during the Falklands War, Salt was captain of the Type 42 guided-missile destroyer Sheffield, one of three ships stationed up-threat of the task force to protect the aircraft carriers Hermes and ...
HMS Hermes was laid down in 1944 and was in service with the Royal Navy between 1959 to 1984 serving as the flagship during the Falklands War in 1982. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1987 and ...
That included the flagship aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (R12), which was sold to ... to the Royal Navy," but also the veterans of the Falklands War. HMS Ambuscade will likely be the only preserved ...
His book, Fight for Falklands Freedom is a comprehensive ... Brian Hanrahan on board HMS Hermes Brian Hanrahan’s famous phrase, ‘I counted them all out and I counted them all back ...