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In April 1982 Sir Tristram was diverted from Belize to the Falkland Islands to take part in Operation Corporate, the British effort to retake the Falkland Islands. On 8 June, while transporting men and equipment to Fitzroy Cove alongside the Sir Galahad , Sir Tristram was attacked by Douglas A-4 Skyhawks of the Argentine Air Force 's V Brigada ...
The explosions and subsequent fires killed 48 men aboard Sir Galahad, of whom 32 were soldiers from the Welsh Guards, 11 were other army personnel, and five were crewmen of the Sir Galahad, among them two Hong Kong Chinese sailors. The attack on Sir Tristram killed two crewmen, both of them also Hong Kong Chinese sailors. [18] [19]
Bluff Cove (Spanish: Bahía Agradable or Hoya Fitzroy) [1] is a sea inlet and settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on its east coast. It was the site of secondary landings of the Falklands War of 1982, which resulted in a successful attack of the Argentine Air Force , which came to be known as the Bluff Cove Disaster .
Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin asked defence minister Al Carns why documents about the 1982 attack on the Sir Galahad were being withheld. ‘Mystifying’ why Falklands War files on ship’s ...
Most noteworthy was the MSV Stena Seaspread, a refitted diving and maintenance vessel which was taken to the Falklands to act as a floating workshop for the warships. During the period of hostilities the MSV Stena Seaspread carried out damage and other repairs in mid-ocean to more than 50 ships, including 10 warships and 4 captured vessels.
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First, Wilson was able to secure a large part of the eastern island, with the so-called "bold move" but, during the further advance, an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, occurred at Port Pleasant (sometimes also called Fitzroy or Bluff Cove) at noon on 8 June 1982. 46 British soldiers and 3 Asian crew ...
During the 1982 Falklands War, naval auxiliary ships Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, carrying contingents of The Welsh Guards, were bombed by the Argentine Air Force in the waters off Fitzroy whilst attempting to reinforce soldiers encamped there. A monument on each side of a small cove at Fitzroy commemorates each ship with dedications in ...