Operation Ellamy

Operation Ellamy
	Part of 2011 military intervention in Libya
	; RAF Tornado GR4 attacks a warship in Al Khums naval base, 20 May 2011
Date	19 March – 31 October 2011
Location	Libya
Result	British victory Effective no-fly zone established.; Control handed over to NATO under Unified Protector.;
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Elizabeth II; David Cameron; Liam Fox; Philip Hammond; AM Sir Stuart Peach (CJO); Air Vice-Marshal Greg Bagwell (Air); Rear Admiral Ian Corder (Maritime)	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
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; (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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference MoDLibyaupdate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ "LIBYA: Operation ELLAMY: Questions and Answers". Ministry of Defence.
^ Cite error: The named reference opscontinue was 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.

[1] Cohen, Tom (20 March 2011). "Mullen: No-fly zone effectively in place in Libya". CNN. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

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[5] "LIBYA: Operation ELLAMY: Questions and Answers". Ministry of Defence.

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[7] "Security Council authorizes 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians in Libya". United Nations. un.org. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

[DODNewsBriefing-8] "DOD News Briefing by Vice Adm. Gortney on Operation Odyssey Dawn". U.S. Department of Defense. 19 March 2011.

[Wired-9] Rawnsley, Adam (21 March 2011). "What's in a Name? 'Odyssey Dawn' Is Pentagon-Crafted Nonsense". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[CanDef-10] "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.

[FrMoD-11] "Libya : French air operations begin". defense.gouv.fr. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[12] "Hammond says UK not seeking 'perfect Afghanistan'". BBC News. 8 December 2011.

[independent1-13] 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.

[14] Bradley, Henry; Craigie, William A.; Murray, James Augustus Henry (1891). "Elami". A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Vol. 3. Oxford: Clarendon. p. 68.

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