British naval forces in the Falklands War

British naval forces in the Falklands War

This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War. For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine Naval Forces in the Falklands War.

Royal Navy

;CommandIn Northwood, London [cite book
last = Sir Lawrence Freeman
title = The Official History of the Falkands Campaign
publisher = Routledge
year = 2005
isbn = 0-7146-5207-5
] :
* Commander-in-Chief, Fleet: Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse
* Commander Task Group 324.3 and Flag Officer Submarines: Vice-Admiral Peter G. M. HerbertIn the South Atlantic:
* Commander Task Group 317.8 (Carrier/Battle Group) and Flag Officer, First Flotilla: Rear-Admiral J. 'Sandy' Woodward (HMS "Hermes")
* Commander Task Group 317.0 (Amphibious Task Group) and Commodore Amphibious Warfare: Commodore M. Clapp (HMS "Fearless")
* Supply force: Commodore S.C. Dunlop

;"Centaur" class aircraft carrier - V/STOL carrier

* HMS "Hermes" (R12) - Flagship (†3) "2 SHAR pilots"
** Capt. L.E. Middleton
** 706 Squadron (4 Sea Kings)Morison(June 1983)pp.119-124]
** 800 Squadron (12 BAE Sea Harriers)
** 809 Squadron (4 BAE Sea Harriers)
** 826 Squadron (12 Sea King HAS.5)
** 846 Squadron (6 Sea King HC.4)

;"Invincible" class aircraft carriers
* HMS "Invincible" (R05) (†3) "2 SHAR pilots"
** Capt. J.J. Black
** 801 "Black Death" Squadron (8 BAE Sea Harriers)
** 809 Squadron (4 BAE Sea Harrier)
** 820 Squadron (10 Sea King HAS.5)

;Landing Platform Docks

* HMS "Fearless" (L10) (†6) "from LCU Foxtrot Four"
** Capt. E.S.L. Larken
** 4 LCU (Foxtrot One to Four), 100 troops or one Main Battle Tank.
** 4 LCVP, 25 troops or a Land Rover with trailer.
** flight deck for 4 Sea King HC.4 (not embarked)
* HMS "Intrepid" (L11)
** Capt. P.G.V. Dingemans
** 4 LCU (India One to Four)
** 4 LCVP
** flight deck for 4 Sea King HC.4 (not embarked)

;Type 82 destroyer
* HMS "Bristol" (D23)
** Capt. A. Grose

;Type 42 destroyers

* HMS "Sheffield" (D80) - set on fire by a Aérospatiale AM39 Exocet (Air-to-Surface) Anti-ship missile launched from a Dassault Super Étendard May 4, (†20) - "Fatal Damage" (sank on May 10)
** Capt. S. Salt
* HMS "Glasgow" (D88) - hit by unexploded bomb from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk May 12, withdrawn from war - "Moderate Damage"
** Capt. A.P. Hoddinott
* HMS "Coventry" (D118) - sunk on May 25 by three bombs from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (†19) - "Fatal Damage"
** Capt. D. Hart-Dyke
* HMS "Exeter" (D89)
** Capt. H.M. Balfour
* HMS "Cardiff" (D108)
** Capt. M.G.T. Harris

;County class destroyers
* HMS "Glamorgan" (D19) - hit by an Aérospatiale MM38 Exocet (Surface-to-Surface) Anti-ship missile on June 11 (†13) - "Major Damage"
** Capt. M.E. Barrow
* HMS "Antrim" (D18) - hit by unexploded bomb from a IAI Dagger - "Major Damage"
** Capt. B.G. Young

;Type 22 frigates

* HMS "Brilliant" (F90) - hit by IAI Dagger cannon fire - "Minor Damage"
** Capt. J.F. Coward
* HMS "Broadsword" (F88) - hit by IAI Dagger cannon fire, later damaged by bomb from Douglas A-4B Skyhawk - "Moderate Damage"
** Capt. W.R. Canning

;Type 21 frigates

* HMS "Active" (F171)
** Cdr. P.C.B. Canter
* HMS "Alacrity" (F174) - slightly damaged by bomb
** Cdr. C.J.S. Craig
* HMS "Antelope" (F170) - sank May 24 due to unsuccessful defusing attempt of unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (†2) - "Fatal Damage"
** Cdr. N. Tobin
* HMS "Ardent" (F184) - sank May 21 by bombs from IAI Daggers and Douglas A-4Q Skyhawks (†22) - "Fatal Damage"
** Cdr. A. West (Later Admiral Sir Alan West, First Sea Lord 2002 - 2006)
* HMS "Ambuscade" (F172)
** Cdr. P.J. Mosse
* HMS "Avenger" (F185)
** Capt. H.M. White
* HMS "Arrow" (F173) - hit by IAI Dagger cannon fire - "Minor Damage"
** Cdr. P.J. Bootherstone

