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This is a list of warships which took part in the [[Normandy landings]] on June 6, 1944.

==Battleships==
Seven battleships took part: four British and three US:
: {{USS|Arkansas|BB-33|6}}, eastern Omaha Beach ({{Sclass|Wyoming|battleship|4}}, 26,100 tons, main armament: twelve 12" guns) primarily in support of the US [[29th Infantry Division (United States)|29th Infantry Division]].
: {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|6}}, Utah Beach ({{Sclass|Nevada|battleship|4}}, 29,000 tons, main armament: ten 14" guns).
: {{HMS|Ramillies|07|6}} (1915, {{Sclass|Revenge|battleship|4}}, 33,500 tons, main armament: eight [[BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun|15-inch guns]]).
: {{HMS|Rodney|29|6}} (1925, ''Nelson''-class, 38,000 tons, main armament: nine 16-inch guns).
: {{USS|Texas|BB-35|6}}, western Omaha Beach ({{Sclass|New York|battleship|4}}, 27,000 tons, main armament: ten 14-inch guns, Flagship of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Carleton F. Bryant]]) primarily in support of the US [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]].
: {{HMS|Warspite|03|6}} (1913, {{Sclass|Queen Elizabeth|battleship|4}}, 35,000 tons, main armament eight 15-inch guns, only six operational).

In addition {{HMS|Nelson|28|6}} ({{Sclass|Nelson|battleship|4}} main armament: nine 16-inch guns) was held in reserve until June 10.

==Heavy cruisers==
Five heavy cruisers (main guns of 8 inches) took part, three from the United States and two from Britain, HMS ''Hawkins'' had her original armament of seven 7.5-inch guns while HMS ''Frobisher''{{'}}s main gun armament had been reduced from seven to five single-mounted 7.5-inch guns.
: [[USS Augusta (CA-31)|USS ''Augusta'']] (Flagship of Rear Admiral [[Alan Kirk]] – Lt. General [[Omar Bradley]] embarked)
: [[HMS Frobisher (D81)|HMS ''Frobisher'']]
: [[HMS Hawkins (D86)|HMS ''Hawkins'']]
: [[USS Quincy (CA-71)|USS ''Quincy'']]
: [[USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)|USS ''Tuscaloosa'']]

==Light cruisers==
17 British light cruisers took part along with two of the Free French navy, and one of the Polish navy.  All carried either 6- or 5.25-inch guns of varying numbers.
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: {{HMS|Argonaut|61|6}}
: {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}}
: [[HMS Arethusa (26)|HMS ''Arethusa'']]
: {{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}} (Flagship of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton]])
: [[HMS Bellona (63)|HMS ''Bellona'']] - also carried jamming equipment against radio controlled bombs
: {{HMS|Black Prince|81|6}}
: [[HMS Capetown (D88)|HMS ''Capetown'']]
: {{HMS|Ceres|D59|6}} (Flagship of U.S. Service Force)
: [[ORP Conrad|HMS ''Danae'']]
: [[HMS Diadem (84)|HMS ''Diadem'']]
: [[HMS Dragon (D46)|ORP ''Dragon'']] (Polish, damaged in July and then used as a blockship in [[Mulberry harbour|"Gooseberry" breakwater]])
: [[HMS Emerald (D66)|HMS ''Emerald'']]
: [[HMS Enterprise (D52)|HMS ''Enterprise'']]
: [[French cruiser Georges Leygues|''Georges Leygues'']] ([[Free French]])
: [[HMS Glasgow (C21)|HMS ''Glasgow'']]
: [[HMS Mauritius (C80)|HMS ''Mauritius'']] (Flagship of Rear Admiral Patterson)
: [[French cruiser Montcalm (1935)|''Montcalm'']] ([[Free French]], Flagship of Rear Admiral [[Jaujard]])
: [[HMS Orion (85)|HMS ''Orion'']] (which fired the first shell of the coastal bombardment)
: [[HMS Scylla (98)|HMS ''Scylla'']] (Rear Admiral [[Philip Vian]]'s flagship, mined and seriously damaged, out of action until after the war)
: [[HMS Sirius (82)|HMS ''Sirius'']] In reserve until June 10
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==Destroyers and escorts==
139 ships (eighty-five British and Dominion, 40 US, 10 Free French and 7 other Allied):

