Tag: HMS Ayax

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 02:22 UTC

  UK delegation travelling for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate

  

  This Sunday, December first members of the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans leave for Chile, Uruguay and Argentina to recall events of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 10:40 UTC

  The Argentine Navy September 1941 “sudden strike” plan to invade and occupy the Falklands

  

  It was 26 September 1941 when an Argentine navy captain presented to the Naval War School a plan to invade, capture and retain the Falkland Islands. Circumstances were different to those nowadays or in 1982, world war and events made Argentina fear the transfer of the Islands to some other country, be it of South or North America and thus she must prepare secretly before they change owner, creating a favorable situation for its interests.

• Saturday, April 12th 2014 - 08:29 UTC

  Memorial unveiling to commemorate the Battle of the River Plate

  

  With consular representation from New Zealand and Uruguay, survivors of the first major naval battle of the Second World War will gather at Britain's National Memorial Arboretum to unveil a memorial commemorating the event. The Battle of the River Plate took place 75 years ago and less than a dozen veterans are still alive from this, the only episode of the war to take place in South America.