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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.
RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) - bombed on 24 May and 8 June by Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (sunk by torpedo on 21 June and declared a war grave) (†48) - Fatal Damage. Paul J.G. Roberts; RFA Sir Geraint (L3027) D.E. Lawrence; RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029) - damaged by unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks. Christopher A. Purtcher-Wydenbruck; RFA Sir ...
One vessel, Sir Galahad, was lost during the Falklands War, while another, Sir Tristram, was badly damaged. The former was replaced by a new, 8,861 GT vessel of the same name, while the latter was rebuilt and returned to service. All of the vessels in this class were replaced by the Bay class, [6] [7] with Sir Bedivere the last to leave service ...
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 ...
The explosions and subsequent fires killed 48 men aboard Sir Galahad, of whom 32 were soldiers from the Welsh Guards, 11 were other army personnel, and five were crewmen of the Sir Galahad, among them two Hong Kong Chinese sailors. The attack on Sir Tristram killed two crewmen, both of them also Hong Kong Chinese sailors. [18] [19]
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 ...
Sir Galahad was bombed and set on fire by Argentine Skyhawk fighters during the Bluff Cove Air Attacks. The ship was carrying ammunition as well as phosphorus bombs and thousands of gallons of diesel and petrol. [5] Out of his platoon of 30 men, 22 were killed. The Welsh Guards lost a total of 48 men killed and 97 wounded aboard the Sir Galahad ...
Second Engineer Officer, Royal Fleet Auxiliary: On 8 June 1982, after RFA Sir Galahad had been bombed by Argentine aircraft during troop disembarkation in Fitzroy Creek, the engine room quickly filled with thick black smoke. Henry gave the only breathing apparatus to a Junior Engineer Officer, who managed to reach safety, but Henry perished.