British naval forces in the Falklands War

This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

. For a list of naval forces from Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War

Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War

This article describes the composition and actions of the Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War . For a list of naval forces from the United Kingdom, see British naval forces in the Falklands War.-Background:...

Royal Navy

Command
In Northwood, London:

Commander-in-Chief, Fleet: Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse
John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse
Admiral of the Fleet John David Elliott Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse GCB, GBE was a high ranking officer in the Royal Navy...
Commander Task Group 324.3 and Flag Officer Submarines: Vice-Admiral Peter G. M. Herbert

In the South Atlantic:

Commander Task Group 317.8 (Carrier/Battle Group) and Flag Officer, First Flotilla: Rear-Admiral
Rear Admiral
Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...

J. 'Sandy' Woodward
Sandy Woodward
Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward GBE, KCB is a British Admiral who commanded the British Naval Force in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.-Naval career:...

(HMS Hermes)
Commander Task Group 317.0 (Amphibious Task Group) and Commodore Amphibious Warfare: Commodore
Commodore (Royal Navy)
Commodore is a rank of the Royal Navy above Captain and below Rear Admiral. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6. The rank is equivalent to Brigadier in the British Army and Royal Marines and to Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force.-Insignia:...

Mike Clapp (HMS Fearless)
Supply force: Commodore Sam C. Dunlop RFA

- V/STOL carrier
- Flagship

Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...

(†3) 2 SHAR pilots

- Captain Lin Middleton RN (Linley E Middleton)
- 706 Naval Air Squadron (4 Sea Kings
  Westland Sea King
  The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
  
  )
- 800 Naval Air Squadron (12 BAE Sea Harrier
  BAE Sea Harrier
  The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar"...
  
  s)
  - 809 Naval Air Squadron
    809 Naval Air Squadron
    -WWII:Formed in January 1941 at St Merryn with 12 Fairey Fulmars, the squadron embarked in HMS Victorious in July 1941. At first involved in operations against Petsamo and Bodø, and then the convoys to North Russia, Victorious and her air group fought in the Mediterranean from July 1942, including...
    
    (4 BAE Sea Harrier
    BAE Sea Harrier
    The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar"...
    
    s)
- 826 Naval Air Squadron (12 Sea King HAS.5
  Westland Sea King
  The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
  
  )
- 846 Naval Air Squadron (6 Sea King HC.4
  Westland Sea King
  The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
  
  )

Invincible class aircraft carriers

Invincible class aircraft carrier

The Invincible class is a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the British Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed, , and . The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked...

(†3) 2 SHAR pilots

- Capt. Jeremy.J. Black
- 801 Naval Air Squadron
  801 Naval Air Squadron
  801 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm squadron of the Royal Navy formed in 1933 which fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War.- Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force:...
  
  (8 BAE Sea Harrier
  BAE Sea Harrier
  The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar"...
  
  s) - Lieutenant-Commander 'Sharkey' Ward RN
  - 809 Naval Air Squadron
    809 Naval Air Squadron
    -WWII:Formed in January 1941 at St Merryn with 12 Fairey Fulmars, the squadron embarked in HMS Victorious in July 1941. At first involved in operations against Petsamo and Bodø, and then the convoys to North Russia, Victorious and her air group fought in the Mediterranean from July 1942, including...
    
    (4 BAE Sea Harrier
    BAE Sea Harrier
    The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar"...
    
    )
- 820 Naval Air Squadron
  820 Naval Air Squadron
  820 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in April 1933 with the transferral of the Fairey III aircraft from 405 Flight Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm...
  
  (10 Sea King HAS.5
  Westland Sea King
  The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
  
  )

Landing Platform Docks

(†6) from LCU Foxtrot Four

- Commodore Mike Clapp RN + Captain Jeremy Larken RN (E S J Larken)
- 4 LCU
  Landing Craft Utility
  The Landing Craft Utility is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers....
  
  (Foxtrot One to Four), 100 troops or one Main Battle Tank
  Main battle tank
  A main battle tank , also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the heavy direct fire role of many modern armies. They were originally conceived to replace the light, medium, heavy and super-heavy tanks. Development was spurred onwards in the Cold War with the development...
  
  .
- 4 LCVP
  LCVP
  The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, United States, based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes...
  
  (Foxtrot Five to Eight), 25 troops or a Land Rover with trailer.
- flight deck for 4 Sea King HC.4 (not embarked)

- Captain Peter Dingemans RN (P G V Dingemans)
- 4 LCU
  Landing Craft Utility
  The Landing Craft Utility is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers....
  
  (Tango One to Four)
- 4 LCVP
  LCVP
  The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, United States, based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes...
  
  (Tango Five to Eight)
- flight deck for 4 Sea King HC.4 (not embarked)

Type 82 destroyer

The Type 82 or Bristol-class destroyer was to be a class of four Royal Navy warships intended as area air-defence destroyers to replace the County-class destroyers, and to serve as escorts to the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers...

- Captain Alan Grose RN (A Grose)

Type 42 destroyer

The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy...

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- set on fire by a Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

AM39 Exocet

Exocet

The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...

(Air-to-Surface)

Air-to-surface missile

An air-to-surface missile is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft and strike ground targets on land, at sea, or both...

Anti-ship missile

Anti-ship missiles are guided missiles that are designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming type, many use a combination of inertial guidance and radar homing...

launched from a Dassault Super Étendard

Dassault Super Étendard

The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed for service with the French Navy...

May 4, (†20) - Fatal Damage (sank on May 10)

- Captain Sam Salt RN (J F T G Salt) - hit by unexploded bomb from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
  A-4 Skyhawk
  The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
  
  May 12, withdrawn from war - Moderate Damage
- Captain Paul Hoddinott RN (A P Hoddinott) - sunk on May 25 by three bombs from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (†19+1) - Fatal Damage
- Captain David Hart-Dyke RN
- Capt. Hugh M. Balfour
- Capt. Mike G.T. Harris

County class destroyer

The County class was a class of guided missile destroyers, the first such vessels built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air-defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war...

s - hit by an Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

MM38 Exocet

Exocet

(Surface-to-Surface)

Surface-to-surface missile

A surface-to-surface missile is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship. They are often powered by a rocket motor or sometimes fired by an explosive charge, since the launching platform is typically stationary or moving...

Anti-ship missile

on June 11 (†13) - Major Damage

- Capt. Mike E. Barrow - hit by unexploded bomb from an IAI Dagger
  IAI Nesher
  The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft...
  
  - Major Damage
- Capt. Brian G. Young

Type 22 frigate

The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service...

s
- hit by IAI Dagger

IAI Nesher

The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft...

cannon fire - Minor Damage

- Capt. John F. Coward - hit by IAI Dagger
  IAI Nesher
  The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft...
  
  cannon fire, later damaged by bomb from Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
  A-4 Skyhawk
  The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
  
  - Moderate Damage
- Capt. William.R. Canning

Type 21 frigate

The Type 21 frigate or Amazon-class frigate was a Royal Navy general-purpose escort designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s and that served throughout the 1980s into the 1990s.-History:...

- Cdr. Paul C.B. Canter - sank Argentine transport ship ARA Isla de Los Estados
  ARA Isla de los Estados
  The ARA Isla de los Estados was a 3,900-ton Argentine supply ship that was sunk by HMS Alacrity at the small hours of the 11th May 1982, during the Falklands War, in a surface action north of Swan Islands, in Falklands Sound. Alacrity engaged Isla de los Estados with 15 rounds of her 4.5-inch gun...
  
  . Slightly damaged by bomb. Lynx helicopter damaged by return fire from armed coaster ARA Monsunen.
- Cdr. Chris J.S. Craig - sank May 24 due to unsuccessful defusing attempt of unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks
  A-4 Skyhawk
  The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
  
  (†2) - Fatal Damage
- Cdr. Nicholas Tobin - sank May 21 by bombs from IAI Daggers
  IAI Nesher
  The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft...
  
  and Douglas A-4Q Skyhawks
  A-4 Skyhawk
  The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
  
  (†22) - Fatal Damage
- Cdr. Alan West (Later Admiral
  Admiral
  Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
  
  Sir Alan West
  Alan West, Baron West of Spithead
  Admiral Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead GCB DSC PC was, from June 2007 to May 2010, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office with responsibility for Security and a Security Advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
  
  , First Sea Lord
  First Sea Lord
  The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service; it was formerly known as First Naval Lord. He also holds the title of Chief of Naval Staff, and is known by the abbreviations 1SL/CNS...
  
  2002 - 2006)
- Cdr. Peter J. Mosse
- Capt. Hugo M. White - hit by IAI Dagger
  IAI Nesher
  The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft...
  
  cannon fire - Minor Damage
- Cdr. Paul J. Bootherstone

Leander class frigates

Leander class frigate

The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973...

- Capt. James L. Weatherall - hit by Aermacchi MB.339A
  Aermacchi MB-339
  The Aermacchi MB-339 is an Italian military trainer and light attack aircraft. It was developed as a replacement for the earlier MB-326.-Design and development:...
  
  cannon/rocket and unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks
  A-4 Skyhawk
  The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
  
  (†2) - Major Damage
- Capt. Christopher H. Layman
- Cdr. S.H.G. Johnston
- Cdr. P.V. Rickard

Rothesay class frigates

Rothesay class frigate

The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy....

- Cdr. Anthony Morton - unexploded bombs from IAI Daggers
  IAI Nesher
  The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft...
  
  - Major Damage
- Capt. David Pentreath

Ice patrol ship

- Captain Nick Barker RN (Nicholas J Barker)

Castle class patrol vessel

-Ships in Class:HMS Leeds Castle HMS Dumbarton Castle -Design:The Castle class was intended as a series of six offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy, designed in response to criticism of the previous Island class for insufficient speed, non optimal sea keeping and lack of a flight deck for...

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As despatch vessels, carrying mail between the Task Force and Ascension Island.

Churchill class submarines

Churchill class submarine

The three Improved Valiant class submarines, sometimes known as the Churchill class, were nuclear powered fleet submarines which served with the Royal Navy from the 1970s until the early 1990s...

- sank the ARA General Belgrano

ARA General Belgrano

The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982. Formerly the , she saw action in the Pacific theater of World War II before being sold to Argentina. After almost 31 years of service, she was sunk during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine ...

- Cdr. Christopher L. Wreford-Brown
- Cdr. Rupert T.N. Best

Oberon class submarines

Oberon class submarine

The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....

- ran aground - Moderate Damage

- Lt-Cdr. A. O. Johnson

Valiant class submarines

Valiant class submarine

The Valiant class were a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy from the mid 1960s until 1994. They were the first fully British nuclear fleet submarine; the earlier used an American nuclear reactor...

- Cdr. Tom M. Le Marchand

Swiftsure class submarines

Swiftsure class submarine

The Swiftsure class were a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy from the early 1970s until 2010....

- Cdr. J.B. Taylor
- Cdr. Roger C. Lane-Nott

Hecla class survey vessels

Hecla class survey vessel

The Hecla class formed the backbone of the Royal Navy's ocean survey fleet from the mid-1960s. Three ships, , and , were ordered in the early 1960s to replace the aging survey ships and ....

2,744 t, used as casualty ferries (hospital ships)

- Captain Geoff Hope RN (G L Hope)
- Commander Robert Halliday RN (R I C Halliday)
- Commander Richard Campbell RN (R J Campbell)

Trawler/Minesweepers

Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...

