Forces TV Goes Aboard HMS Bulwark
32Having conducted its largest rescue to date, HMS Bulwark is returning to sea on standby to save more migrants.
The operation over the weekend saw seven boats rescued by Bulwark, two more by the Italians, with the migrants then loaded onto the Royal Navy ship destined for Catania.
The ship's company of 450 has worked tirelessly since deploying on Operation Weald in April - from the chefs cooking for the migrants to the Royal Marines operating the landing craft that rescue them. And when the migrants are onboard they are watched over by the crew in four-hour shifts.
HMS Bulwark is jointly looking after a 78,000 square mile area – something Captain Nick Cooke-Priest said would be near impossible to patrol around the clock and to not miss one boat.