HMS Daring to be replaced in Philippines

Prime Minister David Cameron said on his official Twitter account on Thursday that his country was sending “the carrier HMS Illustrious to help with #TyphoonHaiyan.”

According to Cameron, the UK has so far allocated more than 20 million pounds in aid to the victims of the typhoon, which is believed to have killed thousands of people after it struck last Friday.

On his way to Sri Lanka, where he is scheduled to take part in a Commonwealth summit in Colombo on Friday, David Cameron said Britain “was also chartering a Russian Antonov aircraft to transport 100 tons of equipment for rubble clearance and for the handling of relief supplies at airfields.”

“What happened in the Philippines is an absolute tragedy. You can see the devastation, the suffering, and it’s quite clear that we are going to need long-term help for those people,” Cameron said.

Illustrious is currently on exercise in the Persian Gulf and is expected to reach the Philippines by November 25, the British government said.

It will replace the British destroyer HMS Daring, which joined the aid effort earlier this week.

Britain has already sent a Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft to help the aid effort.

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