Proone, nope, I have to disagree. Overwhelming force will swamp limited defensive capacity.
The point being that Typhoon & Tornado are good ac being deployed in limited numbers and probably with restrictive ROE.
Assuming the fast jet sqns delivered (conservatively) 8 ac into the order of battle, that is 48 Hunter/Meteor/Venom, 80 Canberra, and 24 Valiant.
The collateral damage will have been much greater, but so will the effect.
Not including the RNs ability to deliver sh!t on the enemy.