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Hi Urwen,

Off the top of my head as well....

I don't think Gil Galad had the power, in terms of fleets and armies, to do anything about the events in Numenor. Ar Pharazon's later fleet was the most powerful that had ever been seen in Middle Earth, so I think the elven swan-ships would have been comprehensively defeated had they ever tried to fight Numenor on the high seas. Also Sauron was totally over-matched by Ar Pharazon's land forces, so there's not much the elves could have done.

The elves were banned from visiting Numenor by the 'Kings' Men' party iirc, so covert help would have been difficult as well, though elves sometimes came secretly to visit the 'Faithful'. No doubt they were horrified by any tales of Sauron's infiltration of the Numenorean establishment, but practically powerless to prevent it.