{"id":35578,"date":"2013-11-22T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=557fdf3b693c594d66b0faf939ef8104"},"modified":"2013-11-22T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:15:00","slug":"news-story-hms-illustrious-en-route-to-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=35578","title":{"rendered":"News story: HMS Illustrious en route to the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During 48 hours at Sembawang naval shipyard in Singapore, the aid was loaded into the ship\u2019s hangar by the Royal Navy personnel and the other forces on board, including J Company of 42 Commando Royal Marines<\/a> and the carrier air group.<\/p>\n

During the time alongside in Singapore, additional medical teams embarked, along with personnel from 24 Commando Engineer Regiment<\/a>. The amphibious helicopter carrier set sail at 1:30pm local time.<\/p>\n

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Tug boats escort HMS Illustrious safely from her berth at Sembawang in Singapore [All pictures: Leading Airman (Photographer) Nicky Wilson, Crown copyright]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Lusty\u2019, as the ship is affectionately known, will make best speed to the Philippines to join the international humanitarian effort following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The Department for International Development<\/a> (DFID<\/abbr>) is leading the UK government\u2019s aid effort in the stricken islands <\/p>\n

Commander Phil Hally, who was responsible for planning the complex task of getting the aid onto Lusty, said: <\/p>\n

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We have managed to fit in everything DFID<\/abbr> asked us to carry. The young men and women on board have worked tremendously hard and we are very proud of what they have achieved in a very short time. This is something we will all remember.<\/p>\n

We now have a very short period of passage to the Philippines before the really hard work begins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

HMS Illustrious<\/a> is due to arrive in the Philippines around 25 November 2013 to relieve HMS Daring as part the UK\u2019s contribution to the aid effort.<\/p>\n

The Royal Air Force is also involved in the relief effort and currently has a C-130 and a C-17 aircraft assisting the delivery of aid to the typhoon-hit islands.<\/p>\n

Find out more about how the UK is helping the people of the Philippines that have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HMS Illustrious has today departed Singapore and is on her way to the Philippines with over 500 tonnes of disaster relief aid on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}