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| | READY TO GO,ARK ROYAL IS POISED TO LEAD ARMADA Evening Standard (London) - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Already loaded are the aircraft carrier's complement of Harrier fighter-bombers, Sea King and Chinook helicopters, and months of munitions, fuel and food, which will allow her to stay in the Gulf for as long as necessary. |
 | | Behind will sail the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, destroyers HMS Liverpool, Edinburgh and York, the frigate HMS Marlborough, two minesweepers, four supply vessels, a hospital ship and, most purposefully of all, landing ships Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram and Sir Percival. |
 | | HMS Liverpool is still the Royal Navy's main air-defence platform, though it entered service in 1980. |
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