| Vessel |
Type / Class |
Deployment dates |
Aircraft / Other notes |
| Carrier Task Group |
| HMS ARK ROYAL |
Aircraft carrier |
11 Jan 17 May |
with 4 Sea King Mk 7 (849 NAS), 5 Chinook (18 Sqn RAF) |
| HMS OCEAN |
Helicopter carrier |
17 Jan 28 May |
with 10 Sea King Mk 4 (845 NAS), 6 Lynx AH7, 6 Gazelle AH1 (847 NAS) |
| HMS CHATHAM |
Type 22 frigate |
30 Jan |
with 2 Lynx (815 NAS) |
| HMS MARLBOROUGH |
Type 23 frigate |
17 Jan 20 Apr |
with 1 Lynx (815 NAS) |
| HMS RICHMOND |
Type 23 frigate |
10 Feb |
with 1 Lynx (815 NAS) |
| HMS EDINBURGH |
Type 42 destroyer |
17 Jan 28 May |
with 1 Lynx (815 NAS) |
| HMS LIVERPOOL |
Type 42 destroyer |
17 Jan 20 Apr |
with 1 Lynx (815 NAS) |
| HMS YORK |
Type 42 destroyer |
17 Jan 17 May |
with 1 Lynx (815 NAS) |
| RFA SIR GALAHAD |
Landing ship logistic |
15 Jan |
|
| RFA SIR PERCIVALE |
Landing ship logistic |
15 Jan 28 May |
|
| RFA SIR TRISTRAM |
Landing ship logistic |
15 Jan 4 Aug |
|
| Submarines |
| HMS SPLENDID |
Swiftsure class nuclear-
powered attack submarine |
9 Jan |
|
| HMS TURBULENT |
Trafalgar class nuclear-
powered attack submarine |
20 Jun 02 16 Apr |
|
| Maritime Counter Measures Group |
| RFA SIR BEDIVERE |
Mine countermeasures
(MCM) support ship |
26 Nov 28 May |
|
| HMS BANGOR |
Sandown class MCM vessel |
26 Nov 20 Jun |
|
| HMS BLYTH |
Sandown class MCM vessel |
26 Nov 22 May |
|
| HMS BROCKLESBY |
Hunt class MCM vessel |
26 Nov 22 May |
|
| HMS SANDOWN |
Sandown class MCM vessel |
26 Nov 20 Jun |
|
| HMS GRIMSBY |
Sandown class MCM vessel |
20 Jan 4 Aug |
|
| HMS LEDBURY |
Hunt class MCM vessel |
20 Jan 4 Aug |
|
| HMS RAMSEY |
Sandown class MCM vessel |
15 Mar 4 Aug |
|
| HMS SHOREHAM |
Sandown class MCM vessel |
15 Mar 4 Aug |
|
| Afloat Support Group |
| RFA BAYLEAF |
Fleet support tanker |
12 Apr |
|
| RFA BRAMBLELEAF |
Fleet support tanker |
6 Jan |
|
| RFA FORT AUSTIN |
Fleet support stores ship |
24 Jan 28 May |
with 4 Sea King Mk 6 (820 NAS) |
| RFA FORT ROSALIE |
Fleet support stores ship |
9 Feb 28 May |
|
| RFA FORT VICTORIA |
Fleet support tanker
and stores ship |
18 Jan |
with 4 Merlin (814 NAS) |
| RFA GREY ROVER |
Small fleet tanker |
30 Jan 20 Apr |
retasked from South Atlantic |
| RFA ORANGELEAF |
Fleet support tanker |
2 Feb 28 May |
|
| RFA DILIGENCE |
Forward repair ship |
|
|
| RFA ARGUS |
Primary casualty receiving ship |
15 Jan 28 May |
with 2 Sea King Mk 6 (820 NAS) |
| RFA SEA CRUSADER |
Strategic lift ro-ro |
5 Feb 26 May |
|
| HMS ROEBUCK |
Hydrographic survey vessel |
9 Jun |
already in theatre |
| 6 x chartered commercial shipping |
| 6 x Strategic Sealift Capability (ro-ro ferries), manned by Sponsored Reserves |
Naval Air Squadrons (NAS)
embarked as shown under Aircraft column above |
| 814 Naval Air Squadron |
845 Naval Air Squadron |
|
|
| 815 Naval Air Squadron |
847 Naval Air Squadron |
|
|
| 820 Naval Air Squadron |
849 Naval Air Squadron |
|
|
Royal Naval Reserve
Reservists from the following Reserve Training Centres: |
| HMS CAMBRIA HMS CALLIOPE (Newcastle/Gateshead), HMS CAROLINE (Belfast), HMS DALRIADA (Greenock/Glasgow), HMS EAGLET (Liverpool), HMS FERRET (Chicksands), HMS FLYING FOX (Bristol), HMS FORWARD (Birmingham), HMS KING ALFRED (Portsmouth), HMS PRESIDENT (London), HMS SCOTIA (Rosyth), HMS SHERWOOD (Nottingham), HMS VIVID (Plymouth), HMS WILDFIRE (Northwood), RNR Air Branch at HMS HERON (RNAS Yeovilton) |
