title: List of ships in Gold Bombardment Group
text: # List of ships in Gold Bombardment Group
  
  Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Gold Beach as part of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord. This force, code-named "Bombarding Force K", and commanded by Rear Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton of the Royal Navy, was a group of eighteen ships responsible for bombarding targets in support of the amphibious landings on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944 ("D-Day"); this was the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.
  
  Bombarding Force K was part of Royal Navy Force G, commanded by Commodore Cyril Douglas-Pennant. This was in turn part of the Eastern Naval Task Force, under Admiral Philip Vian.
  
  Royal Navy Bombarding Force K :
  
  | Name | Type | National service | Primary target |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | HMS Ajax (22) | Light cruiser | Royal Navy | Longues-sur-Mer battery |
  | HMS Argonaut (61) | Light cruiser | Royal Navy | 105mm battery at Vaux (WN-50) |
  | HMS Emerald (D66) | Light cruiser | Royal Navy | 105mm battery (WN-41) |
  | HMS Orion (85) | Light cruiser | Royal Navy | 122mm battery, Mont Fleury |
  | Flores | Gunboat | Royal Netherlands Navy | Gun position WN-39 |
  | HMS Cattistock (L35) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Cottesmore (L78) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Grenville (R97) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, Jig sector |
  | HMS Jervis | Destroyer flotilla leader | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, Jig sector |
  | ORP Krakowiak (L115) | Destroyer | Polish Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Pytchley (L92) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Ulster (R83) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Ulysses (R69) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, Jig sector |
  | HMS Undaunted (R53) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Undine (R42) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, Jig sector |
  | HMS Urania (R05) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, Jig sector |
  | HMS Urchin (R99) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  | HMS Ursa (R22) | Destroyer | Royal Navy | Beach defenses, King sector |
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ Trew 2004, p. 42.
  * ↑ Churchill 1951, p. 594.
  * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Trew 2004, p. 49.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Churchill, Winston (1951) [1948]. Closing the Ring. The Second World War. Vol. V. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 396150.
  * Trew, Simon (2004). Gold Beach. Battle Zone Normandy. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-3011-X.
  