The fleet also included seven cruisers and sixteen destroyers.
Losses to the Japanese by the 27th included three cruisers in addition to several destroyers.
The covering force included the aircraft carrier Ryujo, four heavy cruisers, one light cruiser and three destroyers.
The assembly included 16 battleships, five cruisers, and six destroyers.
There, she was assigned to Task Force 54, which included five other battleships, four cruisers, and sixteen destroyers.
The original plan, to have each convoy include two cruisers, had foundered on the shortage of cruisers.
This included one aircraft carrier, ten cruisers and five of six amphibious ships.
The British warships also included five cruisers and 18 destroyers.
In 1939, the Navy, which included two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers, was the service best equipped for war.
The flotilla will include two cruisers plus guided missile frigates and destroyers.