The Royal Navy and the Falklands WarPen and Sword, 13.07.1987 г. - 384 страници This military history reveals the untold story of the United Kingdom’s Royal and Merchant Navies during the Falkland’s War. Soldiers and journalists alike wasted no time in memorializing the campaign to recapture the Falkland Islands after the Argentinian invasion in April, 1982. With the overwhelming focus on the role of the Army, the vital contributions of the Royal and Merchant Navies have been largely overlooked. Yet no British military forces would have been there at all had the Royal Navy not provided the necessary transport, not to mention air cover and bombardment support. In this book, naval historian David Brown tells the extraordinary story of how the fleet was assembled. Merchant-ships ranging from luxury liners such as the SS Canberra to cargo-carriers of every description were quickly converted to their new role as STUFTs, or Ships Taken Up From Trade. Brown describes the stupendous problems presented by the assembling and stowing of the thousands of tons of stores and equipment needed by the Expeditionary Forces and the way in which these problems were solved. |
Съдържание
The Defence of Grytviken | |
Passage South | |
The Advance Guard | |
The Recapture of South Georgia | |
The Argentine Preparations | |
First Losses | |
The Battle of Clapps Trap | |
The Breakout | |
The Siege of Stanley | |
Battles in the Mountains | |
The Last Battle | |
STUFT Ships Taken Up from Trade | |
Appendix III | |
Lombardos Fork | |
Appendix IV | |
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800 Squadron AA guns Admiral Woodward Air Brigade airfield Ajax Bay ammunition Amphibious Antrim April Argentine Air Force Argentine aircraft Argentine Navy Argentinians arrived Ascension Atlantic Conveyor attack bombardment bombs British Broadsword Canberra Captain Commander Commando Brigade crew Daggers damage dawn Deadweight Dimensions feet deck defence destroyer diesel engines Dimensions feet metres east embarked escorted Exocet Falkland Sound Fearless Ferry fighters fire flight flown frigate fuel Goose Green GR3s Gross Register Grytviken helicopters Hermes Invincible knots landing LCUs Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commander Load LSLs Lynx Machinery miles missile Naval Party Navy’s operations patrol Pebble Island pilots Plymouth Port San Carlos Port Stanley radar refuelling Royal Navy sailed San Carlos Water Sea Dart Sea Harriers Sea King Seacat SHARs ships Skyhawks sorties South Georgia submarine Super Etendards tanker target Teal Inlet Teniente troops warships Wessex West Falkland Yarmouth