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 was the codename for the United Kingdom participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. 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. The coalition operation was designated by NATO as Operation Unified Protector, by the US as Operation Odyssey Dawn. The Canadian participation as Operation Mobile and the French participation as Opération Harmattan. 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.

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.

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. The spelling "Ellamy" is found in a poem frequently attributed to John Skelton, "The Harmony of Birds".

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