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07/11/2011
'Liverpool' Sails Into Portsmouth From Libya
The Royal Navy warship HMS Liverpool has returned home to Portsmouth following more than seven months working as part of NATO operations off the coast of Libya.
The Portsmouth-based Type-42 destroyer was a welcomed home by over a thousand friends and family members as she sailed into Portsmouth this morning.
The Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond was on board to congratulate the ship's company on their latest deployment.
HMS Liverpool sailed to the Mediterranean at the end of March to support NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, where her tasks included enforcing the no-fly zone and conducting embargo operations to prevent arms from reaching pro-Gaddafi forces by sea.
Since taking on her high-tempo mission to protect the Libyan citizens, HMS Liverpool's ship's company has spent 81 hours at Action Stations on 28 separate occasions, been fired at and returned fire ten times, and launched 211 rounds of illumination and high explosive shells from her 4.5-inch (114mm) gun.
These illumination or star shells were fired to light up pro-Gaddafi positions for NATO aircraft to identify and destroy.
The ship's company has witnessed the siege of Misurata and the fall of Tripoli, Zlitan, Al Khums and Sirte to the rebels, and while enforcing the no-fly zone, HMS Liverpool's Fighter Controllers spent 360 hours controlling 14 different types of aircraft from a number of NATO countries.
(BMcC)
The Portsmouth-based Type-42 destroyer was a welcomed home by over a thousand friends and family members as she sailed into Portsmouth this morning.
The Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond was on board to congratulate the ship's company on their latest deployment.
HMS Liverpool sailed to the Mediterranean at the end of March to support NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, where her tasks included enforcing the no-fly zone and conducting embargo operations to prevent arms from reaching pro-Gaddafi forces by sea.
Since taking on her high-tempo mission to protect the Libyan citizens, HMS Liverpool's ship's company has spent 81 hours at Action Stations on 28 separate occasions, been fired at and returned fire ten times, and launched 211 rounds of illumination and high explosive shells from her 4.5-inch (114mm) gun.
These illumination or star shells were fired to light up pro-Gaddafi positions for NATO aircraft to identify and destroy.
The ship's company has witnessed the siege of Misurata and the fall of Tripoli, Zlitan, Al Khums and Sirte to the rebels, and while enforcing the no-fly zone, HMS Liverpool's Fighter Controllers spent 360 hours controlling 14 different types of aircraft from a number of NATO countries.
(BMcC)
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