British Forces

10th Destroyer Flotilla
  • Capt. B. Jones

19th Division

  • Capt. B. Jones
  • HMS Tartar (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. B. Jones
  • HMS Ashanti
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cmdr. J.R. Barnes
  • HMCS Haida
    Commanding officer: Cmdr. H.G. DeWolf
  • HMCS Huron
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cmdr. Rayner

20th Division

  • Cmdr. K. Namiesniowski
  • ORP Blyskawica (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Cmdr. K. Namiesniowski
  • ORP Piorun
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cmdr. T. Gorazdowski
  • HMS Eskimo
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cmdr. E.N. Sinclair
  • HMS Javelin

German Forces

8th Destroyer Flotilla
  • Capt. Theodor Freiherr von Bechtolsheim
  • Z-32 (flagship)(flagship) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Cmdr. Heinrich Gerlach
  • Z-24
    Commanding officer: Cmdr. Hainz Birnbacher
  • ZH-1 (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Cmdr. Klaus Barckow
  • T-24
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cmdr. Wilhelm Meentzen

Sources

  • J. Pertek, "Wielkie dni malej floty",1987
  • C. Bekker, "Verdammte See", 1971