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HMS Hermes was a conventional British light aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class. Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War .
Frigate HMS Broadsword and aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, April 1, 1982. Following the deployment of Argentine forces to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and South Sandwich on April 2, 1982, the United Kingdom sent two British Royal Navy task forces totaling 109 vessels and 15 air squadrons to the South Atlantic, [40] with the stated objective of asserting sovereignty over the islands: Task ...
HMS Hermes: 829 NAS: Wasp HAS.1: 9 (HMS Endurance, HMS Bristol, Leander-class & Type 12 frigates) 845 NAS: Wessex HU.5 15 2 RFA Tidespring, Tidepool, Fort Austin & Port San Carlos: 846 NAS: Sea King HC.4 15 3 HMS Hermes, Fearless class, SS Canberra, Elk & Norland: 847 NAS: Wessex HU.5 24 SS Atlantic Causeway, RFA Engadine & Port San Carlos: 848 ...
The raid on Pebble Island was a raid by British Special Forces on Pebble Island's airfield during the Falklands War, and took place on the night of 14–15 May 1982.Pebble Island is one of the smaller Falkland Islands, lying north of West Falkland.
Royal Navy Sea Harriers on the flight deck of HMS Hermes on 19 May 1982. The first major Argentine strike force comprised 36 aircraft (A-4 Skyhawks, IAI Daggers, English Electric Canberras, and Mirage III escorts), and was sent on 1 May, in the belief that the British invasion was imminent or landings had already taken place. Only a section of ...
Centaur-class – Hermes. Invincible-class – Invincible, Illustrious, [Note 1] & Ark Royal. [Note 2] The carriers Hermes and Invincible were deployed to the Falkland Islands in April 1982 as the centre piece of Rear Admiral Woodward's Carrier Battle Group. [2] [3] [4] [5]
HMS Hermes (R12) ex-Elephant: 42 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines 21 June 1944 November 1959 Sold to India April 1986, as INS Viraat, decommissioned. [1] HMS Hermes: 42 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines 21 June 1944
David Henry Spencer Morgan DSC (born 29 December 1947) is a former British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who flew on attachment to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Falklands War in 1982 where he became the most successful British fighter pilot of the conflict and was also involved in the last dogfight by British fighter pilots in which enemy aircraft were destroyed.