- MSA
MSA
-Organisations and businesses:*Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, the former name for Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines*Maritime Safety Administration, one of two PRC Coast Guards. The other being the China Coast Guard...

11th MCM Squadron
11th MCM Squadron
On April 2, 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Intelligence from a submarine reported the laying of a defensive minefield off the approaches to Port Stanley. Great Britain had supplied Argentina with modern influence mines, combination magnetic and pressure activated, and had recently...

Civilian trawlers converted to Extra-Deep Armed Team Sweep (EDATS) with some extempore acoustic and sonar equipment. Manned by Royal Naval personnel, mainly from 1st MCM Squadron based at Rosyth. All five minesweepers were involved in clearing two minefields off Port Stanley. 1,238 GRT

- Lt-Cdr Martyn Holloway 1,207 GRT
- Lt Bob Bishop 1,615 GRT
- Lt-Cdr Mark Rowledge 1,238 GRT
- Lt-Cdr Jeremy Greenop 1,478 GRT
- Lt-Cdr David Garwood

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Tankers

RFA Olna (A123)
RFA Olna (A123)
RFA Olna was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Her design was a development of the Tide-class ships of the late 1950s.-Service history:...

36,000 t
- J.A. Bailey
RFA Olmeda (A124)
RFA Olmeda (A124)
RFA Olmeda was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The second of her class, Olmeda came into service in late 1965 as Oleander. As with its sister ships, Olmeda's early service was routine...

36,000 t
- G.P. Overbury
RFA Tidespring (A75)
RFA Tidespring (A75)
RFA Tidespring was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. As an "oiler," its main purpose was to refuel other ships. The ship had a long career in the RFA, entering service in the early 1960s, and finally being decommissioned in 1991....

27,400 t
- S. Redmond
RFA Tidepool (A76)
RFA Tidepool (A76)
RFA Tidepool was a of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Tidepool had a long and busy life in the fleet. The ship participated in both the Cod Wars and the Beira Patrol during the 1970s. In 1982 when the Falklands War broke out Tidepool was actually on its way to Chile to be disposed of...

27,400 t
- J.W. Gaffrey
RFA Blue Rover (A270)
RFA Blue Rover (A270)
RFA Blue Rover was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It went to the Portuguese Navy in 1993 as Berrio....

11,522 t
- D.A. Reynolds
RFA Appleleaf (A79) 40,870 t
- G.P.A. McDougall
RFA Brambleleaf (A81)
RFA Brambleleaf (A81)
RFA Brambleleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with the support/freighting tanker RFA Brambleleaf of 1959, also with the pennant number A81. On the 18th of August 2009 she was towed to Ghent for scrapping....

40,000 t
- M.S.J. Farley
RFA Bayleaf (A109)
RFA Bayleaf (A109)
RFA Bayleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.-Construction:Bayleaf was one of four ships ordered from Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1973, and laid down in 1975 as the Hudson Sound. When the ordering company ran into financial difficulties, the ships were laid up, and...

40,000 t
- A.E.T. Hunter
RFA Plumleaf (A78)
RFA Plumleaf (A78)
RFA Plumleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom.She was launched on 29 March 1960. She displaced 26,4080 tons, with a length of 560', a beam of 72' 1" and a draught of 30' 0.25". Her 1 x 6 cylinder Doxford diesel gave the ship a top speed of 15...

25,790 t
- R.W.M. Wallace
RFA Pearleaf (A77)
RFA Pearleaf (A77)
RFA Pearleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. She was the second ship to bear the name.-Service history:...

25,790 t
- J. McCulloch

Landing Ship Logistic

RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004)
RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004)
RFA Sir Bedivere was a Landing Ship Logistic of the Round Table class. She saw service in the Falklands War, the Persian Gulf and Sierra Leone. In 2009 she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy, and renamed NDCC Almirante Saboia -History:The ship was originally built for army service, and...

- bombed by Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
A-4 Skyhawk
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...

