Jump to content

File:Royal Air Force Striking Libyan Warship MOD 45155730.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (1,703 × 1,180 pixels, file size: 407 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Still image taken from footage of a missile strike on a Libyan warship at Al Khums by RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft in 2011.

RAF aircraft participated in a major NATO strike against Colonel Qadhafi's navy, as part of Operation Unified Protector, to protect Libyan civilians under threat of attack and enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.

The RAF attack was mounted against the naval base at Al Khums, the nearest concentration of regime warships to the port of Misratah which Colonel Qadhafi has repeatedly attempted to close to humanitarian shipping. As well as hitting two corvettes in the harbour, the Royal Air Force Tornados successfully targeted a facility in the dockyard constructing fast inflatable boats, which Libyan forces have used several times in their efforts to mine Misratah and attack vessels in the area.

An email to the Ministry of Defence reveals that, "Although we only record the types of vessels struck, and not the specific names, we can confirm that the ship pictured is a Koni class vessel. The Libyan navy had two Koni class vessels, named Al Hani and Al Ghardabia. An open source search suggests that the vessel pictured is likely to have been the Al Ghardabia and was struck as part of allied action in 2011. "


  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: Screengrab_LibyaWarship3
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Foreign Ships, Operations, Theatres, Libya, Aircraft, Offensive, Tornado
  • Keywords: Libya, Nato, Tornado, Typhoon, Warship, Strike, Hit, Royal Air Force, RAF, Equipment, Weapon, Reconnaisance, Pod, Operation, Op, Campaign, Ellamy, Unified Protector
  • Country: UK
Date
Source
Author RAF
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License).

Licensing

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
This file is licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0 (OGL v1.0).
Attribution:Photo: RAF/MOD
You are free to:
  • copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information;
  • adapt the Information;
  • exploit the Information commercially for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own product or application.
You must, where you do any of the above:
  • acknowledge the source of the Information by including any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this licence;
  • ensure that you do not use the Information in a way that suggests any official status or that the Information Provider endorses you or your use of the Information;
  • ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the Information or its source;
  • ensure that your use of the Information does not breach the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

See the Open Government Licence page on Meta-Wiki for more information.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

20 May 2011

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:12, 1 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 10:12, 1 August 20131,703 × 1,180 (407 KB)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|Still image taken from footage of a missile strike on a Libyan warship at Al Khums by RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft in 2011. RAF aircraft participated in a major NATO strike against Colonel Qadhafi's...

The following 2 pages use this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata