Author Archives: David Arkwright

ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, an aircraft carrier that served in the Argentine Navy. It was the second aircraft carrier incorporated into the Argentine Navy. Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Venerable, it was later sold to the Netherlands and then to Argentina in 1968. The ship played a role in the Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas) as part of Task Force 79. It was the last aircraft carrier operated by any Latin American navy. Due to high maintenance costs, the carrier was eventually decommissioned and sold for scrap in India in the 1990s.

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In 1975, the Leander-class frigate, HMS ACHILLES, collided with the Greek tanker Olympic Alliance in the Dover Strait. The 5-year-old frigate was recovered to HMNB Devonport for repair. She remained in service until 1990, when she was sold to Chile.

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After USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, it was bought by a company that needed to move the ship with an 81′ beam through the 80′ wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighting down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees.

Nukes in the Falklands War.1 April 1982 advice to Cabinet on the risks of the WE177 stockpile going to the Falklands, and the risks to specific ship classes of being hit by Exocet while carrying nuclear weapons, and the risk of Argentina capturing a UK warhead. Copied from SeaWaves Magazine.