;"Leander" class frigates

* HMS "Andromeda" (F57)
** Capt. J. L. Weatherall
* HMS "Argonaut" (F56) - hit by Aermacchi MB.339A cannon/rocket and unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (†2) - "Major Damage" [http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1476550.mostviewed.chard_sailors_falkland_experience.php]
** Capt. C.H. Layman
* HMS "Minerva" (F45)
** Cdr. S.H.G. Johnston
* HMS "Penelope" (F127)
** Cdr. P.V. Rickard

;"Rothesay" class frigates

* HMS "Yarmouth" (F101)
** Cdr. A. Morton
* HMS "Plymouth" (F126) - unexploded bombs from IAI Daggers - "Major Damage"
** Capt. D. Pentreath

;Ice patrol ship
* HMS "Endurance" (A171)
** Capt. N.J. Barker

;Castle class patrol vesselsAs despatch vessels, carrying mail between the Task Force and Ascension Island.
* HMS "Leeds Castle" (P258)
* HMS "Dumbarton Castle" (P265)

;"Churchill" class submarines
* HMS "Conqueror" (S84) - sank the ARA General Belgrano
** Cdr. C.L. Wreford-Brown
* HMS "Courageous" (S50)
** Cdr. R.T.N. Best

;"Oberon" class submarines

* HMS "Onyx" (S21) - ran aground - "Moderate Damage"
** Lt-Cdr. A. O. Johnson

;"Valiant" class submarines

* HMS "Valiant" (S102)
** Cdr. T.M. Le Marchand

;"Swiftsure" class submarines

* HMS "Spartan" (S105)
** Cdr. J.B. Taylor
* HMS "Splendid" (S106)
** Cdr. R.C. Lane-Nott

;"Hecla" class survey vessels2,744 t, used as casualty ferries
* HMS "Hecla" (A133)
** G.L. Hope
* HMS "Herald" (H138)
** R.I.C. Halliday
* HMS "Hydra" (A144)
** R.J. Campbell

;Trawler/MinesweepersCivilian trawlers converted to Extra-Deep Armed Team Sweep (EDATS) with acoustic and electro-magnetic tow. Manned by RNR personnel [Antony Preston: "Sea combat off the Falklands", 1982, Willow Books, ISBN 0-00-218046-4] .
* HMS "Cordella" 1,238 GRTBaker(June 1983)pp.111-118]
* HMS "Farnella" 1,207 GRT
* HMS "Junella" 1,615 GRT
* HMS "Northella" 1,238 GRT
* HMS "Pict" 1,478 GRT
**All five minesweepers cleared two minefields in Port Stanley.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

"Tankers"

* RFA Olna (A123) 36,000 t
** J.A. Bailey
* RFA Olmeda (A124) 36,000 t
** G.P. Overbury
* RFA Tidespring (A75) 27,400 t
** S. Redmond
* RFA Tidepool (A76) 27,400 t
** J.W. Gaffrey
* RFA Blue Rover (A270) 11,522 t
** D.A. Reynolds
* RFA Appleleaf (A79) 40,870 t
** G.P.A. McDougall
* RFA Brambleleaf (A81) 40,000 t
** M.S.J. Farley
* RFA Bayleaf (A109) 40,000 t
** A.E.T. Hunter
* RFA Plumleaf (A78) 25,790 t
** R.W.M. Wallace
* RFA Pearleaf (A77) 25,790 t
** J. McCulloch

"Landing Ship Logistic"
* RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004) - bombed by Douglas A-4B Skyhawk - "Minor Damage"
** P.J. McCarthy
* RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) - bombed on May 24 and June 8 by Douglas A-4B Skyhawks "(sunk by torpedo on June 21 as war grave)" (†48) - "Fatal Damage"
** P.J.G. Roberts
* RFA Sir Geraint (L3027)
** D.E. Lawrence
* RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) - damaged by unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks
** C.A. Purtcher-Wydenbruck
* RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
** A.F. Pitt
* RFA Sir Tristram (L3505) - bombed June 8 by Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (†2) - "Major Damage"
** G.R. Green

"Supply Ships"

* RFA Regent (A486) 22,890 t
** J. Logan
* RFA Resource (A480) 22,890 t
** B.A. Seymour
* RFA Fort Austin (A386) 23,600 t
** Cdre. S.C. Dunlop
* RFA Fort Grange (A385) 23,600 t
** D.G.M. Averill
* RFA Stromness (A344) 16,792 t - attacked by A-4C on May 24 - "Minor Damage"
** J.B. Dickinson