- Minor Damage
- P.J. McCarthy
RFA Sir Galahad (L3005)
RFA Sir Galahad (1966)
RFA Sir Galahad was a Round Table class landing ship logistics vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was first managed for the British Army by the British-India Steam Navigation Company, before being transferred in 1970 to the RFA, part of the British fleet, .-Design and...

- bombed on May 24 and June 8 by Douglas A-4B Skyhawks
A-4 Skyhawk
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...

(sunk by torpedo on June 21 as war grave) (†48) - Fatal Damage
- Paul J.G. Roberts
RFA Sir Geraint (L3027)
RFA Sir Geraint (L3027)
RFA Sir Geraint was a landing ship logistic of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.She served in the Falklands War as part of the taskforce sent to recover the islands....
- D.E. Lawrence
RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029)
RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029)
RFA Sir Lancelot was the lead ship and prototype of the Round Table class landing ship logistics, an amphibious warfare design operated by the British Armed Forces. Commissioned in 1964, the ship was initially operated by the British-India Steam Navigation Company, then was transferred to the...

- damaged by unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks
A-4 Skyhawk
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
- Christopher A. Purtcher-Wydenbruck
RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
RFA Sir Percivale is a Round Table class landing ship logistics. She originally entered British Army service in 1968, managed for the Ministry of Transport by British India Steam Navigation Company, but was taken over by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary along with the other members of the class in 1970...
- A.F. Pitt
RFA Sir Tristram (L3505)
RFA Sir Tristram (L3505)
RFA Sir Tristram is a Landing Ship Logistics of the Round Table class. She was launched in 1966, and accepted into British Army service in 1967. As with others of her class, she was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970...

- bombed June 8 by Douglas A-4B Skyhawks
A-4 Skyhawk
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...

(†2) - Major Damage
- G.R. Green

Supply ships

RFA Regent (A486)
RFA Regent (A486)
RFA Regent was an ammunition, explosives, food, stores ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Commissioned in 1967. It took part in the Falklands War. Departing from Plymouth to head South on the 19th April, 1982, , arriving in the Total Exclusion Zone on the 9th May...

22,890 t
- J. Logan
RFA Resource (A480)
RFA Resource (A480)
RFA Resource was an armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.-Falklands War:RFA Resource served in the Falklands War. The ship was captained at that time by Captain Bruce Seymour....

22,890 t
- B.A. Seymour
RFA Fort Austin (A386)
RFA Fort Austin (A386)
RFA Fort Austin is a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Fort Austin was laid down at Scott Lithgow in 1975, launched in 1978 and commissioned in 1979. These ships were designed to carry a wide range of stores to support other ships; ammunition, food, explosives...

23,600 t
- Commodore Sam Dunlop RFA (S C Dunlop)
RFA Fort Grange (A385) 23,600 t
- D.G.M. Averill
RFA Stromness (A344)
RFA Stromness (A344)
RFA Stromness was a fleet stores ship which served the Royal Fleet Auxiliary until sold to the United States Military Sealift Command in 1983.-Construction:...

16,792 t - attacked by A-4C on May 24 - Minor Damage
- J.B. Dickinson

Helicopter support ship

RFA Engadine (K08)
RFA Engadine (K08)
RFA Engadine was a helicopter support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The need for Engadine was seen in the mid-1960s as more and more helicopters were deployed from Royal Navy aircraft carriers and surface combatants. The ship was ordered in August 1964, from Henry Robb of Leith , and...

9,000 t
- D.F.Freeman

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service

RMAS Typhoon (A95)
RMAS Typhoon (A95)
RMAS Typhoon was an ocean-going tug of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service . It was designed for ocean towing, rescue, salvage and fire-fighting...
RMAS Goosander (A94)
RMAS Goosander (A94)
RMAS Goosander was a mooring, salvage and boom vessel of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. It saw service in the Falklands War. It has a sister ship, RMAS Pochard, and was built by Robb Caledon Shipbuilders in Leith....

