an action that sent six ships to the bottom and claimed well over 2000 lives. The Battle of the Falklands was the most decisive naval engagement of the war, the only all-cruiser fleet action ever ...
Ironically, Captain North was serving on a merchant ship during the Second World War, which sunk after being torpedoed by a German U-boat, but sadly he did not survive the sinking of the Atlantic ...
An MP has said it is “mystifying” why files on the bombing of the Navy support ship Sir Galahad during the Falklands War have still not been released. Defence minister Al Carns said the ...
Karen Edwards' brother was one of 48 men killed when the Sir Galahad ship was attacked during the Falklands War. New documents, seen by BBC Wales, show the captain of a second supply ship ...
During the opening days of the war in April 1982, his ship, HMS Antrim was getting indications ... Horrors and heroism on the Falklands front line How the Falklands conflict shaped my identity ...
HMS Glamorgan was hit by an Exocet missile during Falklands War but the ship didn't sinkHMS Glamorgan was hit by an Exocet missile during Falklands War but the ship didn't sink ...
The documents released today also show Thatcher was concerned by Gibraltar's security during the Falklands War. The prime minister ordered reinforcements to British ... "She had lost valuable British ...
McLaren took with him as his “jimmy” one of the ship’s trainees ... patrol boat Scimitar based in Hong Kong. After the Falklands War and an Arabic course, McLaren spent 1984 to 1986 on ...
In the end, Nott’s visit to the Falklands passed off without incident. Defeat in the 74-day war spelled the beginning of the end for the military junta in Buenos Aires which had launched the ...