Tag: Atlantic Conveyor

• Monday, May 19th 2025 - 08:53 UTC

  Falklands war MV Atlantic Conveyor at Cunard’s War Memorial in Liverpool

  

  The Liverpool-registered MV Atlantic Conveyor, 43 years ago, during the Falklands War was hit by two Exocet missiles, and Cunard’s War Memorial in front of the Cunard Building will be updated with the addition of the numerals “1982” to commemorate the loss.

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• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Falklands war: Plymouth and Liverpool remember UK merchant navy sailors killed

  

  The city of Plymouth held a ceremony to remember British Merchant Navy sailors killed in the Falklands War and other conflicts. Wreaths were laid during the gathering at the Merchant Navy Monument on the city's Hoe seafront.

• Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 09:35 UTC

  BBC documents reveal French double role during the Falklands conflict

  

  In his memoirs, former UK Defence Secretary Sir John Nott describes France as Britain's “greatest ally” during the Falklands War. However, formerly secret papers and other evidence seen by the BBC show that was not the full story. Before the war, France sold Argentina's military junta five Exocet missiles.