A total of forty-three Royal Navy warships, supported by twenty-two Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and sixty-two merchant vessels, were deployed during the 1982 Falklands War. It was the largest armada ...
A pillar of the Royal Naval Association (RNA) who played a part in the King’s coronation has died. Steve Champion, from Penenden Heath,Maidstone, was a Falklands War veteran and a former police ...
In the midst of the Falklands War, British sailors hunting for ARA San Luis launched ordnance at the sonar and radar signals of whales, wrecks, and even flocks of seagulls — anything that might have ...
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins acknowledged the Royal Navy’s current shortcomings, but stressed that it would be ready for an armed conflict by 2030. Fast forward by 46 years, and it might not be possible ...