Battles and Operations of Force H
- Action at Oran (Operation 'Catapult') - 3 July 1940
- Battle of Calabria - 9 July 1940
- Attack on Taranto (Operation 'Judgement') - 11/12 November 1940
- Battle of Cape Spartivento - 27 November 1940
- Malta Convoy (Operation 'Collar') - November 1940
- Malta Convoy (Operation 'Excess') - January 1941
- Naval bombardment of Genoa (Operation 'Grog') - 9 February 1941
- Malta Convoy (Operation 'Substance') - July 1941
- Malta Convoy (Operation 'Halberd') - September 1941
- Malta Convoy (Operation 'Harpoon') - June 1942
- Malta Convoy (Operation 'Pedestal') - August 1942
- Invasion of Sicily (Operation 'Husky') - July 1943
- Invasion of Italy (Operation 'Avalanche') - September 1943
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