Global InformationOperation Ellamy information
| Operation Ellamy | |||||||
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| Part of 2011 military intervention in Libya | |||||||
 RAF Tornado GR4 attacks a warship in Al Khums naval base, 20 May 2011 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Elizabeth II David Cameron Liam Fox Philip Hammond AM Sir Stuart Peach (CJO)[2] Air Vice-Marshal Greg Bagwell (Air)[2] Rear Admiral Ian Corder (Maritime)[2] |
Muammar Gaddafi † (De facto Commander-in-Chief) Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr †(Minister of Defence) Khamis al-Gaddafi †(Khamis Brigade Commander) Ali Sharif al-Rifi(Air Force Commander) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 helicopter carrier 2 destroyers 3 frigates 2 mine hunters 2 submarines 10 multirole fighters 16 strike fighters 3 AWACS 1 signals intelligence plane 4 attack helicopters | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
200 tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery pieces, & SAMs destroyed[3][4] (until 12 April) 1 corvette destroyed 1 corvette damaged | ||||||
Operation Ellamy[5] was the codename for the United Kingdom participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.[6] The operation was part of an international coalition aimed at enforcing a Libyan no-fly zone in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 which stipulated that "all necessary measures" shall be taken to protect civilians.[7] The coalition operation was designated by NATO as Operation Unified Protector, by the US as Operation Odyssey Dawn.[8][9] The Canadian participation as Operation Mobile[10] and the French participation as Opération Harmattan.[11] It was confirmed in December 2011 that the cost of the operations was £212m – less than was estimated, including £67m for replacing spent munitions, is all expected to be met from the Treasury reserve.[12]
The no-fly zone was proposed during the Libyan Civil War to prevent government forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from carrying out air attacks on anti-Gaddafi forces. Several countries prepared to take immediate military action at a conference in Paris on 19 March 2011.[13]
The randomly generated codename, "Ellamy," is an alternative spelling of the Early Modern English word, Elami (E-la-mi), a musical solmisation designating the note E in the context of a tetrachord.[14] The spelling "Ellamy" is found in a poem frequently attributed to John Skelton, "The Harmony of Birds".
- ^ Cohen, Tom (20 March 2011). "Mullen: No-fly zone effectively in place in Libya". CNN. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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LibyanAirForceNeuteredwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "LIBYA: Operation ELLAMY: Questions and Answers". Ministry of Defence.
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opscontinuewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Security Council authorizes 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians in Libya". United Nations. un.org. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "DOD News Briefing by Vice Adm. Gortney on Operation Odyssey Dawn". U.S. Department of Defense. 19 March 2011.
- ^ Rawnsley, Adam (21 March 2011). "What's in a Name? 'Odyssey Dawn' Is Pentagon-Crafted Nonsense". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Operation MOBILE: National Defence and Canadian Forces Response to the Situation in Libya". forces.gc.ca. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Libya : French air operations begin". defense.gouv.fr. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Hammond says UK not seeking 'perfect Afghanistan'". BBC News. 8 December 2011.
- ^ Judd, Terri (19 March 2011). "Operation Ellamy: Designed to strike from air and sea". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Bradley, Henry; Craigie, William A.; Murray, James Augustus Henry (1891). "Elami". A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Vol. 3. Oxford: Clarendon. p. 68.