Photos Falklands War Photos

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June 14th 1982. Suddenly it's all over: the white flag is flying and thousands of Argentine troops surrender. Some hurl their weapons to the floor, some cry, some just stare blankly, absolutely exhausted, as the Paras and Royal Marines enter Stanley.

 

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45 Commando, RM ordered to move quickly to Sapper Hill & occupy it. Rifle troops sent over the hills with fighting order/weapons. HQ move up the valley in fighting order/weapons/sleeping bags. 14 June 1982

Abandoned Argentine gun position

 

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June 18th 1982: HMS Cardiff enters Stanley by late morning, and Argentine gunboat PNA Islas Malvinas is taken up by her crew, after first getting the Argentine crew to remove the booby traps they'd left in it, and at 19.45Z she is renamed HMS Tiger Bay.

She is later sold privately to a company in Penzance as "Challenger Survey" and recently, has been tracked to Nigeria where she is in bad repair, so I'm told. Her sister ship, Rio Iguazu, is also recovered but is too badly damaged and is eventually scuttled.

 

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June 22nd 1982: Having departed the Falklands late yesterday, County-class destroyer HMS Glamorgan (D19) and Rothesay-class (Type 12M) frigate HMS Plymouth (F126) pass the Carrier Battle Group. The crew of Centaur class aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (R12) make ready for the traditional pelting with eggs and tomatoes, but on seeing the damage to Glamorgan, they fall silent instead. They do, however, take these incredible photos... you can see Glamorgan firing a salute to them and to Admiral Sandy Woodward in this shot.

 

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May 25th 1982: As Skyhawks dive in, one 1,000lb bomb strikes the water, the second bounces from the waves, through HMS Broadsword's side, up and out again through flight deck, gouging a hole in the flight deck and ripping the nose from her Lynx helicopter.

 

[uktabber]

That is a photo I've never seen and I always thought the bouncing bomb went through the freeboard of the hull not upward!! That's an amazing event there!!

 

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Hospital ship SS Uganda leaving the Falklands for the last time, flying a long pennant marking the end of her MoD charter.

 

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Royal Marines guarding Argentine POWs from the 5th Marine Battalion (BIM5) after the surrender.

 

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Battle of Mount Longdon. This image taken by Sgt G. Colbeck on 14 June 1982 features C.Sgt. Knights, Cpl. Oliver and Sgt. Howard of 3 PARA Anti Tank & Machine Guns as they move off Mount Longdon.

 

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Rothesay-class (Type 12M) frigate HMS Plymouth (F126) after being attacked by five Dagger fighter-bombers of Grupo 6 of the Argentine Air Force, 8 June 1982.

Despite Plymouth firing her 20 mm guns and a Seacat missile, the aircraft dropped eight Mk 82 500 lb bombs, five of which struck home. One Dagger was unable to release its payload due to a mechanical failure and another suffered light damage from shrapnel. All of the bombs failed to explode, but caused extensive damage: one hit the flight deck, detonating a depth charge and starting a fire, one went straight through her funnel and two more destroyed her Limbo anti-submarine mortar. Internal flooding caused the ship to take a six degree list. Five men were injured in the attack. The fire took 90 minutes to extinguish with assistance from Avenger, and repairs were carried out through the night and the next day, restoring some of her capabilities.

 

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A Royal Marine Commando "brewing up" in the mountains around Port Stanley. His weapon, a 5.56mm Armalite, indicates that he may well be a member of the Mountain and Arctic Warfare (MAW) Cadre.