The Royal Navy is tonight preparing to rescue British nationals from Libya, Sky News understands.
HMS Enterprise is being moved into position off the coast of North Africa ready to be given the order to sail into Tripoli tomorrow morning.
She will moor offshore and her survey boat, Spitfire, will collect people from the Port of Tripoli.
A detachment armed personnel, usually Royal Marines, will provide force protection to the ship in event of attack.
The routine follows a similar scenario in 2011 during the uprising when HMS Cumberland, a Type 22 Frigate, evacuated foreign nationals and refuges from the civil war.
Although the United States used F16 fighter jets for air cover when their citizens left Libya by road for Tunisia last week, it is not thought any British aircraft will be involved in this mission.
Britain is one of the last countries to wind down its diplomatic mission in Libya following a severe deterioration in the security situation as rebel groups continue fighting each other.
France, Italy and America, the other principle players in the 2011 war, closed their embassies last week.
Royal Navy 'To Rescue Britons From Libya'
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