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.
- HMS Argonaut
- HMS Ajax
- HMS Arethusa
- HMS Belfast (Flagship of Rear Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton)
- HMS Bellona
- HMS Black Prince
- HMS Capetown
- HMS Ceres (Flagship of U.S. Service Force)
- HMS Danae
- HMS Diadem
- ORP Dragon (Polish, damaged in July and then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater)
- HMS Emerald
- HMS Enterprise
- Georges Leygues (Free French)
- HMS Glasgow
- HMS Mauritius (Flagship of Rear Admiral Patterson)
- Montcalm (Free French, Flagship of Rear Admiral Jaujard)
- HMS Orion
- HMS Scylla (Admiral Vian's flagship, mined and seriously damaged, out of action until after the war)
- HMS Sirius In reserve until June 10
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