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[[file:Flag_of_Canada.svg|28px]] '''Canada'''
: [[HMCS Alberni (K103)|HMCS ''Alberni'']] 
: [[HMCS Algonquin (R17)|HMCS ''Algonquin'']] 
: [[HMCS Cape Breton (K350)|HMCS ''Cape Breton'']] 
: [[HMCS Chaudiere (H99)|HMCS ''Chaudiere'']] 
: [[HMCS Kitchener (K225)|HMCS ''Kitchener'']] 
: [[HMCS Regina (K234)|HMCS ''Regina'']] 
: [[HMCS Sioux (R64)|HMCS ''Sioux'']] 

[[file:Flag_of_France.svg|24px]] '''[[Free French Forces|Free French]]'''
: Frigate [[List of River-class frigates|La Surprise]]
: Frigate {{ship|French frigate|L'Escarmouche||2}}
: Frigate [[List of River-class frigates|La Découverte]]
: Frigate [[List of River-class frigates|L'Aventure]]
: Corvette [[French corvette Aconit|Aconit]]
: Corvette [[List of Flower-class corvettes|La Renoncule]]
: Corvette [[French corvette Roselys|La Roselys]]
: Corvette [[List of Flower-class corvettes|d'Estienne d'Orves]]
: Submarine-hunter [[:fr:Classe Chasseur 5|Benodet]]
: [[French destroyer La Combattante|''La Combattante'']]{{efn|Former HMS ''Haldon''}}

'''Greece'''
: [[Greek corvette Kriezis|RHN{{efn|Royal Hellenic Navy}} ''Kriezis'']] {{efn|''Flower''-class corvette, ex-HMS [[HMS Coreopsis (K32)|''Coreopsis (K32)'']]}}
: [[Greek corvette Tombazis|RHN{{efn|Royal Hellenic Navy}} ''Tombazis'']] {{efn|''Flower''-class corvette, ex-HMS ''Tamarisk (K216)''}}

'''Norway'''
: [[HNoMS Glaisdale (L44)|HNoMS ''Glaisdale'']] 
: [[HNoMS Stord (G26)|HNoMS ''Stord'']] 
: [[HNoMS Svenner (G03)|HNoMS ''Svenner'']]{{efn|Hit by German torpedo and sunk off Normandy at dawn, 6 June}}<ref>Investigations indicate that the ''Svenner'' may have been hit by an early version of a German anti-shipping missile (possibly a [[Fritz X]]), instead of the more usual attribution of a torpedo from the German large torpedo boast ''Jaguar'' or ''Mowe'' or ''T28'' based at Le Havre. There have also been reports of German bombers releasing long, torpedo-like bombs, but from a very long distance, no way near firing-range. The most likely, though, is that it was hit by a torpedo, but accounts point in either direction.</ref>

'''Poland'''
: [[ORP Błyskawica (H34)|ORP ''Błyskawica'']]
: [[ORP Krakowiak (L115)|ORP ''Krakowiak'']]{{efn|Former HMS ''Silverton''}}
: [[ORP Ślązak (L26)|ORP Ślązak]]

