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List Of Royal Navy Vessels Active In 1982
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 – . * Type 42 – , , , , , , , , & (commissioned in December 1982) and four more fitting-out/in-build as of end-1982. * – , & . 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 * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Corps Of Transport
The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community. It was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1993; its units and trades were amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps. The Depot and Training Regiment RCT was at the former Buller Barracks in Aldershot garrison. History The corps was formed in 1965 from the transport (land, water and air) elements of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) and the movement control and transportation elements of the Royal Engineers (RE). The Royal Army Service Corps’ functions of supply and transport were separated. The RCT became responsible for transport including ships and launches. whilst supplies became the responsibility of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. In 1993, following the Options for Change review, the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed by the amalgamation of The Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Army Ordn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve, created in 1859, and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), created in 1903. The Royal Naval Reserve has seen action in World War I, World War II, the Iraq War, and War in Afghanistan. History Establishment The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) has its origins in the Register of Seamen, established in 1835 to identify men for naval service in the event of war, although just 400 volunteered for duty in the Crimean War in 1854 out of 250,000 on the Register. This led to a Royal Commission on Manning the Navy in 1858, which in turn led to the Naval Reserve Act of 1859. This established the RNR as a reserve of professional seamen from the British Merchant Navy and fishing fleets, who could be called upon during times of war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Royal Navy Vessels Active In 1981
The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for Her Majesty's Royal Navy in 1981. Aircraft Carriers * – . * – , , & . Destroyers * Type 82 – . * Type 42 – , , , , , , , , & . * – , , , & . Frigates * Type 22 – , , , , & . * Type 21 – , , , , , , & . * (Type 12I) – ** Batch 1 (Ikara Group): , , , , , , & . ** Batch 2 (Exocet Group): , , , , , , & . ** Batch 3 (Broad-Beamed Group): , , , , , , , , & . * – , , , , , , , & . * – . * – . Amphibious Units * – & . * ( RFA) – , , , , & . * 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 Mine Warfare Forces *. * – , , , , , , , & . * . * – **Mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Porpoise-class Submarine
The ''Porpoise'' class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Navy. This class was originally designated patrol submarines, then attack. They were the first conventional British submarines to be built after the end of World War II. Their design was, in many ways, influenced by the German World War II-era Type XXI U-boats. Design The ''Porpoise''-class submarines were larger but shorter than their T-class predecessors and used a much improved steel known as UXW.''Rebuilding the Royal Navy : Warship Design Since 1945'', D. K. Brown and George Moore, Chatham Publishing, 2003, pp.114–115 This, and improved design and construction techniques allowed much deeper diving. It was found in tests that the unusually long engine room was liable to collapse, so there were extra large frames in this section, which proved to be something of an operational inconvenience. Designed with a top speed of , the boats were capable of , or once fitted with sile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island-class Patrol Vessel
The Island-class patrol vessel was first designed and built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency. As a result of the Royal Navy's experiences in the Cod Wars with Iceland, FPV ''Jura'' (loaned to the Navy as ) and FPV ''Westra'' were put in fishery protection patrols, the Navy built a further seven. These ships were designed and built by Hall Russell of Aberdeen, Scotland. Fishery protection cruisers FPV ''Jura'' and FPV ''Westra'' were built by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen in 1973 and 1975 respectively. ''Jura'' was loaned to the Royal Navy between 1975 and 1977 for evaluation. Royal Navy offshore fishery protection ships The success of ''Jura'' encouraged the Royal Navy to build a further seven ships to the same design; these ships formed the bulk of the Fishery Protection Squadron, whose mission was to patrol the Atlantic fishing grounds, and ensure the security of the British oil and gas fields in the North Sea. However, since the mid-1990s, the class has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265)
