BACKGROUND--SUEZ ANNEX B - UK O/B

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25 September 1956
BACKGROUND--SUEZ: ANNEX B - UK 0/B
Disposition of British Army troops in Mediterranean area:
total--52,250
Cyprus
-26,600
29,0O0
Malta
12,600
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Libya
8!-500
13,
Jordan
-1-,-700
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(Estimated en route - 1,850)
II. Disposition of Royal Navy units in Mediterranean area (at
Malta, unless otherwise noted):
3 aircraft carriers (1 at Gibraltar)
1 light cruiser ( Cyprus)
11 destroyers (1 refitting at Gibraltar, 1 at Cyprus)
1 destroyer escort ( Cyprus)
4 corvettes ( Cyprus)
10 submarines (2 refitting) (3 on Gibraltar patrol)
1 minelayer
1 amphibious warfare squadron
5 minesweeping squadrons (2 sgdn,vrw at Cyprus)
(plus auxiliary vessels)
A. Disposition of Units in Aden/Persian Gulf area:
1 light cruiser -Aden
1 destroyer - Aden
3 corvettes (from East Indies Station, Ceylon) Persian Gulf
1 light cruiser) due Aden from Far East
1 corvette
III. Disposition of British combat aircraft in Mediterranean area:
A. Total -- RAF - 189
Fleet Air Arm - 98
Cyprus 150 jets
(94 fighters)
(56 bombers /40 light, 16 medium/)
Malta 24 jet fighters
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C. Fleet Air Arm
Embarked on Bulwark
30
Embarked on Eagle
32
Embarked on Albion
27
Ashore at Malta
9
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UK 0/B
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28,000
12,100
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1,400
2,500
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destroyer escort )
submarines (2 refitting)
corvettes
minelayer
namphibious warfare squadron,
minesweeping squadrons (
Disposition of j~nits in Aden/Persian Gulf area:
tight cruisers- Aden
-3est1roye;r -- Aden
orvette: (from East Indies Station, Ceylon)-Persian Gulf
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(plus auxiliary vessels)
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24 jet fighters-
15 jet fighters
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(56 bombers /40 light
(94 fighters)
150 jets
Embarked
on
Bulwark
30
Embarked
on
Eagle
32
Embarked
on
Albion"
27
Ashore at Malta
9
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