The Last Commission:

Passage to Gibraltar & Gibraltar

5-10 December 1977

The passage had its moments, and Wednesday 8^th saw two significant events. Firstly, the aircraft managed to get into the air for the first time in over a week. Secondly, in the quiet of the sick bay, the PMO performed the 100^th operation since leaving Devonport.

The final evolution before Gibraltar was yet another TOWEX in which Ark was pulled by the Leander frigate HMS ARIADNE. Our arrival at Gibraltar on the afternoon of 8^th December gave us our last chance of a few remaining rabbits for Christmas, but were you seen off before we left?

Once again the weather triumphed when “The top of the Rock” race was cancelled at the start due to the very bad conditions at the top. Some breathed a sigh of relief, but others were  genuinely disappointed as the build up to the race had been tremendous during the previous weeks

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