Henry Leach1 April 1982
Leach sends orders to a Royal Navy force carrying out exercises in the Mediterranean to prepare to sail south.
Great Britain · Warfare / Falklands War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Leach sends orders to a Royal Navy force carrying out exercises in the Mediterranean to prepare to sail south.
Commodore Mike Clapp is in charge of the amphibious ships
In overall command is Commander in Chief Fleet, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse at his headquarters at Northwood near London
Following the Argentine invasion, Cabinet approval is given for formation of a task force to retake the islands, implementing the naval response Leach had advocated.
After an emergency meeting of the cabinet, approval is given for the formation of a task force to retake the islands
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
Backed by an emergency session of the House of Commons
The aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible leave Portsmouth with escorts as leading elements of the task force whose mobilization Leach had urged.
Admiral Woodward's task group rendezvous with mid-Atlantic destroyers
War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan
The force set in motion by the British response ultimately involves 127 ships: 43 Royal Navy vessels, 22 Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, and 62 merchant ships.
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