The Norway order of battle included the capital ships Resolution, Rodney, Valiant, Warspite, Renown, and Repulse, followed by the carriers Ark Royal, Furious, and Glorious. Numerous cruisers and Tribal-class destroyers such as Afridi, Bedouin, Cossack, Eskimo, Gurkha, Punjabi, Zulu, and Somali appear alongside other destroyers, sloops, and submarines. French, Polish, and Norwegian vessels added to the Allied naval presence. The inventory shows the scale and mix of the force available for the campaign. Earlier positioning, in this assessment, would probably have produced a much more successful battle for the British.
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The scale of the Norway fleet
A ship-by-ship inventory shows how large the Allied naval commitment to Norway became, and why earlier positioning mattered.