Tag: Falkland War

Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:13 UTC
Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol

A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbor on Friday, June 13th, and is travelling to Turkey, where she will be recycled. A small group of spectators came to see HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 ever built of her class, being towed out of Portsmouth Harbor to start her journey to an EU-approved recycling yard in Turkey.
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.
Monday, May 12th 2025 - 23:39 UTC
Falklands, 40th anniversary of Mount Pleasant Complex and its air, sea and land military facilities

Mount Pleasant Complex is marking its 40th year as an Royal Air Force fighter and transport presence in the Falkland Islands. Some fitty three kilometers southwest of the capital, Stanley, MPC was officially opened on 12 May 1985 by Prince Andrew, and became fully operational the following year, May 1986, making it the newest permanent air base for the RAF.
Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 08:12 UTC
Falklands, maintenance work on a historic bridge

The Falklands Public Works Department Highways Section would like to advise the public that maintenance to the Malo Bridge is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 26th March 2025.
Thursday, December 5th 2024 - 10:40 UTC
Falklands, 140 next of kin visit the Argentine Military Cemetery at Darwin

A hundred and forty next of kin of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict this Wednesday arrived at the Falkland Islands to visit the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to honor the graves of their loved ones.
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
“Falklands are British”, an unequivocal message from UK Minister for the Armed Forces

Plymouth has a long and rich naval history. It is celebrated as where Sir Francis Drake played bowls as the Spanish Armada loomed in 1588 and as a key embarkation point for invading Allied forces on D-Day. However, the city’s critical role in the Falklands War is perhaps less widely appreciated.
Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 09:00 UTC
Falklands, team of Royal Navy engineers maintain war memorials across the Islands

UK Defense Journal is reporting that the Naval Engineering Falkland Islands (NEFI) team at the East Cove Military Port, Mare Harbor, an 11-member unit, is responsible for providing round-the-clock engineering support for Royal Navy vessels like patrol ship HMS Forth and cargo ships with supplies for the Mount Pleasant Complex.
Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 07:14 UTC
Falklands: mines discovered on a beach in Murrell Peninsula, north of Stanley

The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that a number of mines have been discovered on Hell’s Kitchen beach on the designated Government Reserve, located on the Murrell Peninsula East Falkland, north of Stanley.
Friday, October 13th 2023 - 08:26 UTC
Forty one years since the Falklands Task Force Parade in the heart of London

The Falklands Task Force Parade took place on 12th October 1982, in London, and a few months since the Liberation of the Islands from the Argentine invasion and occupation. The salute to the Task Force encompassed a military parade, with military bands and contingents through the City of London.
Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 12:59 UTC
Falklands' pilgrimage of six Argentine fallen gendarmes next of kin

This Saturday weather allowing a group of Argentine next of kin of soldiers fallen during the Falkland/Malvinas conflict should be arriving at MPA and the Falklands. The trip according to Argentine sources was coordinated by the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights,