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] Date Posted: 12:30:59 10/21/04 Thu In reply to: Paddy (Scotland) 's message, "The Falklands 1982 & the Commonwealth" on 16:25:41 10/20/04 Wed I don't believe that the other Realms needed to do anything more than give moral support. We had assembled and it was given a Royal send off ('The Empire Strikes Back!' was the headline of several newspapers) within forty-eight hours of recieving the intelligence. Other realms could easily have taken longer, especially while they debated their stance. Moreover, it was important that, as an ally of the USA, Britian proved that it could and would defend its citizens without outside assistance. The USSR was watching the whole thing very closely. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Roberdin [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:32:03 10/21/04 Thu > We had assembled and it was given a Royal send off... should be > We had assembled a fleet and it was given a Royal send off... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:00:34 10/21/04 Thu The 1982 Royal Navy Task Force... Aircraft Carriers HMS Hermes - Decomissioned (Sold to India) HMS Invincible - in service Assualt Ships HMS Fearless - Decomissioned HMS Intrepid - Decomissioned Submarines HMS Conqueror - Decomissioned HMS Courageous - Decomissioned HMS Spartan - In Service HMS Splendid - Decomissioned HMS Valiant - Decomissioned HMS Onyx - Decomissioned (sold to Canada?) Destroyers HMS Bristol - Decomissioned HMS Antrim - Decomissioned HMS Glamorgan - Decomissioned HMS Cardiff - In Service HMS Coventry - sunk HMS Exeter - In Service HMS Glasgow - Soon to be decomissioned HMS Sheffield - sunk Frigates HMS Brilliant - Decomissioned HMS Broadsword - Decomissioned HMS Active - Decomissioned HMS Alacrity - Decomissioned HMS Ambuscade - Decomissioned HMS Antelope - sunk HMS Ardent - sunk HMS Arrow - Decomissioned HMS Avenger - Decomissioned HMS Andromeda - Decomissioned HMS Argonaut - Decomissioned HMS Minerva - Decomissioned HMS Penelope - Decomissioned HMS Plymouth - Decomissioned HMS Yarmouth - Decomissioned Note: The number of destroyers in the task force back then is equal to the number of destroyers we will have IN TOTAL after Type 45 replaces the Type 42! The number of frigates involved was five short of how many we have IN TOTAL today! Britannia Rules the waves... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Roberdin [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:40:21 10/21/04 Thu And this guy wants to remove MORE!? WTF!? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:56:55 10/21/04 Thu [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:03:48 10/21/04 Thu In another display of Labour's military genius, HMS Splendid was decommissioned six years after receiving an expensive conversion to fire cruise missiles at Kosovo. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| [> [> [> Subject: HMS Invincible was originally to be sold to Australia, the Falklands changed that. | |
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Author: David (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:31:11 01/25/05 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |