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RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) was a Round Table-class landing ship logistics vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom.The ship saw service in the Falklands War of 1982, where she was bombed and set afire at Fitzroy on 8 June.
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At approximately 14:00 local time both RFA Sir Tristram and RFA Sir Galahad were badly damaged [17] by five A-4Bs of Grupo 5. Three A-4s targeted Sir Galahad, which was hit by three bombs released from the Skyhawk flown by First Lieutenant Carlos Cachón. The second Skyhawk was unable to drop its bombs, and the third overshot the British ship. [16]
Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin asked defence minister Al Carns why documents about the 1982 attack on the Sir Galahad were being withheld. ‘Mystifying’ why Falklands War files on ship’s ...
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been named Sir Galahad, after the knight of Arthurian legend. RFA Sir Galahad (1966) (L3005), a landing ship (logistic), was lost in the Falklands War RFA Sir Galahad (1987) (L3005), a landing ship (logistic) named for (and given the same pennant number as) the previous Sir Galahad , was involved in ...
Round Table-class Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percivale & Sir Tristram. Logistic Landing Craft – 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 -
As a result, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram were caught unloading in daylight on 8 June and attacked by Argentine aircraft, [152] and both were set ablaze. The fires on Sir Tristram soon burned themselves out, and some of the cargo was saved; ultimately, the ship was salvaged. But Sir Galahad was a total loss. The disaster cost 49 men their lives ...
Fitzroy River looking upstream from Darwin Road (the road which connects Port Stanley and Mount Pleasant/Lafonia A panorama at Fitzroy showing the two memorials to those lost when the RFA ships Sir Galahad and Sir Tristam were attacked during the Falklands Conflict. Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland. It is divided into Fitzroy North and ...