What no one mentions is that it will be almost a week before the ships could get there..... slllooooowww these boats.
Saw some bird on news 24 saying - hopefully the navy will evacuate us in a couple of days I'm sure they are just waiting for clearance.... and perhaps a set of hydrofoils - carrier size.
Illustrious is in Gib, Bulwark in Barcelona thats about 1800 miles sailing?