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 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.

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 ...

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.

Ironically, the Veinticinco de Mayo was originally a British carrier named the HMS Venerable launched by the Cammell Laird shipyard near the end of World War II.The 13,200-ton Colossus-class light ...

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 ...

Combat Fleets ’82: Falklands Carriers. Eric Wertheim. June 27, 2012 1:00 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:40 PM. In the event of the loss of a British carrier in the 1982 Falklands War, ...

HMS Bristol was towed out of Portsmouth Harbour on Wednesday, almost five years after it was decommissioned. The warship, which was the last ship serving from the Falklands War, is being taken to ...

The Falklands War was one of the 20th century's most complex conflicts, but it has largely slipped from memory. Forty years on, however, it still informs the doctrine and planning of militaries ...

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, ...

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".

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 ...