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Force H
Force H off Gibraltar in 1940 by Rowland Langmaid
Active
1940–1943
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Engagements
Battle of the Mediterranean Attack on Mers-el-Kébir Battle of Cape Spartivento
Commanders
Notable commanders
Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville (July 1940 – March 1942) Edward Syfret (March 1942 – 1943)
Military unit
Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War. It was formed in late-June 1940, to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean removed by the French armistice with Nazi Germany. The force occupied an odd place within the naval chain of command. Normal British practice was to have naval stations and fleets around the world, whose commanders reported to the First Sea Lord via a flag officer. Force H was based at Gibraltar but there was already a flag officer at the base, Flag Officer Commanding, North Atlantic. The commanding officer of Force H did not report to this Flag Officer but directly to the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound.
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escort duties West of Ireland and set an intercept course for the Bismarck. ForceH had already left Gibraltar with the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the battlecruiser...
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Malta by ships of the Mediterranean Fleet, ForceH and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force, during the Battle of the Mediterranean (1940–1943)...
Global Information
United Kingdom
Royal Navy