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The Eastern Fleet was based in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and reorganised into the British East Indies Fleet, subsequently becoming the British Pacific Fleet (BPF). The BPF operated against targets in Sumatra , (operations Robson and Meridian ) gaining experience until early 1945, when it departed Trincomalee for Sydney.
Commodore Air Train, British Pacific Fleet (COMAT/BPF) - 1945; Commodore, Amphibious Warfare - COMAW or COM(AW) Commodore, Commander Naval Forces Gulf; Commander UK Task Group (COMUKTG) - 2001-2011; Commander, Devonport Flotilla COMDEVFLOT - (2002-2020) Commander, Faslane Flotilla COMFASFLOT - (2011-2020) Commodore Commanding 12th Cruiser Squadron
The British Pacific Fleet conducted a number of attacks against Osaka and targeted the Inland Sea. As a result the escort carrier Kaiyō was severely damaged and grounded, the escort ships No. 4 and No. 30 were also sunk for the loss of four aircraft. [2] The upper hangar deck of Katsuragi, October 1945, after it was struck by a 2,000 lb bomb ...
Map showing the areas of Kure destroyed by bombing during the Pacific War (1945) The bombing of Kure (Kure kūshū) took place by allied aircraft during air raids on Japan in the Pacific War in 1945. These raids targeted the major naval base located at the city, ships moored at this base or nearby, industrial facilities, and the city's urban ...
Allied naval bombardments of Japan Part of the Japan campaign, Pacific War USS Indiana bombarding Kamaishi, Japan on 14 July 1945 Date July–August 1945 Location Four Japanese cities and several military facilities and towns Result Allied victory Belligerents United States United Kingdom New Zealand Japan Casualties and losses 32 (POWs killed in the bombardments of Kamaishi) Up to 1,739 ...
Operation Inmate was an attack by the British Pacific Fleet against Japanese positions on Truk Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean during the Second World War.The attacks against the isolated islands on 14 and 15 June 1945 were conducted to provide combat experience for the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable and several of the fleet's cruisers and destroyers ahead of their involvement in more ...
Operation Outflank was the first combat operation of the British Pacific Fleet (BPF). It was a series of raids by the Fleet Air Arm on the oil refineries and storage facilities of the Empire of Japan on the island of Sumatra: Operation Robson (20 December 1944) Operation Lentil (4 January 1945) Operation Meridian I (24 January 1945), II (29 ...
Designed with three phases—preparatory bombardment, forced landings, and an advance—the objective of the Allied operation was to establish "an advanced fleet base" for the British Pacific Fleet in Brunei Bay, which offered the Allies a deep-water port, to enable subsequent naval operations. [8]