The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for HM Royal Navy in 1982. Many of these vessels took part in the 1982 Falklands War.
Aircraft Carriers
The carriers Hermes and Invincible were deployed to the Falkland Islands in April 1982 as the centre piece of Rear Admiral Woodward's Carrier Battle Group.
Destroyers
- Type 82 – Bristol.
- Type 42 – Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Exeter, Southampton, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry & Manchester (commissioned in December 1982) and four more fitting-out/in-build as of end-1982.
- County-class – Antrim, Glamorgan & Fife.
The destroyers Bristol, Sheffield, Coventry, Exeter, Cardiff, Glasgow, Antrim & Glamorgan were all present in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.
Sheffield and Coventry were lost to enemy action, Sheffield by air launched Exocet missile and Coventry to bombs. Glamorgan was struck by a modified air-launch Exocet from a land-based launcher causing extensive damage, however she was not crippled.
Frigates
- Type 22 – Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant & Brazen, Boxer, & Beaver + 2 planned.
- Type 21 – Amazon, Antelope, Active, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Ardent & Avenger.
- Leander-class (Type 12I) –
- Batch 1 (Ikara Group): Aurora, Euryalus, Galatea, Arethusa, Naiad, Dido, Leander, & Ajax.
- Batch 2 (Exocet Group): Cleopatra, Sirius, Phoebe, Minerva, Danae, Juno, Argonaut, & Penelope
- Batch 3 (Broad-Beamed Group): Achilles, Diomede, Andromeda, Hermione, Jupiter, Apollo, Scylla, Ariadne, & Charybdis
- Rothesay-class – Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Brighton, Rothesay, Londonderry, Falmouth, Berwick, Plymouth, & Rhyl.
- Whitby-class – Torquay & Eastbourne
- Type 81 - Gurkha, Tartar & Zulu (all reactivated from reserve for Falklands War)
Ardent and Antelope lost due to enemy action.
Amphibious Units
- Fearless-class – Fearless & Intrepid.
- Round Table-class Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percivale & Sir Tristram.
- Logistic Landing Craft (RCT) – HMAV Ardennes & HMAV Arakan.
- LCM (9) Type – 14 craft
- LCM (7) Type – 2 craft
- Avon-class RPL – Avon, Bude, Clyde, Dart, Eden, Forth, Glen, Hamble, Itchen, Kennet, London & Medway.
- LCVP -
- LCVP 1: 9 craft
- LCVP 2: 8 craft
- LCVP 3: 9 craft
- LCP(R) – 3 craft
Sir Galahad lost due to enemy action.
Mine Warfare Forces
- Abdiel.
- Hunt-class – Brecon, Ledbury, Cattistock, Cottesmore, Brocklesby, Middleton, Chiddingfold, Dulverton & Hurworth.
- Wilton.
- Ton-class -
- Mine Hunters: Bilderston, Brereton, Brinton, Bronington, Bossington, Gavinton, Hubberston, Iverston, Kedleston, Kellington, Kirkliston, Maxton, Nurton & Sheraton.
- Minesweepers: Alfringston, Bickington, Crichton, Cuxton, Glasserton, Hodgeston, Laleston, Pollington, Shavington, Upton, Walkerton, Wotton, Soberton, Stubbington, Lewiston & Crofton.
- Venturer-class – St. David & Venturer.
- Ley-class – Aveley.
- Ham-class – Dittisham, Flintham & Thornham.
Ice Patrol Ship
Offshore Patrol Vessels
- Castle-class - Leeds Castle, Dumbarton Castle
- Island-class - Anglesey, Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey, Shetland, Orkney, Lindisfarne
Submarine Service
- Resolution-class - Resolution, Renown, Repulse, Revenge
- Trafalgar-class - Five fitting out/in build as of December 1982
- Swiftsure-class - Swiftsure, Sovereign, Superb, Sceptre, Spartan, Splendid
- Valiant-class - Valiant, Warspite
- Churchill-class - Churchill, Conqueror, Courageous
- Oberon-class - Oberon, Ocelot, Odin, Olympus, Onslaught, Onyx, Opportune, Oppossum, Oracle, Orpheus, Osiris, Otter, Otis,
- Porpoise-class - Porpoise, Finwhale (harbour training vessel), Sealion, Walrus
See also
Notes
- Commissioned whilst underway on 20 June 1982.
- In Build, launched 2 June 1982.
- ^ In Build.
- ^ Trials Ship.
- Exercise Minelayer.
- prototype Coastal Minesweeper/hunter.
References
- Moore, J., ed. (1982). Jane's Fighting Ships 1982-83 (85th ed.). London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0710607423.
- ^ Woodward, John (2012). One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander (3rd ed.). Hammersmith, London: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00743-640-8.
- ^ Sunday Express Magazine Team (1982). War in the Falklands, The Campaign in Pictures. London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0297782029.
- ^ Hart Dyke, David (2007). Four Weeks in May: The Loss of HMS Coventry, A Captain's Story. London, UK: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-590-3.
- ^ Freedman, Lawrence (2005). The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Vol.1 - The Origins of the Falklands War. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-71465-206-1.
- Inskip, Ian (2012). Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War 1982. Chatham: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84832-131-1.