HMS Cumberland, a Royal Navy type 22 Frigate affiliated with Batchworth Sea Scouts, arrived alongside in Malta on 28/02/11 carrying 218 passengers including 51 British nationals who were evacuated from Libya.
Sailors from Plymouth say they are ‘proud and humbled’ to have helped with the Libya evacuations.
Dave Bridle from Keyham looked after a mother and daughter who had fled Benghazi after gunfire rattled close to their home.
Dan Matlin from Stoke in Plymouth said the sea conditions during the rescue were often as bad as his time serving in the Falklands War.
Devonport-based HMS Cumberland delivered more than 400 British and foreign nationals to safety in Malta on two mercy missions from Libya over the weekend.
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