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[[file:Flag_of_UK.svg|26px]] '''United Kingdom'''
: [[HMS Beagle (H30)|HMS ''Beagle'']]
: [[HMS Bleasdale (L50)|HMS ''Bleasdale'']]
: [[HMS Boadicea (H65)|HMS ''Boadicea'']]{{efn|Torpedoed and sunk 13 June}}
: [[HMS Cattistock (L35)|HMS ''Cattistock'']]
: [[HMS Cottesmore (L78)|HMS ''Cottesmore'']]
: [[HMS Eglinton (L87)|HMS ''Eglinton'']]
: [[HMS Eglinton (L87)|HMS ''Eglinton'']]
: [[HMS Eglinton (L87)|HMS ''Eglinton'']]
: [[HMS Faulknor (H62)|HMS ''Faulknor'']]
: [[HMS Fury (H76)|HMS ''Fury'']]{{efn|Mined 21 June and not repaired}}
: [[HMS Grenville (R97)|HMS ''Grenville'']]
: [[HMS Jervis (F00)|HMS ''Jervis'']]
: [[HMS Kelvin (F37)|HMS ''Kelvin'']]
: [[HMS Kempenfelt (R03)|HMS ''Kempenfelt'']]
: [[HMS Loyalty (J217)|HMS ''Loyalty'']]
: [[HMS Melbreak (L73)|HMS ''Melbreak'']]
: [[HMS Middleton (L74)|HMS ''Middleton'']]
: [[HMS Pytchley (L92)|HMS ''Pytchley'']]
: {{HMS|Pelican|L86|6}}
: {{HMS|Saumarez|G12|6}}
: [[HMS Scorpion (G72)|HMS ''Scorpion'']]
: [[HMS Scourge (G01)|HMS ''Scourge'']]
: [[HMS Serapis (G94)|HMS ''Serapis'']]
: [[HMS Stevenstone (L16)|HMS ''Stevenstone'']]
: [[HMS Swift (G46)|HMS ''Swift'']]{{efn|Mined and sunk 24 June 1944 off Normandy}}
: [[HMS Talybont (L18)|HMS ''Talybont'']]
: [[HMS Tanatside (L69)|HMS ''Tanatside'']]
: [[HMS Ulster (R83)|HMS ''Ulster'']]
: [[HMS Ulysses (R69)|HMS ''Ulysses'']]
: [[HMS Undaunted (R53)|HMS ''Undaunted'']]
: [[HMS Undine (R42)|HMS ''Undine'']]
: [[HMS Urania (R05)|HMS ''Urania'']]
: [[HMS Urchin (R99)|HMS ''Urchin'']]
: [[HMS Ursa (R22)|HMS ''Ursa'']]
: {{HMS|Venus|R50|6}}
: {{HMS|Verulam|R28|6}}
: [[HMS Vigilant (R93)|HMS ''Vigilant'']]
: {{HMS|Virago|R75|6}}
: [[HMS Wanderer (D74)|HMS ''Wanderer'']]
: HMS ''Wallflower''
: [[HMS Whimbrel (U29)|HMS ''Whimbrel'']]
: [[HMS Wrestler (D35)|HMS ''Wrestler'']]{{efn|Damaged by a mine and not repaired}}

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[[file:Flag_of_US.svg|26px]] '''United States'''
: [[USS Amesbury (DE-66)|USS ''Amesbury'']]
: [[USS Baldwin (DD-624)|USS ''Baldwin'']]
: [[USS Barton (DD-722)|USS ''Barton'']]
: [[USS Carmick (DD-493)|USS ''Carmick'']]
: [[USS Corry (DD-463)|USS ''Corry'']]{{efn|Sunk during the invasion}}
: [[USS Doyle (DD-494)|USS ''Doyle'']]
: [[USS Emmons (DD-457)|USS ''Emmons'']]
: [[USS Fitch (DD-462)|USS ''Fitch'']]
: [[USS Frankford (DD-497)|USS ''Frankford'']]
: [[USS Glennon (DD-620)|USS ''Glennon'']]{{efn|Hit by mine 8 June, sunk by German artillery 10 June}}
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: [[USS Harding (DD-625)|USS ''Harding'']]
: [[USS Herndon (DD-638)|USS ''Herndon'']]
: [[USS Hobson (DD-464)|USS ''Hobson'']]
: [[USS Jeffers (DD-621)|USS ''Jeffers'']]
: [[USS Laffey (DD-724)|USS ''Laffey'']]
: [[USS Maloy (DE-791)|USS ''Maloy'']]
: [[USS McCook (DD-496)|USS ''McCook'']]
: [[USS Murphy (DD-603)|USS ''Murphy'']]
: [[USS O'Brien (DD-725)|USS ''O'Brien'']]
: [[USS Rich (DE-695)|USS ''Rich'']]{{efn|Sunk by mines 10 June}}
: [[USS Rodman (DD-456)|USS ''Rodman'']]
: [[USS Satterlee (DD-626)|USS ''Satterlee'']]
: [[USS Shubrick (DD-639)|USS ''Shubrick'']]
: [[USS Thompson (DD-627)|USS ''Thompson'']]

