Exercise Olympic Guardian – May 2012 (UK)

HMS Ocean (L12) has been moored in the River Thames at Greenwich Reach, since Friday 4 May, acting as a landing platform for the London 2012 security rehearsal.

A visit on Sunday (6 May) morning revealed 3x Army and 4x Navy Lynx aboard, including:

Army
XZ679/W
XZ609
plus 1 unidentified

Royal Navy
ZF563/303
ZD261/329
XZ697/330
XZ722/645 (Black Cats colour scheme).

A few pictures:
Army Lynx embarked http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyvroeth/7148130341, taken from Isle of Dogs
HMS Ocean http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyvroeth/7002041922, taken from Greenwich

The exercise is for 9 days – so she should be departing on Sunday 13 May.