Ships taken up from trade

The following Merchant Navy ships were requisitioned, as Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT

STUFT

STUFT is a nautical acronym for Ship Taken Up From Trade, and applies to civilian ships requisitioned for government use.The Falklands conflict of 1982 saw a diversity of Ships Taken Up From Trade...

).

Liners 44,807 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried personnel of the 3rd Commando Brigade to San Carlos on 21 May.. 67,140 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried 3,200 men of the 5th Infantry Brigade. At South Georgia the men of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and 1/7 Gurkha Rifles were transferred to Canberra, Norland and RFA Stromness on 27 May for transport to San Carlos.

16,907 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and used as hospital ship
Hospital ship
A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones....

from 11 May.

Roll-on-Roll-off ferries

RORO

Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels...

5,463 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and two Bofors 40 mm gun

Bofors 40 mm gun

The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence...

s to carry three Sea King

Westland Sea King

The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...

helicopters, ammunition, and heavy vehicles including eight Bofors 40 mm guns, four FV101 Scorpion

FV101 Scorpion

The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance , CVR, family of seven armoured vehicles...

and four FV107 Scimitar

FV107 Scimitar

FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle used by the British Army. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion but mounts a high velocity 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon instead of a 76 mm gun. It was issued to Royal Armoured Corps, Armoured Regiments in the Reconnaissance role...

light tanks - joined carrier battle group 16 May 6,455 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried three Army helicopters, 105 troops, and 1874 tons of stores and ammunition to Ajax Bay on 1 June 4,190 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried vehicles, ammunition, fuel, and four Scout helicopters of 656 Squadron Army Air Corps to San Carlos on 21 May 6,455 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried troops, stores, and ammunition to Falklands on 29 May 12,990 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried 800 men of 2 Para to San Carlos on 21 May 9,387 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...

to carry 1000 engineers with vehicles and equipment, but sailed after cease fire. 8,987 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried troops and vehicles 5,056 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried vehicles and equipment arriving 12 June

Container / Cargo ships

Astronomer 27,867 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...

and carried thirteen helicopters arriving after cease fire.
Atlantic Conveyor
Atlantic Conveyor
The Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War and sunk on 25 May 1982 after being hit by two Argentine Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors...

14,496 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried eight 809 Squadron BAE Sea Harrier
BAE Sea Harrier
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar"...

s, six Hawker Siddeley Harriers, six Westland Wessex
Westland Wessex
The Westland Wessex is a British turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58 "Choctaw", developed under license by Westland Aircraft , initially for the Royal Navy, and later for the Royal Air Force...

helicopters, and four 18 Squadron RAF CH-47 Chinook
CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots is faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s...

helicopters arriving 19 May - hit 25 May by one or two Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

AM39 Exocet
Exocet
The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...

Air-to-Surface
Air-to-surface missile
An air-to-surface missile is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft and strike ground targets on land, at sea, or both...

Anti-ship missile
Anti-ship missile
Anti-ship missiles are guided missiles that are designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming type, many use a combination of inertial guidance and radar homing...

(s) launched from a Dassault Super Étendard
Dassault Super Étendard
The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed for service with the French Navy...

(†12) - Fatal Damage: Sank in tow 28 May - 6 embarked Wessex HU.5 helicopters, 3 embarked Chinook HC.1 helicopters, 1 embarked Sea Lynx HAS.2, heavy equipment intended for airfield construction, and the bulk stock of tents intended for infantry shelter ashore were lost
Atlantic Causeway
Atlantic Causeway
The Atlantic Causeway was a container ship, operated by Cunard, and one of the merchant vessels requisitioned by the British government to support British forces in the Falklands War in 1982.-Pre-war:...