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==Monitors==
: [[HMS Erebus (I02)|HMS ''Erebus'']], [[monitor (warship)|monitor]]  with two 15-inch guns
: [[HMS Roberts (F40)|HMS ''Roberts'']], monitor with two 15-inch guns

==Troop transports==
: [[SS President Roosevelt (1921)|USS ''Joseph T. Dickman'']], attack transport
: [[USS Samuel Chase (APA-26)|USS ''Samuel Chase'']], attack transport operated by the [[US Coast Guard]]
: [[USS Charles Carroll (APA-28)|USS ''Charles Carroll'']], attack transport
: [[USS Bayfield (APA-33)|USS ''Bayfield'']], attack transport
: [[USS Henrico (APA-45)|USS ''Henrico'']], attack transport

==Other warships==
508 ships (352 British, 154 US and 2 other Allied):
: [[HMS Bulolo|HMS ''Bulolo'']], Landing Ship Headquarters (LSH) for Gold Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff
: [[HMS Centurion (1911)|HMS ''Centurion'']], old battleship sunk as a blockship to form part of "Gooseberry" breakwater of the [[Mulberry harbour]] on Sword beach
: [[French battleship Courbet (1911)|''Courbet'']], Free Naval French Forces, former battleship, sunk as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater on Sword beach
: [[Forbin]], Free Naval French Forces, patrol boat, sunk as a artificial dike in "Arromanches"on Gold Beach
: [[HMCS Cowichan|HMCS ''Cowichan'']], Canadian minesweeper
: {{HMS|Dacres|K472|6}}, [[Captain class frigate]] converted to act as a headquarters ship
: [[HMS Durban (D99)|HMS ''Durban'']] (light cruiser used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)
: {{HNLMS|Flores}}, Dutch gunboat
: [[HMS Hilary (1940)|HMS ''Hilary'']], H.Q. ship for Juno Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff
: {{HMS|Kingsmill|K484|6}}, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship
: [[HMS Largs|HMS ''Largs'']], H.Q. ship for Sword Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff
: {{HNLMS|Soemba}}, Dutch gunboat
: {{HMS|Lawford|K514|6}}, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship (bombed and sunk)
: [[HNoMS Nordkapp|HNoMS ''Nordkapp'']], Norwegian patrol boat
: [[HNLMS Sumatra (1920)|HNLMS ''Sumatra'']] (Dutch, decommissioned due to crew shortages and losing her guns to HNLMS ''Flores'' and ''Soemba'', used as blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)

The British 9th and 159th minesweeping flotillas and U.S. 7th Minesweeping Squadron provided minesweeping protection.

A distant anti-submarine screen to the operation was provided by HMS [[HMS Onslow (G17)|''Onslow'']], [[HMS Offa|''Offa'']], [[HMS Onslaught|''Onslaught'']], [[HMS Oribi (G66)|''Oribi'']], [[HMS Melbreak|''Melbreak'']] and [[HMS Brissenden|''Brissenden'']]. Additional protection from [[E-boat]]s was provided by [[Motor Gun Boat]] flotillas.

==Support==
: [[HMS Boxer (F121)|HMS ''Boxer'']] - [[Radar picket | fighter direction ship]]
: [[HMS Bruiser (F127)|HMS ''Bruiser'']] - fighter direction ship

== See also ==
: [[List of Allied vessels involved in Operation Neptune]]
: [[List of ships of Force U Bombardment Group]]

==Notes and references==
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{{Normandy landings bombardment groups}}