It said two Royal Air Force C130 Hercules transport planes entered Libyan airspace without permission and flew to the town of Nafoora in eastern Libya, before splitting up and heading to Amal and Wafa in the oil fields.
Special Boat Service - they invented the word 'permission'
"I think things were starting to hot up. We flew treetop all the way across the desert, it was quite spectacular. It was a big, big relief to see those guys," said Nigel Bilton, one of those rescued, who was working for Siemens in southern Libya.
The planes later landed in Malta.
Separately the British frigate HMS Cumberland is returning to Benghazi on Sunday to evacuate any other British nationals after bringing evacuees to Malta earlier Saturday.
The HMS Cumberland had arrived at Valletta, Malta with 207 evacuees from 20 countries after a 35-hour Mediterranean crossing through rough seas.
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