article_snippet: Ocean, which glories in the nickname of 'The Mighty O' within the Royal Navy, was also deployed to Greenwich in 2012 to help provide security during the Olympics.
article_snippet: Docked on a bend of the Thames, the gargantuan ship towered over river traffic and even managed to make the huge O2 arena look comparatively small.
article_snippet: The ship, which saw service during the 2003 Iraq War and was also deployed to Libya, has also seen service closer to home, most notably when service was used to ferry aircraft passengers stranded in France by the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption back across the Channel.
article_snippet: On patrol: Ocean was famously deployed to Greenwich in 2012 to provide extra security during the Olympics .