
| COURAGEOUS (F) Capt. F. Elliott, OBE HQ Flight Wing Cmdr. L. H. Slatter, OBE, DSC, DFC No. 402 Flight Lt. Cmdr. T. O. Bulteel No. 404 Flight Lt. Cmdr. C. J. N. Atkinson No. 445 Flight Flt. Lt. G. A. Hadley, RAF No. 446 Flight Lt. Cmdr. R. A. Peyton No. 450 Flight Lt. Cmdr. M. S. Slattery No. 463 Flight Lt. Cmdr. E. W. Anstice No. 464 Flight Lt. Cmdr. M. Cursham |
| attached drifters (no crews provided) CLOUD NOONTIDE |
| CAIRO (F) Cmdr. E. P. Vivian |
| SECOND DESTROYER FLOTILLA Captain E. K. Boddam-Whetham, DSO |
| KEMPENFELT (F) Lt. Cmdr. G. A. Neville. COMET Lt. Cmdr. T. A. Hussey CRESCENT Cmdr. P. F. P. Wood CRUSADER Cmdr. J. N. Knox CYGNET Lt. Cmdr. G. N. Rolfe VALOROUS Cmdr. D. J. R. Simson VEGA Lt. Cmdr. I. R. H. Black VICEROY Cmdr. A. H. B. Day VENETIA Lt. Cmdr. S. E. Crewe-Read |
| FIFTH DESTROYER FLOTILLA Captain G. R. S. Watkins, DSO |
| WALLACE (F) Lt. Cmdr. W. H. Roberts VIMY Lt. Cmdr. W. J. B. Handley VELOX Lt. Cmdr. W. D. G. Weir VERSATILE Cmdr. R. R. Mcgrigor VORTIGERN Lt. Cmdr. E. B. K. Stevens WALKER Cmdr. G. F. Stevens-Guille, OBE WATCHMAN Cmdr. A. G. Lilley WHIRLWIND Lt. Cmdr. R. E. Hyde-Smith WARWICK Lt. Cmdr. G. B. O'B. Harding |
| SIXTH DESTROYER FLOTILLA Captain H. D. Pridham-Wipple, CVO |
| CAMPBELL (F) Lt. Cmdr. I. C. R. Macdonald, RAN VIDETTE Lt. Cmdr. J. G. W. Deneys WALPOLE Lt. Cmdr. H. W. Seaman WESTCOTT Cmdr. G. R. B. Black WESSEX Cmdr. C. H. J. Harcourt WESTMINSTER Lt. Cmdr. W. A. R. Cartwright WINDSOR Cmdr. C. T. Beard, RCN WOLFHOUND Lt. Cmdr. E. W. B. Sim |
| attached drifter MIST |
| ADVENTURE Capt. J. V. V. Magrane |
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| SECOND SUBMARINE FLOTILLA Captain R. W. Blacklock, DSO |
| STUART (F) Capt. R. W. Blacklock, DSO |
| LUCIA - depot ship Cmdr. E. M. C. Barraclough |
| L 18 Lt. Cmdr. C. de S. Brock L 21 Lt. Cmdr. C. Thomas L 23 Lt. Cmdr. T. J. T. C. Jenks |
| L 26 Lt. Cmdr. J. H. Lewes L 19 Lt. Cmdr. W. E. Warner, DSC L 27 Lt. Cmdr. R. L. M. Edwards |
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| Reserve of Drifters at Portsmouth (Administered by V.A.C.R.F) Lunar Bow Lt. A. Cook Shower no officers listed |
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| HMS Valiant, circa 1932. Photo from the Naval Historical Center (USN) On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| HMS Renown, photographed in the late 1920's. Photo from the Naval Historical Center (USN) On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| HMS FURIOUS with torpedo bombers overhead in the mid-1930's. Photo from the (USN) Naval Historical Center On-Line Archive. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |