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Author:  Campsie [ Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:55 pm ]
Post subject:  British WW" fleet list.
Can anyone help.

I'm trying to find a list of the number of Battleships, Carriers and Cruisers that tok part in WW2 for the British.

I've been searching the internet for ages now for the info & to be frank I'm a tad bored now. :(

So if anyone can point to a good website I'd be happy.

:laugh:
Author:  Warmaster Nice [ Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:47 pm ]
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Sorry can't help with a website but I remeber reading a book about it a while ago. Can't remeember the exact figures but if you can't find anything on the net I'll go to the library, get it and mail it to you.

Cheers!:)
Author:  Jimbo [ Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:17 pm ]
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Is this one any good?

http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm
Author:  Tas [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:01 am ]
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That site would certainly be a good start!

Campsie - I'm not quite sure what you are after.  I have perused numerous naval websites (funnily enough) but it depends on exactly what you want.  A full ORBAT of the RN is different each year reflecting action losses and new constructions.
Author:  Campsie [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:41 am ]
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Ideally, I'd like to know what makes up a task force.

What the Home fleet consisted off, number of BB, carriers etc.

I'd like a rough estimate on how many battleships we had during the war, how many carriers.  That sort of thing.

I was wanting to try and recreate the british fleet in BFG.
Author:  Haarken [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:24 am ]
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I have an encyclopedia of ww2 which contains numbers of ships in the navy but doesnt break it down into fleets, since I dont have it with me i'll have to wait for my brother to e-mail me back with an answer  :laugh:
Author:  Tas [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:52 am ]
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Campsie - an ambitious and laubale project, but probably not achieveable in the detail you desire...

1)Task Forces were mission oriented, and more often than not, limited to what was available and ready rather than selcted to be perfectly balanced.  Look up "Task Force H" as an example or the OP Harpoon/Vigarous Convoy escorts

2) Home Fleet strength waxed and waned, again limited to various other factors including the use of older BBs as convoy escorts to bolster numbers. As losses mounted BB strength went down, while CV nos increased as the war progressed, so you BB:CV ratios will change dependant on the year.

3) Janes Fighting Ships of WW2 (available at any library) will give you the numbers here

4) Even GW studios couldnt do that!  But somehting liek the Far eastern or Mediterranean Fleet would be more achievable. And dont forget the valued contribution of the Allied Fleets and the Australian "Scrap Iron Flotilla" :D

Hope this helps.  I have lots of resources if you have detailed, specific questions but what you want is readily available in Janes

Tas
Author:  Haarken [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:59 pm ]
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1939 Royal Navy Figures

272 ships (I didnt include submarines)
Author:  Campsie [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:23 pm ]
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O.k, perhaps I'll just go for the Home fleet instead.

So how many BB's & cruisers in the Home Fleet? :oo
Author:  Haarken [ Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:29 pm ]
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(a) Home Fleet commanded by Adm Sir Charles Forbes with 7 capital ships, 2 carriers and 16 cruisers based at Scapa Flow and Rosyth; Channel Force with 2 battleships, 2 carriers and 3 cruisers; Humber Force with 2 cruisers; and various destroyer flotillas


If you look on the same page you will find this info... it tells you how many escorts there were in the Atlantic but not where they were distributed to, I assume that some were permantently assigned, I may be wrong on this though.
Author:  Tas [ Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:23 am ]
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Permanent asisgnment of escorts was mostly unachievable due to refit/repair/maintenance cycles.  Escort Groups tended to be more stable  though (such as CAPT "Johnnie" Walker's legendadry U-Boot Hunter-Killer Group)
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