Commander in Chief of Exercise Nelson Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dubar-Nasmith
Force A Commander-in-Chief Admiral John Tovey
Force B Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton
Commander of Channel Forces Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville
Commander of Landing Forces Admiral Sir George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon
Commander of Escorts and Submarines Vice-Admiral Bruce Fraser
Force A Chief of Staff Vice-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove
Force B Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake
Flag Officer Air Vice Admiral Arthur Lumley St George Lyster
Force A
1st Battle Squadron (Lion, Saint Vincent, Trafalgar, Agincourt, Nile)
1st Carrier Squadron (Ark Royal, Majestic)
1st Composite Squadron (Triumph, Norfolk. Kent)
9th Light Cruiser Squadron (Kenya, Kelly, Kingfisher, Kelvin, Khedive, Kashmir)
19th Light Cruiser Squadron (Scylla, Dido, Euryalus, Phoebe, Sirius)
20th Light Cruiser Squadron (Lancaster, Leonidas, Latona, Leviathan, Leander, Largs)
12th Destroyer Flotilla (Zulu, Zoe, Zambezi, Xenon, Xena, Xerxes, Xanadu)
2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Vansittart, Venomous, Verity, Veteran, Vimy, Volunteer, Wanderer, Whitehall)
23rd Destroyer Flotilla (Garland, Greyhound, Griffin, Grenade, Grafton, Gipsy, Guernsey, Guinevere)
Force Escorts and Submarines
16th Destroyer Flotilla (Zephyr, Zodiac, Zorro, Zebra, Zeus, Zest, Zulu, Zenith)
8th Submarine Flotilla (P26-30)
14th Submarine Flotilla (O6-10)
4th Submarine Flotilla (S1-S5)
1st Submarine Flotilla (Shark, Sturgeon, Swordfish, Seahorse, Starfish)
1st Coastal Minesweeper Flotilla (8 195 Ton Class)
1st Sloop Flotilla (E1-E4)
3rd Coastal Minesweeper Flotilla (ex-Aisling Class Antrim, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, Scilly, Isle of Man)
Force B
3rd Battle Squadron (Victorious, King George V, Venerable, Vanguard, Vigilant)
4th Carrier Squadron (Ocean, Theseus)
1st Heavy Cruiser Squadron (Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Iron Duke, Edgar)
2nd Light Cruiser Squadron (Charybdis, Naiad, Arethusa, Aurora, Ajax)
1st Light Cruiser Squadron (Minotaur, Superb)
12th Light Cruiser Squadron (Chichester, Llandaff, Salisbury, Lincoln)
10th Destroyer Flotilla (Meteor, Musketeer, Myrmidon, Milne, Matchless, Marksman, Moon, Matador)
26th Destroyer Flotilla (Jackal, Javelin, Jersey, Jaguar, Janus, Jerivs, Jutland, Jubilee)
22nd Destroyer Flotilla (Fury, Fame, Firedrake, Foresight, Faulknor, Fortune, Forester, Foxhound)
Channel Forces
9th Destroyer Flotilla (Vimiera, Violent, Vivacious, Vivien, Vortigern, Wakeful, Walker, Walpole)
4th Torpedo Boat Flotilla (8 BPB-60-1 Class)
5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla (8 BPB-60-1 Class)
22nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (8 BPB-60-4 Class)
9th Torpedo Boat Flotilla (8 BPB-60-1 Class)
Landing Forces
Landing Ship Flotilla (Gleneagle, Glenearn)
10th Landing Craft Flotilla (8 LCA)
11th Landing Craft Flotilla (8 LCA)
1st Landing Craft Flotilla (8 LCI 1)
2nd Landing Craft Flotilla (8 LCV 1)
14th Landing Craft Flotilla (8 LCV 2)
15th Landing Craft Flotilla (8 LCV 3)
HMS Malaya
Coastal Defence Squadron (General Crawford, Sir John Moore, General Pakenham, General Picton, Gorgon)
1st Minesweeper Flotilla (8 Poole Class minesweepers)