HMS Albion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibious_warfare_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy
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| Royal Marines are poised to lead 'Dunkirk-style' evacuation of Britons living in the Middle East after Iran launched massive drone and missile attack against Israel |
| 2024-04-14 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Royal Marines are poised to lead a 'Dunkirk-style' evacuation of thousands of UK nationals from the Middle East after Iran launched a huge drone and missile attack against Israel last night. Commandos have already conducted reconnaissance along the Lebanese coastline ahead of a potential maritime rescue mission. The daring mission - reminiscent of the huge effort to evacuate 338,000 British troops stranded in France by the Germans during the opening salvo of the Second World War in 1940 - was exclusively revealed by the Mail on Friday. It came a day before Tehran launched a huge aerial bombardment on Saturday evening, which was in retaliation of a deadly consul blast an an Iranian embassy in Syria that killed 13 people. The Foreign Office has already advised all UK citizens to leave Lebanon. The evacuation plans, codenamed Operation Meteoric, will be spearheaded by the UK's 'Green Berets' and supported by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The Mail has been told a party of Marines from 30 Commando arrived in the region in recent days. Operation Meteoric has been likened to Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940 when they were surrounded by German forces. The Mail has been told how the preparatory work behind Operation Meteoric was conducted by the Royal Marines' Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS). They studied stretches of the Lebanese coastline and selected potential locations for such a rescue mission. Stranded civilians would be ferried from beaches in raiding craft to Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships in the eastern Mediterranean. While it is understood Iran is eager to avoid direct engagement with UK forces, RAF Typhoon jets based in Cyprus could provide 'top cover'. Yemen-based Houthis have also claimed to have shot 'dozens' of rockets towards an IDF base in the north-east of Israel. it is not currently known if the Houthi attacks are linked to Iran's salvo. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 With two active LPD class amphibs in the fleet, it will hardly be Dunkirk scale. Love the Brits but a little over-hyped. HMS Albion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibious_warfare_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-04-14 14:14 |