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Seven battleships took part: four British and three US: USS Arkansas, eastern Omaha Beach (Wyoming class, 26,100 tons, main armament: twelve 12" guns) primarily in support of the US 29th Infantry Division. USS Nevada, Utah Beach (Nevada class, 29,000 tons, main armament: ten 14" guns).
HMS Ajax (22) HMS. Ajax. (22) HMS Ajax was a Leander -class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Malta and as a supply escort in the siege of Tobruk. This ship was the eighth in the Royal Navy to bear the name.
HMS Argonaut (61) HMS. Argonaut. (61) 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. Bulkheads: 1 inch. HMS Argonaut was a Dido -class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which saw active service during the Second World War. Constructed at the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, Argonaut was laid down in 1939, launched in September 1941, and ...
HMS Black Prince was a Dido -class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, of the Bellona subgroup. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served during World War II on the Arctic convoys, during the Normandy landings, and as part of the British Pacific Fleet. In 1946, the cruiser was loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy, becoming HMNZS Black Prince.
HMS Enterprise was one of two Emerald -class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. She was built by John Brown & Company, with the keel being laid down on 28 June 1918. She was launched on 23 December 1919, and commissioned on 7 April 1926. She was the 14th ship to serve with the Royal Navy to carry the name Enterprise, a name which is still ...
HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. ... Anzio 1944, Normandy 1944, South France 1944 ...
HMS. Exeter. (68) HMS Exeter was the second and last York -class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Aside from a temporary deployment with the Mediterranean Fleet during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–1936, she spent the bulk of the 1930s assigned to the Atlantic Fleet or the North America and West Indies Station.
B. HMS Belfast. HMS Bellona (63) HMS Bermuda (52) HMS Berwick (65) HMS Birmingham (C19) HMS Black Prince (81) HMS Bonaventure (31)