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| Libya: HMS Liverpool comes under heavy fire |
| 2011-08-05 |
| HMS Liverpool, a Royal Navy warship, came under heavy rocket fire from a shore battery as it patrolled off the Libyan coast, the Ministry of Defence said. A missile launcher is said to have sent a number of rockets towards Liverpool that has been stationed off Libya for several weeks. The Type 42 destroyer returned heavy naval gunfire answering Col Gaddafi's forces with its 4.5in main gun sending several shells arching into the night during the early hours of Wednesday. The attack came after Liverpool fired a barrage of illumination rounds in support of an air attack on the regime stronghold of Zlitan. No casualties were suffered by the ships compliment during the exchange and the MoD were unable to confirm if the battery was destroyed during the duel. The attack came after the helicopter carrier Ocean launched her Apache attack helicopters against a hotel in Zlitan that was being used as a military base. The Apache's fired Hellfire missiles then coordinated with RAF Tornados which guided several Paveway bombs onto the targets. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Clearly he must mean "ding-a-dong". D *** NG IT, IN THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH, CAPITAIN, FTLG + STOUT + HORNBLOWER IN THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH! Oh wait ... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-08-05 21:00 |
| #5 USS Monssen? I suggest Neptune's Inferno to those interested, it is quite detailed and still readable. Also interesting, Ship of Ghosts, dealing with Dutch East Indies and Indochina prison life. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-08-05 15:37 |
| #4 Illumination rounds? What is this, Savo Island 1942? Yes. No. Savo Island was a ship-to-ship affair. |
| Posted by: S 2011-08-05 10:50 |
| #3 HMS Liverpool homepage Commander Colin Williams BSc Royal Navy. Actual quote: "It was a good old fashioned ding-dong." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-08-05 09:44 |
| #2 Would they be Willie Pete rounds? If so, I bet the left doesn't mumble a word. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-08-05 08:55 |
| #1 Illumination rounds? What is this, Savo Island 1942? |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-08-05 08:38 |