| Sansonetti (Vanguard, the first group to establish contact with the English) |
Bolzano ![]() | Trento ![]() |
Trieste ![]() | Ascari ![]() |
Carabiniere ![]() | Corazziere ![]() |
| Iachino (general command of the operation) |
Vittorio Veneto ![]() | Giuseppe Garibaldi ![]() |
Luigi Di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi ![]() | Alpino ![]() |
Bersagliere ![]() | Emanuele Pessagno ![]() |
Fuciliere ![]() | Granatiere ![]() |
Grecale ![]() | Libeccio ![]() |
Maestrale ![]() | Nicoloso Da Recco ![]() |
Scirocco ![]() |
| Cattaneo (under the orders of Iachino) |
Fiume ![]() | Pola ![]() |
Zara ![]() | Alfredo Oriani ![]() |
Giosue Carducci ![]() | Vincenzo Gioberti ![]() |
Vittoro Alfieri ![]() |
| Pridham-Whippel (Force B, only group of the British fleet to enter the gun battle against the Italians) |
Ajax ![]() | Gloucester ![]() |
Orion ![]() | Perth ![]() |
Hasty ![]() | Hereward ![]() |
Ilex ![]() | Vendetta ![]() |