"Helicopter Support Ship"
* RFA Engadine (K08) 9,000 t
** D.F.Freeman

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service

* RMAS "Typhoon" (A95)
* RMAS "Goosander" (A94)

hips taken up from trade

thumb|SS "Canberra" and HMS "Andromeda". She was not attacked, because the Argentine pilots thought the white ship was a hospital ship [">cite book
last = Ward
first = Sharkey
title = Sea Harrier over the Falklands
publisher = Cassell Military Paperbacks
year = 1992
isbn = 0-304-35542-9
pages = 271
] .
The following Merchant Navy ships were requisitioned, as Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT).

;Liners
* SS "Canberra" 44,807 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried personnel of the 3rd Commando Brigade to San Carlos on 21 May.Villar(1984)p.171]
* RMS "Queen Elizabeth 2". 67,140 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried 3,200 men of the 5th Infantry Brigade. At South Georgia the men of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and 1st Battalion Welsh Guards were transferred to "Canberra" and "Norland" on 27 May for transport to San Carlos.Trotter(June 1983)pp.108-111] Villar(1984)pp.49&173]
* HMHS "Uganda" 16,907 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and used as hospital ship from 11 May.Villar(1984)p.183]

;Roll-on-Roll-off ferries
* "Elk" 5,463 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and two Bofors 40 mm guns to carry three Sea King helicopters, ammunition, and heavy vehicles including eight Bofors 40 mm guns, four FV101 Scorpion and four FV107 Scimitar light tanks - joined carrier battle group 16 MayVillar(1984)pp.9,37-38,40&171]
* [http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/BalticFerry_1978.html "Baltic Ferry"] 6,455 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried three Army helicopters, 105 troops, and 1874 tons of stores and ammunition to Ajax Bay on 1 JuneVillar(1984)pp.43&173]
* "Europic Ferry" 4,190 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried vehicles, ammunition, fuel, and four Scout helicopters of 656 Squadron Army Air Corps to San Carlos on 21 MayVillar(1984)pp.44&172]
* "Nordic Ferry" 6,455 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried troops, stores, and ammunition to Falklands on 29 MayVillar(1984)p.173]
* "Norland" 12,990 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried 800 men of 2 Para to San Carlos on 21 MayVillar(1984)pp.31&172]
* "Rangatira" 9,387 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon to carry 1000 engineers with vehicles and equipment, but sailed after cease fire.Villar(1984)pp.28&174]
* "St Edmund" 8,987 GRT [cite web|url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/BR8_Harwich.html#anchor1481876|title=British Railways - Sealink] — equipped with helicopter pad and carried troops and vehicles
* "Tor Caledonia" 5,056 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried vehicles and equipment arriving 12 JuneVillar(1984)p.180]

;Container / Cargo ships
* "Astronomer" 27,867 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and carried thirteen helicopters arriving after cease fire.Villar(1984)pp.87&179]
* "Atlantic Conveyor" 14,496 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried eight 809 Squadron BAE Sea Harriers, six Hawker Siddeley Harriers, six Westland Wessex helicopters, and four 18 Squadron RAF CH-47 Chinook helicopters arriving 19 MayVillar(1984)pp.37&178-179] - hit 25 May by one or two Aérospatiale AM39 Exocet Air-to-Surface Anti-ship missile(s) launched from a Dassault Super Étendard (†12) - "Fatal Damage": Sank in tow 28 May - 6 embarked Wessex HU.5 helicopters, 3 embarked Chinook HC.1 helicopters, 1 embarked Sea Lynx HAS.2, heavy equipment intended for airfield construction, and the bulk stock of tents intended for infantry shelter ashore were lost
* "Atlantic Causeway" 14,946 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried eight ASW Sea Kings and twenty Westland Wessex helicopters arriving 27 May.Villar(1984)pp.84&179]
* "Contender Bezant" 11,445 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried nine Wasp helicopters and 4 Harriers arriving after cease fire.Villar(1984)pp.86&179] - purchased as RFA "Argus" post-war

;Freighters
* "Avelona Star" 9784 GRT (refrigerated) — equipped with helicopter pad and carried provisions arriving after cease fireVillar(1984)pp.95&180]
* "Geestport" 7,730 GRT (refrigerated) — equipped with helicopter pad and carried provisions and stores arriving 11 June
* "Laertes" 11,804 GRT — Soviet-built with armored cable trunks and damage control centers - carried general supplies arriving after cease fire
* "Lycaon" 11,804 GRT — Soviet-built with armored cable trunks and damage control centers - carried ammunition and supplies arriving 28 MayVillar(1984)p.179]
* "Saxonia" 8,547 GRT (refrigerated) — carried provisions arriving 23 May
* "Strathewe" 12,598 GRT — carried supplies and landing craft arriving after cease fire
* "St. Helena" 3,150 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and four Oerlikon 20 mm cannon for use as minesweeper support ship after the cease fireVillar(1984)p.182]

