Follow Sandy Woodward through 17 dated historical records for Great Britain.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Destroyers and frigates exercising off Gibraltar under Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward were ordered south. They were joined by the carriers Hermes and Invincible, loaded with Sea Harrier fighters as well as amphibious ships and merchant ships
Role range: 1982-1982
Destroyers and frigates exercising off Gibraltar under Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward were ordered south. They were joined by the carriers Hermes and Invincible, loaded with Sea Harrier fighters as well as amphibious ships and merchant ships
Role range: 1982-1982
Orders his ships south to join the task force.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1982-1982
Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Admiral Woodward's task group rendezvous with mid-Atlantic destroyers
Role range: 1982-1982
Rendezvous with destroyers moving south.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1982-1982
Vulnerable to Argentine aircraft, both carrier and land based, missile armed surface ships and submarines Woodward's approval is given to sink any Argentine warships outside Argentine territorial waters
Role range: 1982-1982
General Belgrano sunk 30 miles outside exclusion zone by submarine Conqueror on orders of War Cabinet who claim self-defence - 368 Argentines die
Role range: 1982-1982
The cruiser sinking changes Argentine naval operations.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1982-1982
Loses HMS Sheffield to Argentine air attack.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1982-1982
War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan
Role range: 1982-1982
War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan
Role range: 1982-1982
Receives approval for the San Carlos landing.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1982-1982
British frigate Ardent sunk in San Carlos Water by air attack - 22 die
Role range: 1982-1982
Two brigades of troops had been transported 8,000 miles and one of the most successful amphibious landings was conducted in San Carlos Water when 3,000 troops are put ashore without casualties
Role range: 1982-1982
San Carlos landings begin, codenamed Operation Sutton. British frigate Ardent sunk in San Carlos Water by air attack - 22 die
Role range: 1982-1982
British destroyer Coventry sunk by air attack - 20 die. British container ship Atlantic Conveyor is abandoned with 3 vital chinook helicopters aboard after an exocet missile hit sets the ship ablaze - 12 die
Role range: 1982-1982
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