Force B

Force B
Force B
	HMAS Sydney, part of the first Force B
Active	1940–1942
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Engagements	Battle of the Mediterranean; Battle of Calabria; Operation MB8; Battle of Cape Matapan; Operation Judgement; First Battle of Sirte; Asiatic-Pacific Theater; Indian Ocean raid;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Bernard Rawlings; Algernon Willis; Andrew Cunningham; Henry Pridham-Wippell;

Force B was the name of several British Royal Navy forces during the Second World War. The term was used for collections of ships less than a fleet and for complicated operations in which several groups of ships were used, often for short periods, such as convoy operations, before the ships were dispersed.