The Falklands War is also notable for a near miss: The war almost had the first aircraft-carrier clash since World War II. A war long coming Sea Harrier jump jets aboard the HMS Hermes in the ...

Summary: The HMS Hermes, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, served the Royal Navy from its completion in 1959 until it was decommissioned and sold to India, where it served as INS Viraat until 2017 ...

Britain’s Falklands campaign relied entirely on HMS Hermes, its crucial floating base for war operations. Argentina’s strategy was simple but bold: destroy the British carriers and secure victory.

The Falklands War also exhibited that the requirement for mobility does not end at the shoreline. Excluding four light tanks, all supplies, artillery, and air defense systems were light enough to be ...

The third volume of Graham Pascoe’s Falklands Saga has been published: it is as substantial as his two earlier volumes – 730 pages – and covers the period 1852 to 1982.

The Bristol belonged to Task Group 317.8 during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War. The three other vessels on sale are the frigates HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose, and the minehunter HMS Walney.

The vessel led a group of two destroyers, five frigates and an RFA supply ship providing reinforcements in the Falklands, and later joined the carrier battle task group as an air defence destroyer.

News; Politics; The Falklands; Falklands War hero blasts EU as it calls islands 'Malvinas' in win for Argentina Simon Weston, who suffered terrible injuries when his troop carrier ship was bombed ...