Eastern Fleet at the outbreak of war

 

Singapore

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Battleship

Prince of Wales

 

 

BattleCruiser

Repulse

 

 

Cruisers

Danae

 

 

 

Dragon

 

 

 

Durban

 

 

Destroyers

Electra

Scout

 

 

Express

Thanet

 

 

Tenedos

 

 

 

Vampire (RAN)

 

 

Gunboats

Dragonfly

Tern

Petrel

 

Grasshopper

Cicala

 

 

Scorpion

Robin

 

Armed Merchant Cruisers

Manoora

 

 

 Kanimbla

 

 
M.T.B.'S Eight (RAN) 
Refitting or under Repair   
CruisersMauritius(East Indies Squadron)  
DestroyersEncounterThracian (RAN) 
 Jupiter  
 Stronghold  
 Vendetta 

 

 Isis (Mediterranean Fleet)  
Gunboats Moth (RAN) 

 

East Indies Squadron based at Ceylon

Battleship

Revenge

Cruiser

Exeter

Armed Merchant Cruisers

Corfu

 

Ranchi

Refitting

 

Aircraft Carrier

Hermes (in Durban)

CruiserEnterprise

 

Australian and New zealand Squadrons

Cruisers

Canberra

 

Adelaide

 

Perth

 

Achilles

 

Leander

Armed Merchant Cruiser

Westralia

Destroyers

Le Triomphant (Free French)

Sloops

Swan

 

Warrego

 

Chevrenil (Free French)

Refitting

 

Armed Merchant Cruiser

Monowai

Destroyers

Stuart

 

Voyager

 

Netherlands and East Indies Forces

Cruisers

De Ruyter

 

Java

 

Tromp (CL)

Destroyers

Van Nes

 

Witte de With

 

Piet Hein

 

Van Ghent

 

Banckert

 

Kortenaer

 

Evertsen

Submarines

Thirteen (plus one refitting)

Out of Commission

 

Cruiser

Sumatra

Submarines

Two

 

United States Asiatic Fleet

 PhilippinesBorneo
Cruisers

Houston

Marblehead

 

Boise

 
Destroyers

Pope

Paul Jones

 

John D.Ford

Stewart

   

Bulmer

   

Barker

   

Parrott

   

Whipple

   

Alden

   

John D. Edwards

   

Edsall

Seaplane

Langley

 
Tenders

Childs

 
Gunboats

Six

 
Submarines

Twenty-five

 

Refitting

   
Destroyers

Peary

 
 

Pillsbury

 
Submarines

Four

 

The British Eastern Fleet in early 1942

Battleships Warspite, and four R class ships
CarriersFormidable, Indomitable and Hermes
8" CruisersDorsetshire and Cornwall
6" CruisersEmerald, Enterprise and two others
AA CruiserDutch Heensirk
DestroyersAbout a dozen

The British fleet based at Addu Atoll was divided into two groups:

Warspite, the two fleet carriers, the 8" cruisers, Emerald, Enterprise and 6 destroyers comprised the first group.

3rd Battle squadron
Resolution, Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramilles, Hermes two 6" cruisers, Heenskirk and 5 destroyers.

 

 

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