Commanded by Captain C. H. Fox in Amphion with 15 destroyers.
Included also in the organisation of the Home Fleets, which Sir George Callaghan had commanded-in-chief, were the Second and Third Fleets:
SECOND FLEET
(under command of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.).
Fleet-Flagship Lord Nelson, Rear-Admirals Stuart-Nicholson and Bernard Currey (commanding Battle Squadrons).
5th Battle Squadron:
Prince of Wales (Flag), Agamemnon, Bulwark, Formidable, Implacable, Irresistible, London, Queen, Venerable.
6th Battle Squadron:
Russell (Flag), Cornwallis, Albemarle, Duncan, Exmouth, Vengeance.
5th Cruiser Squadron: