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Honour - FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982 |
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| Description |
The area was defined as being below 35ºS and North of 60ºS in the South
Atlantic between 02-April and 14-Jun-1982. It was awarded to all Ships, Submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and Ships taken up from Trade. Following the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentinian forces a task force was raised and sent to the South Atlantic to land a military force and retake the islands.
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| HM Ships | ||||
| Active | Alacrity | Ambuscade | Andromeda | Antelope |
| Antrim | Ardent | Argonaut | Arrow | Avenger |
| Brilliant | Bristol | Broadsword | Cardiff | Conqueror |
| Cordella | Courageous | Coventry | Dumbarton Castle | Endurance |
| Exeter | Farnella | Fearless | Glamorgan | Glasgow |
| Hecla | Herald | Hermes | Hydra | Intrepid |
| Invincible | Junella | Leeds Castle | Minerva | Northella |
| Onyx | Penelope | Pict | Plymouth | Sheffield |
| Spartan | Splendid | Valiant | Yarmouth | |
| RFA Ships | ||||
| Appleleaf | Bayleaf | Blue Rover | Brambleleaf | Engadine |
| Fort Austin | Fort Grange | Olmeda | Olna | Pearleaf |
| Plumleaf | Regent | Resource | Sir Belvedere | Sir Galahad |
| Sir Geraint | Sir Lancelot | Sir Percival | Sir Tristram | Stromness |
| Tidepool | Tidespring | |||
| FAA Squadrons | ||||
| 737 | 800 | 801 | 809 | 815 |
| 820 | 824 | 825 | 826 | 829 |
| 845 | 846 | 847 | 848 | 899 |
| RMAS | ||||
| Typhoon | ||||
| Merchant Ships | ||||
| MV Anco Charger | SS Atlantic Causeway | SS Atlantic Conveyor | MV Baltic Ferry | MV British Dart |
| MV British Esk | MV British Tay | MV British Test | MV British Trent | MV British Wye |
| SS Canberra | MV Contender Bezant | MV Elk | MV Europic ferry | MV Fort Toronto |
| MV Geestport | CS Iris | MT Irishman | MV Lycaon | MV Nordic Ferry |
| MV Norland | RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 | MV Saint Edmund | MT Salvageman | MV Saxonia |
| MV Scottish Eagle | MV Shell Eburna | MV Stena Seaspread | MV Tor Caledonia | SS Uganda |
| MV Wimpey Seahorse | MT Yorkshireman | |||
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This page last edited -
19 January, 2013.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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