;Tankers
* "Alvega" 33,000 t (57,372 DWT) — used as base storage tanker at Ascension from mid-MayVillar(1984)p.53]
* "Anco Charger" 24,500 DWT — used as auxiliary support tanker from 24 AprilVillar(1984)p.169] with capability to transport 42 different liquids at once
* "Balder London" 19,980 t (33,751 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 12 May
* "British Avon" 15,640 t (25,620 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 25 April
* "British Dart" 15,650 t (28,488 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 22 AprilVillar(1984)p.176]
* "British Esk" 15,643 t (25,905 DWT) — fitted with over-the-stern underway refueling equipment for use as the first convoy escort oilerVillar(1984)p.174]
* "British Tamar" 15,646 t (25,498 DWT) — fitted with over-the-stern underway refueling equipment for use as convoy escort oiler from 13 April
* "British Tay" 15,650 t (25,650 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 12 AprilVillar(1984)p.175]
* "British Test" 16,653 t (25,641 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 14 April
* "British Trent" 15,649 t (25,147 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 18 April
* "British Wye" 15,649 t (25,197 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 25 April - hit by bomb from Lockheed C-130 Hercules - "Minor Damage"
* "Eburna" 19,763 t (31,374 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 26 April
* "Fort Toronto" 25,498 DWT — fresh water tanker from 29 April
* "G.A.Walker" 18,744 t (30,607 DWT) — used as auxiliary tanker from 10 June
* "Scottish Eagle" 33,000 t (54,490 DWT) — used as base storage tanker at South Georgia from 18 June and then moved to Falklands on 14 July

;Tugs / Repair / Support Ships
* "British Enterprise III" 1,595 t — diving support ship
* "Iris" 3,873 GRT — cable ship equipped with helicopter pad and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon for use as despatch vessel from late May.Villar(1984)p.101]
* "Irishman" 686 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 24 May.
* "Salvageman" 1,598 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 7 May.(the most powerful tug on British registry with 11,000 brake horsepower and 170 ton bollard pull)Villar(1984)p.116&182]
* "Stena Inspector" 5,814 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and used as repair ship after the cease fire.Villar(1984)pp.67&178] - purchased as RFA "Diligence" post-war
* "Stena Seaspread" 6,061 GRT — oilfield support ship equipped with helicopter pad and used as repair ship from 16 May.Villar(1984)p.178]
* "Wimpey Seahorse" 1,599 GRT — oilfield supply vessel used as mooring tender and tug from 8 June.
* "Yorkshireman" 686 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 24 May.

Weaponry

*Surface-to-air missiles
** Sea Slug
** Sea Cat
** Sea Wolf
** Sea Dart

*Surface-to-surface missiles
** Aérospatiale MM38 Exocet (Anti-ship missile)
** Ikara (Anti-submarine missile)

*Artillery
** 4.5 inch (114 mm) L/55 Mark 8 gun
** 4.5 inch (114 mm) L/45 Mark 6 gun
** Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mark 9 anti-aircraft (A/A) gun
** Oerlikon 20 mm A/A gun
** L7A2 7.62 mm GPMG General purpose machine gun
** Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortar

*Torpedoes
** Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedo
** Mark 8 torpedo

Notes

References

*
*cite book
last = Clapp
first = Michael
coauthors = Southby-Tailyour, Ewen
title = Amphibious Assault Falklands
publisher = Leo Cooper
year = 1996
isbn = 0-85052-420-2

*cite book
last = Hastings
first = Max
coauthors = Jenkins, Simon
title = The Battle for the Falklands
publisher = Michael Joseph Ltd.
year = 1983
isbn = 0-7181-2228-3

*
*cite book
last = Puddefoot
first = Geoff
title = No Sea Too Rough
publisher = Chatam Publishing
year = 2007
isbn = 97-1-86176-314-3

*
*cite book
last = Villar
first = Roger
title = Merchant Ships at War The Falklands Experience
publisher = Naval Institute Press
year = 1984
isbn = 0-87021-845-X

External links

* Ships of the [http://www.naval-history.net/F19rnships.htm Royal Navy] - [http://www.naval-history.net/F21rfa.htm Royal Fleet Auxiliary] - [http://www.naval-history.net/F22mnships.htm Merchant Navy]


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