14,946 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried eight ASW Sea Kings
Westland Sea King
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...

and twenty Westland Wessex
Westland Wessex
The Westland Wessex is a British turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58 "Choctaw", developed under license by Westland Aircraft , initially for the Royal Navy, and later for the Royal Air Force...

helicopters arriving 27 May.
Contender Bezant
RFA Argus (A135)
RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, part of the Royal Navy. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant. The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for use as an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA...

11,445 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried nine Wasp helicopters and 4 Harriers arriving after cease fire. - purchased as RFA Argus
RFA Argus (A135)
RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, part of the Royal Navy. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant. The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for use as an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA...

post-war

Freighters

Avelona Star 9784 GRT (refrigerated) — equipped with helicopter pad and carried provisions arriving after cease fire
Geestport 7,730 GRT (refrigerated) — equipped with helicopter pad and carried provisions and stores arriving 11 June
Laertes 11,804 GRT — Soviet-built with armored cable trunks and damage control centers - carried general supplies arriving after cease fire
Lycaon 11,804 GRT — Soviet-built with armored cable trunks and damage control centers - carried ammunition and supplies arriving 28 May
Saxonia 8,547 GRT (refrigerated) — carried provisions arriving 23 May
Strathewe 12,598 GRT — carried supplies and landing craft arriving after cease fire
St. Helena 3,150 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and four Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...

for use as minesweeper support ship after the cease fire

Tankers

Alvega 33,000 t (57,372 DWT) — used as base storage tanker at Ascension
Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa...

from mid-May
Anco Charger 24,500 DWT — used as auxiliary support tanker from 24 April with capability to transport 42 different liquids at once
Balder London 19,980 t (33,751 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 12 May
British Avon 15,640 t (25,620 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 25 April
British Dart 15,650 t (28,488 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 22 April
British Esk 15,643 t (25,905 DWT) — fitted with over-the-stern underway refueling equipment for use as the first convoy escort oiler
British Tamar 15,646 t (25,498 DWT) — fitted with over-the-stern underway refueling equipment for use as convoy escort oiler from 13 April
British Tay 15,650 t (25,650 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 12 April
British Test 16,653 t (25,641 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 14 April
British Trent 15,649 t (25,147 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 18 April
British Wye 15,649 t (25,197 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 25 April - hit by bomb from Lockheed C-130 Hercules
C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

- Minor Damage
Eburna 19,763 t (31,374 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 26 April
Fort Toronto 25,498 DWT — fresh water tanker from 19 April
G.A.Walker 18,744 t (30,607 DWT) — used as auxiliary tanker from 10 June
Scottish Eagle 33,000 t (54,490 DWT) — used as base storage tanker at South Georgia from 18 June and then moved to Falklands on 14 July

Tugs / Repair / Support Ships

British Enterprise III 1,595 t — diving support ship
Iris 3,873 GRT — cable ship equipped with helicopter pad and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...

for use as despatch vessel from late May.
Irishman 686 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 24 May.
Salvageman 1,598 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 7 May.(the most powerful tug on British registry with 11,000 brake horsepower and 170 ton bollard pull)
Stena Inspector
RFA Diligence (A132)
RFA Diligence is a fleet repair ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was built by Oesundsvarvet AB Landskrona in Sweden and launched in 1981 as a civilian oil rig support ship,. Diligence first served the RFA during the Falklands War as a civilian owned ship taken up from the trade . As MV Stena...

5,814 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and used as repair ship after the cease fire. - purchased as RFA Diligence
RFA Diligence (A132)
RFA Diligence is a fleet repair ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was built by Oesundsvarvet AB Landskrona in Sweden and launched in 1981 as a civilian oil rig support ship,. Diligence first served the RFA during the Falklands War as a civilian owned ship taken up from the trade . As MV Stena...

post-war
Stena Seaspread 6,061 GRT — oilfield support ship equipped with helicopter pad and used as repair ship from 16 May.
Wimpey Seahorse 1,599 GRT — oilfield supply vessel used as mooring tender and tug from 8 June.
Yorkshireman 686 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 24 May.

