@RFAHeadquarters @haynesdeborah @SkyNews @RFACardiganBay @RFAArgus @RFALymeBay @RFAMountsBay @RoyalNavy Alternatively, there are strong rumours that @RFACardiganBay might instead be pulled out of Bahrain to make that Red Sea- Suez journey to Cyprus instead, which would make some sense if she is not in maintenance & @RFALymeBay is (@RFACardiganBay also possesses defensive weapons).
@RFAHeadquarters @haynesdeborah @SkyNews @RFACardiganBay @RFAArgus @RFALymeBay @RFAMountsBay @RoyalNavy The voyage to Cyprus should take @RFACardiganBay 10-12 days (escorted through the Red Sea stretch by @hmsdiamond), whereupon she would need a few days at Cyprus to load - hopefully - pre-positioned & checked aid & be ready to go. However, there may be be a flaw to this timetable.
@RFAHeadquarters @haynesdeborah @SkyNews @RFACardiganBay @RFAArgus @RFALymeBay @RFAMountsBay @RoyalNavy @hmsdiamond The flaw is that the pier that the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) are going to build to receive aid into Gaza, isn't scheduled to be complete until the end of the first week of May, while @RFACardiganBay would arrive in late April. x.com/CENTCOM/status…
@RFAHeadquarters @haynesdeborah @SkyNews @RFACardiganBay @RFAArgus @RFALymeBay @RFAMountsBay @RoyalNavy @hmsdiamond The flaw is that the pier that the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) are going to build to receive aid into Gaza, isn't scheduled to be complete until the end of the first week of May, while @RFACardiganBay would arrive in late April. x.com/CENTCOM/status…
@RFAHeadquarters @haynesdeborah @SkyNews @RFACardiganBay @RFAArgus @RFALymeBay @RFAMountsBay @RoyalNavy @hmsdiamond @USArmy Additionally, while she has been acting as @CommanderUKMCMF flagship to support mine hunters in Bahrain, @RFACardiganBay lacks the landing craft & Mexeflote that would allow her to deliver aid over the beach without the pier being completed (& would still be useful when it is).
It may well be, of course, that such equipment (& presumably crews from @47CdoRM) will also be waiting for @RFACardiganBay at Cyprus, if she is indeed the chosen vessel. There will, after all, be spare landing craft following the de facto deactivation of @hms_albion & @HMSBulwark
@47CdoRM @RFACardiganBay @hms_albion @HMSBulwark Alternatively, @RoyalNavy landing craft may not be involved & reliance may instead be placed on the watercraft of the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) to transfer the humanitarian aid from @RFACardiganBay's holds to the pier, & thereafter ashore.
In the former case, it may well be felt that a brief work-up period might be needed, taking up the additional two weeks, perhaps less so for the latter, however, much of this remains speculation for the moment & it will be interesting to see what transpires in the coming days.
Confirmation from @DefenceHQ that the @RFAHeadquarters amphibious landing ship @RFACardiganBay is the ship resuming the @RoyalNavy's aid deliveries to Gaza, after being pulled from @CommanderUKMCMF at Bahrain & escorted through the Red Sea by @hmsdiamond. x.com/DefenceHQ/stat…
Confirmation from @DefenceHQ that the @RFAHeadquarters amphibious landing ship @RFACardiganBay is the ship resuming the @RoyalNavy's aid deliveries to Gaza, after being pulled from @CommanderUKMCMF at Bahrain & escorted through the Red Sea by @hmsdiamond. x.com/DefenceHQ/stat… https://t.co/L3zUqY0XUG
@DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @RFACardiganBay @RoyalNavy @CommanderUKMCMF @hmsdiamond It looks like construction of the pier to receive aid into Gaza is likely to be delayed amid a rash of mechanical issues (including an engine fire) aboard ships carrying the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) to the Eastern Mediterranean. x.com/mercoglianos/s…
@DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @RFACardiganBay @RoyalNavy @CommanderUKMCMF @hmsdiamond It looks like construction of the pier to receive aid into Gaza is likely to be delayed amid a rash of mechanical issues (including an engine fire) aboard ships carrying the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) to the Eastern Mediterranean. x.com/mercoglianos/s…
@DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @RFACardiganBay @RoyalNavy @CommanderUKMCMF @hmsdiamond @USArmy Fresh development in @RFACardiganBay's mission to resume @RoyalNavy aid deliveries to Gaza. The @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) has begun construction of their JLOTS pier, but @IDF preparations ashore have come under mortar fire. x.com/laraseligman/s…
@DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @RFACardiganBay @RoyalNavy @CommanderUKMCMF @hmsdiamond @USArmy Fresh development in @RFACardiganBay's mission to resume @RoyalNavy aid deliveries to Gaza. The @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) has begun construction of their JLOTS pier, but @IDF preparations ashore have come under mortar fire. x.com/laraseligman/s… https://t.co/KHXPZmiRIg
@DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @RFACardiganBay @RoyalNavy @CommanderUKMCMF @hmsdiamond @USArmy @IDF From the looks of things, however, the @IDF has assured the @DeptofDefense that a pretty substantial force protection package will be in place for the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) during the construction of their JLOTS pier off Gaza x.com/idreesali114/s…
@DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @RFACardiganBay @RoyalNavy @CommanderUKMCMF @hmsdiamond @USArmy @IDF From the looks of things, however, the @IDF has assured the @DeptofDefense that a pretty substantial force protection package will be in place for the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) during the construction of their JLOTS pier off Gaza x.com/idreesali114/s… https://t.co/J1RGGMIuIH
It looks like @RFACardiganBay has sailed from Cyprus carrying elements of the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) to help support the construction of their JLOTS pier off Gaza (possibly helping fill in for some of the delayed US ships). x.com/RoyalNavy/stat…
It looks like @RFACardiganBay has sailed from Cyprus carrying elements of the @USArmy's 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) to help support the construction of their JLOTS pier off Gaza (possibly helping fill in for some of the delayed US ships). x.com/RoyalNavy/stat… https://t.co/KzDT0FC3lm