Tag: UK Task Force

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 11:09 UTC

  Falklands war: Medals for Galician sailors forcibly turned into the crew of a spy vessel monitoring UK Task Force

  

  The Argentine consulate in Vigo, Spain held a ceremony to acknowledge the valor and dedication of two Galician sailors from Vigo and Cangas who were forcibly recruited into the Falklands conflict, 41 years ago, by the Argentine navy when they were about to begin their fishing season in the South Atlantic on board the vessel Usurbil.

• Sunday, May 3rd 2020 - 03:25 UTC

  Argentina recalls the sinking of ARA Belgrano and honors its crew, families and survivors

  

  The Argentine Ministry of Defense and the Navy paid tribute to the courage and glory of the 323 sailors who died during the sinking of the cruiser ARA Belgrano, on 2 May 1982, at the beginning of hostilities with UK during the South Atlantic conflict.