She saw action in the Falklands war when she was deployed with HMS Hermes and took over as Flagship of the British Fleet when Hermes was sold to India. HMS Invincible was also deployed in ...
The Bristol belonged to Task Group 317.8 during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas ... importance with the sinking of HMS Coventry on May 25. When the aircraft carrier Hermes returned to the UK, Bristol ...
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 ...
Yesterday I visited the Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond, recently returned from months at the sharp end in the most intense naval combat anyone has seen since the Falklands War. Diamond returned in ...