The Royal Navy was among the British forces that took part in the military intervention in Libya. The operation began on 19 March, two days after United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which granted the international mandate for the action. The Navy was involved on several levels - this included submarine-launched missile strikes, particularly in the early stages of the fighting, and evacuation of civilians. "HMS Liverpool" was attacked by a shore battery during the fighting, the first time a Royal Navy ship had been fired at since the Falklands War in 1982. "Liverpool" destroyed the battery with her main gun, along with a munitions convoy later that day. The operation concluded on 31 October, shortly after the death of Gaddafi which concluded the civil war.