Operation Granby order of battle
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This is the Operation Granby order of battle. Operation Granby was the name given to the British military operations during the 1991 Gulf War.
British Army
- 1st (British) Armoured Division[1]
- 7th Armoured Brigade[1]
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (57 Challenger MBTs)[citation needed]
- Queen's Royal Irish Hussars (57 Challenger MBTs)[citation needed]
- A Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (28 CVR(T))
- 1st Staffordshire Infantry (45 Warrior IFVs) (Lt. Col. Charles Rogers)[citation needed]
- 39th Regiment, Royal Engineers[citation needed]
- 10th Air Defence Battery (Javelin)[citation needed]
- 40th Field Artillery Regiment (24 M109 SP howitzers)[citation needed]
- 4th Mechanized Brigade[1]
- Infantry
- Armour
- Royal Artillery
- 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 12th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 58 (Eyre's) Battery.[2]
- T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) Royal Artillery[2]
- 26th Field Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 32nd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 39th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 40th Field Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- Royal Engineers
Army Air Corps
- 4 Regiment Army Air Corps with Westland Lynx AH.7s and Westland Gazelle AH.1s[3]
- No. 664 Squadron AAC (9 Lynx)[citation needed]
Royal Air Force
3
Panavia Tornado GR.1[1]
3
Panavia Tornado GR.1a[1]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1[1]
Westland Puma HC.1[3]
RAF Regiment
3
Frigates
- Leander Class
- Broadsword Class
- HMS Battleaxe[1]
- HMS Brazen[4]
- 829 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS London(Flagship)[5]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
Destroyers
- Sheffield class
- HMS Cardiff[4]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS Exeter[6]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS Manchester[5]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.2
- HMS Gloucester[7]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS York[1]
- HMS Cardiff[4]
Command ships
Mine countermeasure vessels
6
Submarines
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- RFA Argus[8]
- RFA Diligence[1]
- RFA Fort Grange[7]
- 846 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Sea King HC.4
- RFA Olna[9]
- 846 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Sea King HC.4
- RFA Orangeleaf[1]
- RFA Sir Bedivere[1]
- RFA Sir Galahad[1]
- RFA Sir Percivale[1]
- RFA Sir Tristram[1]
Other ships
Fleet Air Arm
Deployed to land bases
- 845 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s[8]
- 848 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s[8]
See also
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "British Forces involved in Operation Granby". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ a b "12th Regiment Royal Artillery". British Army Units 1945 on. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ a b James 2001, p. 509.
- ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 413.
- ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 419.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 415.
- ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 416.
- ^ a b c d James 2001, p. 508.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 421.
Bibliography
- James, D (2001). Westland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 978-0851778471.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.