| Sir James Somerville |
| Nationality |
British |
| Rank |
Admiral |
| Born |
1882 |
| Died |
1949 |
| Career |
| July 1940 |
Mediterranean, Operation "Catapult" Naval battle at Punta Stilo, Calabria (including Force H, with HMS Hood etc.) |
| November 1940 |
Mediterranean, Operation "White" (Force H) Operation "Collar" (naval battle at cap teulada, Sardinia) |
| January 1941 |
Mediterranean, Operation "Excess" (reinforcing Malta) |
| Jan. - Feb. 1941 |
Mediterranean, operation against Sardinia and Henoa |
| May 1941 |
Action against Bismarck Gibraltar Squadron, Force H with the flagship Renown, aircraft carrier Ark Royal and cruiser Sheffield |
| May 1941 |
Mediterranean, Operation "Splice" |
| September 1941 |
Mediterranean, Operation "Halberd" (supplying Malta) |
| Oct. - Nov. 1941 |
Force H operation Carrier Ark Royal (U-331/Tiesenhausen) |
| April 1942 |
Indian Ocean Japanese Ceylon operation Action of the British Eastern Fleet |
| Jan. - Feb. 1944 |
The British Eastern Fleet is strengthened |
| March - April 1944 |
Operation "Cocos Islands", Trincolamee, Ceylon |
| April 1944 |
Operation "Cockpit" |
| May 1944 |
Operation "Transom" |
| July 1944 |
Operation "Grimson" |
| 8 Aug. 1944 |
Change in the leadership of the British Eastern Fleet Admiral Fraser replaces Admiral Somerville |
