title: List of ships in Sword Bombardment Group
text: # List of ships in Sword Bombardment Group
  
  Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Sword as part of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.
  
  Sword Bombardment Group :
  
  | Name | Type | National service |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ramillies | Battleship | Royal Navy |
  | Warspite | Battleship | Royal Navy |
  | Frobisher | Heavy cruiser | Royal Navy |
  | Arethusa | Light cruiser | Royal Navy |
  | Danae | Light cruiser | Royal Navy |
  | Dragon | Light cruiser | Polish Navy |
  | Mauritius | Light cruiser | Royal Navy |
  | Eglinton | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Kelvin | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Middleton | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Saumarez | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Scorpion | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Scourge | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Serapis | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Ślązak | Destroyer | Polish Navy |
  | Stord | Destroyer | Royal Norwegian Navy |
  | Svenner | Destroyer | Royal Norwegian Navy |
  | Swift | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Verulam | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Virago | Destroyer | Royal Navy |
  | Roberts | Monitor | Royal Navy |
  