YEMEN: GULF OF ADEN: H.M.S. EAGLE STANDS BY FOR WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS.

Record ID: 184503

  • Title: YEMEN: GULF OF ADEN: H.M.S. EAGLE STANDS BY FOR WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS.
  • Date: 8th November 1967
  • Summary: 1. AERIAL VIEW - ADEN 0.05 2. AERIAL VIEW - BRITISH SHIPS 0.10 3. GV HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT PAN TO DECK OF "EAGLE" 0.16 4. GV PAN DECK 0.24 5. SV PLANE TAKING OFF 0.32 6. GV ANOTHER PLANE MARSHALLED INTO POSITION 0.35 7. GV DECK MARSHALL GUIDES PLANE 0.38 8. SV PLANE UNFOLDS WINGS 0.50 9. SV RADAR MAST 0.53 10. GV DECK - PLANE AWAY 1.02 11. SV ANOTHER PLANE AWAY 1.09 12. SV CREW WATCH 1.10 13. LV "BUCCANEER" OVERHEAD ON BOMBING RUN, BOMBS AWAY - TILT TO SPLASH IN WATER 1.20 14. LV PLANE OVERHEAD TILT TO BOMBS SPLASH INTO WATER 1.28 15. CV REAR ADMIRAL E. ASHMORE 1.33 16. LV PLANES OVERHEAD 1.36 17. GV DECK, PLANE IN TO LAND 1.42 18. GV HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER DECK 1.47 19. GV ANOTHER PLANE LANDS 1.55 Initials RM/V/AS/MJB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd November 1967 12:00
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  • Location: GULF OF ADEN
  • Country: Yemen
  • Reuters ID: LVA8FTS2TT2W2EF6KWWZ4BFOE6T6
  • Story Text: BRITAIN'S LARGEST WARSHIP, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER H.M.S. EAGLE, ARRIVED OFF THE COAST OF ADEN, IN SOUTHERN ARABIA, LAST SATURDAY TO PREPARE FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS WHEN THE PROTECTORATE ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE LATER THIS MONTH. THE CARRIER HAS SINCE BEEN CARRYING OUT OPERATIONAL EXERCISES IN ADEN WATERS.

    THE 500,000-TON AIRCRAFT CARRIER EAGLE IS THE "SPEARHEAD" OF BRITAIN'S WITHDRAWAL FROM SOUTH ARABIA. RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM SINGAPORE, THE CARRIER WILL PRESENT THE MOST FORMIDABLE DETERRENT TO ANY NATIONALIST ATTEMPTS TO HARASS THE BRITISH TROOPS AS THEY WITHDRAW. H.M.S. EAGLE CARRIES UNITS OF BUCCANEER S.2. STRIKE AIRCRAFT AND THE SEA VIXEN ALL-WEATHER INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT.

    THE EAGLE'S EXERCISE OFF THE COAST OF ADEN HAVE INCLUDED TRAILING A TARGET FOR FLIGHTS OF BUCCANEERS TO ATTACK, USING 25-POUND (11 KILOS) PRACTICE BOMBS IN PLACE OF THEIR USUAL 1,000-POUND (453 KILOS) BOMBS. EAGLE'S CLOSE-RANGE DEFENCE IS PROVIDED BY EIGHT RADAR-CONTROLLED 4.5 INCH GUNS IN FOUR TWIN TURRETS AND SIX SEACAT SURFACE-TO-AIR GUIDED MISSILE MOUNTINGS, EACH OF WHICH CAN BE LOADED WITH FOUR MISSILES.
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