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The British Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) said four decommissioned Royal Navy units, including the unique HMS Bristol, have been put up for sale. The Bristol belonged to Task Group 317. ...
The Falklands War was one of the largest conflicts since World War II and featured major operations. The war also nearly had the first aircraft-carrier battle since WWII.
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible which had a leading role in the recovery of the Falkland Islands in 1982 has been sold to a Turkish scrap-yard which specialises in recycling ships.
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 ...
All that stood in the way of potentially the most destructive air/sea-battle since World War II—and the only to occur between aircraft carriers—was a stiff breeze. Or rather, the lack of one.
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.
Bristol led a group of two destroyers, five frigates and an RFA supply ship providing reinforcements in the Falklands war and later joined the carrier battle task group as an air defence destroyer.
An Argentinian Falklands War veteran has told ITV News a number plate on a car used by Top Gear appearing to refer to the 1982 conflict is "not a coincidence".
A woman from Derby is tackling the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over the release of a commemorative plate of the Falklands War. Lesley Heldreich's late father, Ernest Burrell, designed the plate in 1982, ...
Decades after the Falklands War, militaries are still learning from what was the first major conventional combined-arms conflict since World War II.
In the event of the loss of a British carrier in the 1982 Falklands War, the U.S. was prepared to loan a helicopter carrier to the U.K. Royal Navy. Collected are the entries from the 1982/1983 ...
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 ...