Bismarck
| British Forces Deployed against Bismarck during Operation "Rheinübung" | ||
Note: The right-hand column shows where the ships were before the pursuit of the Bismarck |
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| Home Fleet and Ships Attached | ||
| Battleship | King George V | Scapa Flow |
| Battleship | Prince of Wales | Scapa Flow |
| Battleship | Rodney | En route from Clyde to Boston with the troop transport Britannic |
| Battle Cruiser | Repulse | Clyde, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Battle Cruiser | Hood | Scapa Flow |
| Aircraft Carrier | Victorious | Scapa Flow, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Cruiser | Norfolk | Denmark Strait, on patrol |
| Cruiser | Suffolk | Refueling at Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Cruiser | Galatea | Scapa Flow |
| Cruiser | Aurora | Scapa Flow |
| Cruiser | Kenya | Scapa Flow |
| Cruiser | Neptune | Scapa Flow |
| Cruiser | Arethusa | En route to Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Cruiser | Edinburgh | Off the Azores, on patrol |
| Cruiser | Manchester | Faeroe Islands passage, on patrol |
| Cruiser | Birmingham | Faeroe Islands passage, on patrol |
| Destroyer | Inglefield | En route to Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Intrepid | En route to Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Active | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Antelope | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Achates | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Anthony | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Electra | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Echo | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Somali | At sea with Rodney and Britannic |
| Destroyer | Tartar | At sea with Rodney and Britannic |
| Destroyer | Mashona | At sea with Rodney and Britannic |
| Destroyer | Eskimo | At sea with Rodney and Britannic |
| Destroyer | Punjabi | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Icarus | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Nestor | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Jupiter | Londonderry |
| Western Approaches Command | ||
| Cruiser | Hermione | En route to Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Lance | Scapa Flow |
| Destroyer | Legion | Clyde, with battle cruiser Repulse |
| Destroyer | Saguenay | Clyde, with battle cruiser Repulse |
| Destroyer | Assiniboine | Clyde, with battle cruiser Repulse |
| Destroyer | Columbia | Londonderry |
| Plymouth Command, 4th Destroyer Flotilla | ||
| Destroyer | Cossack | Clyde, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Destroyer | Sikh | Clyde, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Destroyer | Zulu | Clyde, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Destroyer | Maori | Clyde, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Destroyer | Piorun | Clyde, assigned to troop convoy WS-8B |
| Nore Command | ||
| Destroyer | Windsor | Scapa Flow |
| Force H | ||
| Battle Cruiser | Renown | Gibraltar |
| Aircraft Carrier | Ark Royal | Gibraltar |
| Cruiser | Sheffield | Gibraltar |
| Destroyer | Faulknor | Gibraltar |
| Destroyer | Foresight | Gibraltar |
| Destroyer | Forester | Gibraltar |
| Destroyer | Foxhound | Gibraltar |
| Destroyer | Fury | Gibraltar |
| Destroyer | Hesperus | Gibraltar |
| America and West Indies Station | ||
| Battleship | Ramillies | At sea, escorting convoy HX-127 |
| Battleship | Revenge | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| South Atlantic Command | ||
| Cruiser | Dorsetshire | At sea, escorting convoy SL-74 |
| The following crafts were also deployed | ||
| Submarine | Minerva | On patrol off southwestern Norway |
| Submarine | P-31 | Scapa Flow |
| Submarine | Sealion | English Channel |
| Submarine | Seawolf | English Channel |
| Submarine | Sturgeon | English Channel |
| Submarine | Pandora | En route from Gibraltar to Great Britain |
| Submarine | Tigris | Clyde |
| Submarine | H-44 | Rothesay |
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