HMS ''Dumbarton Castle'' (P265) was an offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Her main role was the protection of the offshore assets of the United Kingdom, including oil and gas installations and fisheries out to the limit. She spent much of her time deployed in the South Atlantic as guard ship, patrolling around the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, alternating with her sister ship . Her long association with the Falkland Islands resulted in the ship's company being given permission to add her name to the roll of honour written in white rocks on the hillside opposite Stanley in 2007. Design and construction The was designed for fisheries protection and oilfield patrol duties in the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). They were a follow-on to the interim which had been ordered in 1975 when the EEZ was extended to 200 miles, and as a result of initial experience with the Islands, was considerably longer in order to improve seakeeping in heavy seas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Leeds Castle (P258)
HMS ''Leeds Castle'' (P258) was a built by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen, Scotland for the Royal Navy. She was launched in October 1980 and commissioned the following August. She was involved in the 1982 Falklands War, operating between the British territories of Ascension Island, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands as a dispatch vessel commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Colin Hamilton. The ''Leeds Castle'' spent much time performing fishery protection duties around the United Kingdom, as well as being used as a guard ship in the Falkland Islands. In 2000, ''Leeds Castle'' underwent an eight-month refit, returning to the fleet in early 2001. Design and construction The was designed for fisheries protection and oilfield patrol duties in the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). They were a follow-on to the interim which had been ordered in 1975 when the EEZ was extended to , and as a result of initial experience with the Islands, was considerably longer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle-class Patrol Vessel
The Castle class was a class of British offshore patrol vessels of the Royal Navy. Two ships were constructed and after nearly 30 years service were sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 2010. The Bangladesh Navy upgraded these with more armaments including C-704 anti-ship missiles and sensors. These ships are now reclassified as corvettes by the Bangladesh Navy. Design The Castle class was designed by David K. Brown and was intended as a series of six offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy, designed in response to criticism of the previous for insufficient speed, sub-optimal sea-keeping and lack of a flight deck for rescue helicopters. In the event, only two ships were built, and . Both vessels were built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen, Scotland. These had significant improvements over the Island-class – they were 300 tonnes larger, more stable in heavy seas, faster and fitted with a large flight deck capable of supporting a Sea King helicopter. For brief periods, the ships co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landing Craft, Personnel (Ramped)
The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II. Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 9 knots (17 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by climbing down a cargo net hung from the side of their troop transport; they exited by charging down the boat's lowered bow ramp. Designer Andrew Higgins based it on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 23,358 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees.Herman, Arthur. ''Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II''.New York: Random House. . pp. 204-206. Taking the last letter of the LCVP designation, sailors often nicknamed the Higgins Boat the "Papa Boat" or "Peter Boat" to differentiate it from other landing craft such as the LCU and the LCM, with the LCM being called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LCVP (United Kingdom)
The Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) is a versatile amphibious landing craft designed to transport troops or armoured vehicles from ship to shore during amphibious landings. The designation was first used in British service for the LCVP Mk2s introduced with the two ''Fearless'' class amphibious transport docks, the role having previously been carried out by the Landing Craft Assault developed during the Second World War. They are manned and operated by 1 Assault Group Royal Marines.Royal Marines - Landing Craft royalnavy.mod.uk, Retrieved 15 June 2014. LCVP Mk2 The LCVP Mk2 was built by the Dorset Yacht Company at during the 1960s. The craft ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramped Powered Lighter
The ramped powered lighter (RPL) was a type of landing craft formerly operated by the Royal Corps of Transport of the British Army, from the 1960s until the 1990s. Performing similar tasks to the ramped cargo lighter of the Second World War, it had a vehicle deck that was wide and long, and a load capacity of 30.5 tonnes (30.0 long tons). From the early 1980s onwards it was replaced with the larger ramped craft logistic (RCL). The last RPL was in service in Belize until the main British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ... presence was withdrawn from there in 1994. References "Defence Standard 00-3/Issue 3- Design Guidance For The Transportability Of Equipment", 27 May 1985, UK Ministry of Defence Ship types Landing craft {{UK-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
