On this day in 1982, Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward, who was in Gibraltar in HMS Antrim, given orders under Operation CORPORATE. At 2130 he was told that Argentina had invaded the Falklands. The next day he sailed South In HMS Glamorgan with 10 ships to begin the formation of the Task Force.

USS Archerfish (SSN 678) (top), USS Ray (SSN 653) (center) and USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) (bottom) rendezvous at the North Pole on May 6, 1986.

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The Royal Navy has averaged about 23 shipboard fires per year since 2020. This may sound alarming but is normal, fires on ships are a perpetual hazard. These numbers are mostly very minor incidents that were over in minutes. All sailors are trained in fire-fighting and ships in routine maintain a duty watch at all times ready to respond.

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