Operation Granby order of battle

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)
  • Queen's Royal Irish Hussars (57 Challenger MBTs)
  • A Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (28 CVR(T))
  • 1st Staffordshire Infantry (45 Warrior IFVs) (Lt. Col. Charles Rogers)
  • 39th Regiment, Royal Engineers
  • 10th Air Defence Battery (Javelin)
  • 40th Field Artillery Regiment (24 M109 SP howitzers)
• 4th Mechanized Brigade^[1]
• Infantry
  • 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment^[1]
  • 1st Battalion, Royal Scots^[1]
  • 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers^[1]
• Armour
  • Royal Scots Dragoon Guards^[1]
  • Queen's Royal Irish Hussars^[1]
  • 14th/20th King's Hussars^[1]
  • 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers^[1]
• 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
  • 21 Engineer Regiment^[1]
  • 23 Engineer Regiment^[1]
  • 39 Armoured Engineer Regiment^[1]

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)

Royal Air Force

Panavia Tornado F.3^[1]

Panavia Tornado GR.1^[1]

Panavia Tornado GR.1a^[1]

• No. 2 Squadron RAF
• No. 13 Squadron RAF

SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1

SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1^[1]

• No. 6 Squadron RAF
• No. 41 Squadron RAF
• No. 54 Squadron RAF

Blackburn Buccaneer^[1]

• No. 12 Squadron RAF
• No. 208 Squadron RAF

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod^[1]

• No. 42 Squadron RAF
• No. 120 Squadron RAF
• No. 201 Squadron RAF
• No. 206 Squadron RAF

Lockheed C-130 Hercules^[1]

• No. 24 Squadron RAF
• No. 30 Squadron RAF
• No. 47 Squadron RAF
• No. 70 Squadron RAF

Vickers VC10^[1]

• No. 55 Squadron RAF

Lockheed TriStar K.1^[1]

• No. 216 Squadron RAF

Boeing Chinook^[1]

• No. 7 Squadron RAF
• No. 18 Squadron RAF

Westland Puma HC.1^[3]

• No. 33 Squadron RAF
• No. 230 Squadron RAF

RAF Regiment

^[1]

Royal Navy

Frigates

• Leander Class
  • HMS Jupiter^[1]
• 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]

Command ships

• Hecla-class survey vessel
  • HMS Herald^[1]
  • HMS Hecla^[1]

Mine countermeasure vessels

Hunt Class

Submarines

• Oberon class submarines
  • HMS Opossum^[1]
  • HMS Otus^[1]

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

• SS Atlantic Conveyor^[8]

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

• List of Gulf War military equipment

References

Citations

Bibliography

• James, D (2001). Westland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 978-0851778471. 
• Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.