Warships during the Battle of Normandy

Warships in Normandy

Battle of Normandy

This list shows 129 warships and 7 types of landing crafts used by the various navies in the Channel during the Battle of Normandy. These pages contain photographs and fact sheets.

American Landing Craft Vehicule & Personnel (LCVP)
Photo: US National Archives

Landing craft

List of the Allied landing craft

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Gunboats

   HMS Locust

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Cargo ships

  USS Ancon

  USS Bayfield

  USS Joseph T. Dickman

  HMS Bulolo

  HMS Hilary

  HMS Largs

  HMS Royal Ulsterman

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Submarine Hunters

  Audierne

  Calais

  Dielette

  Paimpol

  Corvettes

  Aconit

  Estienne d’Orves

  Renoncule

  Roselys

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Battleships

  USS Arkansas

  USS Texas

  USS Nevada

  HMS Nelson

  HMS Ramillies

  HMS Rodney

  HMS Warspite

  Courbet

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Cruisers

  USS Augusta

  USS Quincy

  USS Tuscaloosa

  HMS Ajax

  HMS Arethusa

  HMS Argonaut

  HMS Belfast

  HMS Black Prince

  HMS Danae

  HMS Diadem

  HMS Durban

  HMS Emerald

  HMS Enterprise

  HMS Frobisher

  HMS Glasgow

  HMS Hawkins

  HMS Mauritius

  HMS Orion

  HMS Scylla

  Georges Leygues

  Montcalm

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Minesweepers

  USS Auk

  USS Broadbill

  USS Chickadee

  USS Nuthatch

  USS Osprey

  USS Pheasant

  USS Staff

  USS Swift

  USS Threat

  USS Tide

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Frigates

  HMS Kingsmill

  HMS Lawford

  HMS Nith

  HMS Waveney

  Aventure

  Découverte

  Escarmouche

  Surprise

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Monitors

  HMS Erebus

  HMS Roberts

Destroyers

  USS Baldwin

  USS Barton

  USS Bates

  USS Butler

  USS Carmick

  USS Corry

  USS Doyle

  USS Ellyson

  USS Emmons

  USS Fitch

  USS Forrest

  USS Frankford

  USS Gherardi

  USS Glennon

  USS Hambleton

  USS Harding

  USS Herndon

  USS Hobson

  USS Jeffers

  USS Laffey

  USS Maloy

  USS McCook

  USS Meredith

  USS Murphy

  USS Nelson

  USS O’Brien

  USS Plunkett

  USS Rich

  USS Rodman

  USS Satterlee

  USS Shubrick

  USS Thompson

  USS Walke

  HMS Albrighton

  HMS Bleasdale

  HMS Cattistock

  HMS Dacres

  HMS Eglinton

  HMS Faulknor

  HMS Fury

  HMS Goathland

  HMS Grenville

  HMS Jervis

  HMS Kelvin

  HMS Kempenfelt

  HMS Middleton

  HMS Pytchley

  HMS Saumarez

  HMS Scorpion

  HMS Scourge

  HMS Serapis

  HMS Stevenstone

  HMS Swift

  HMS Ulster

  HMS Ulysses

  HMS Undaunted

  HMS Undine

  HMS Urania

  HMS Urchin

  HMS Ursa

  HMS Verulam

  HMS Venus

  HMS Vigilant

  HMS Virago

  HMCS Algonquin

  HMCS Assiniboine

  HMCS Sioux

  HNoMS Glaisdale

  HNoMS Stord

  HNoMS Svenner

  ORP Dragon

  ORP Slazak

  ORP Krakowiak

  La Combattante

  HNLMS Flores

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