Weaponry

Surface-to-air missile
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...

s
- Sea Slug
  Sea Slug missile
  Sea Slug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth for use by the Royal Navy...
- Sea Cat
  Sea Cat missile
  Sea Cat was a British short-range surface to air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced with minimum...
- Sea Wolf
  Sea Wolf missile
  Sea Wolf is a naval guided missile system designed and built by BAC, later to become British Aerospace Dynamics . It is an automated point-defence weapon system designed as a final line of defence against both sea-skimming and high angle anti-ship missiles and aircraft...
- Sea Dart
  Sea Dart missile
  Sea Dart or Guided Weapon System 30 is a British surface-to-air missile system designed by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and built by British Aerospace from 1977...

Surface-to-surface missile
Surface-to-surface missile
A surface-to-surface missile is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship. They are often powered by a rocket motor or sometimes fired by an explosive charge, since the launching platform is typically stationary or moving...

s
- Aérospatiale MM38 Exocet
  Exocet
  The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...
  
  (Anti-ship missile
  Anti-ship missile
  Anti-ship missiles are guided missiles that are designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming type, many use a combination of inertial guidance and radar homing...
  
  )
- Ikara
  Ikara (missile)
  The Ikara missile was an Australian ship-launched anti-submarine missile, named after an Australian Aboriginal word for "throwing stick". It launched an acoustic torpedo to a range of , allowing fast-reaction attacks against submarines at ranges that would otherwise require the launching ship to...
  
  (Anti-submarine missile
  Anti-submarine missile
  An anti-submarine missile is a standoff weapon including a rocket designed to rapidly deliver an explosive warhead or homing torpedo from the launch platform to the vicinity of a submarine.-History:...
  
  )

Artillery
Naval artillery
Naval artillery, or naval riflery, is artillery mounted on a warship for use in naval warfare. Naval artillery has historically been used to engage either other ships, or targets on land; in the latter role it is currently termed naval gunfire fire support...
- 4.5 inch (114 mm) L/55 Mark 8 gun
  4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun
  The 4.5 inch Mark 8 is a British naval gun system which currently equips the Royal Navy's frigates and some British destroyers and frigates sold to other countries.-Background:...
- 4.5 inch (114 mm) L/45 Mark 6 gun
- Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mark 9
  Bofors 40 mm gun
  The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence...
  
  anti-aircraft (A/A)
  Anti-aircraft warfare
  NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...
  
  gun
- Oerlikon 20 mm
  Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...
  
  A/A gun
- L7A2 7.62 mm GPMG General purpose machine gun
  General purpose machine gun
  A general-purpose machine gun is a multi-purpose weapon: it is a machine gun firing a full-power rifle cartridge and which can be used in a variety of roles, from a bipod- or tripod-mounted infantry support weapon to a helicopter door gun or a vehicle-mounted support weapon...
- Limbo Mark 10
  Limbo (weapon)
  Limbo, or Anti Submarine Mortar Mark 10 , was the final British development of a forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon originally designed during the Second World War. Limbo, a three-barreled mortar similar to the earlier Squid that it superseded, was developed by the Admiralty Underwater Weapons...
  
  anti-submarine
  Anti-submarine warfare
  Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
  
  mortar
  Mortar (weapon)
  A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that fires explosive projectiles known as bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. It is typically muzzle-loading and has a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber....

Torpedo
Torpedo
The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...

es
- Mark 24 Tigerfish
  Mark 24 Tigerfish
  The Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy for several years. The early Mod0 and Mod1 variants were unreliable and unsuccessful, and were issued to the RN even though they failed Fleet Weapon Acceptance...
  
  torpedo
- Mark 8 torpedo
  Torpedo
  The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...

External links

Ships of the Royal Navy - Royal Fleet Auxiliary - Merchant Navy
STUFT Photo Gallery http://www.rfanostalgia.org/gallery3/index.php/RFA-FALKLANDS-1982/STUFT

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