BRITISH FORCES

Convoy JW51B (Captain R.A. Melhuish, RIN

Ballot (115 vehicles, 25 tanks, 18 fighters, 5534 tons general cargo)
Empire Archer (141 vehicles, 18 tanks, 21 fighters, 4376 tons general cargo)
Empire Emerald (2580 tons oil fuel, 7400 tons aviation fuel)
Calobre (166 vehicles, 8 tanks, 250 tons fuel, 4534 tons general cargo)
Chester Valley (2 vehicles, 25 tanks, 10 fighters, 4 bombers, 250 tons fuel, 4371 tons general cargo)
Daldorch (264 vehicles, 1744 tons general cargo)
Executive (139 vehicles, 4 bombers, 450 tons fuel, 4210 tons general cargo)
Jefferson (376 vehicles, 4 bombers, 500 tons fuel, 5336 tons general cargo)
John H. LaTrobe (191 vehicles, 58 tanks, 10 fighters, 4 bombers, 640 tons fuel, 4397 tons general cargo)
Pontfield (5500 tons oil fuel, 5280 tons aviation fuel)
Puerto Rican (14 vehicles, 23 tanks, 15 fighters, 8 bombers, 100 tons fuel, 5345 tons general cargo)
R.W. Emerson (160 vehicles, 45 tanks, 13 fighters, 5 bombers, 780 tons fuel, 6844 tons general cargo)
Vermont (299 vehicles, 4 bombers, 300 tons fuel, 4048 tons general cargo)
Yorkmar (188 vehicles, 150 tons fuel, 5326 tons general cargo)

Close Escort (Commander H.T. Rust, RN)
Minesweeper HMS Bramble
Corvettes - HMS Honeysuckle
- HMS Rhododendron
Trawlers - HMS Northern Gem
- HMS Vizalma

Destroyer Screen (Captain R. St.V. Sherbrooke, DSO, RN)
HMS Onslow (Ldr)
HMS Obedient
HMS Obdurate
HMS Oribi
HMS Orwell
HMS Achates

Close Covering Force - Force "R" (Rear-Admiral R. Burnett, RN)
Light Cruisers - HMS Sheffield (Flag)
- HMS Jamaica
Destroyers - HMS Matchless
- HMS Musketeer

GERMAN FORCES

Heavy Cruiser Force (Vice-Admiral O. Kummetz)
Admiral Hipper (Flag)
Lützow

5th Destroyer Flotilla (Captain A. Schemmel)
Friedrich Eckholdt
Richard Beitzen
Theodor Riedel
Z-29
Z-30
Z-31