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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.

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