14 September 1914
Cap Trafalgar Destruction Reported
The Admiralty receives news that HMS Carmania has sunk the German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar.
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The Admiralty receives news that HMS Carmania has sunk the German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar.
Harwood uses Doric Star's distress report to estimate the likely movements of the German raider.
From recent merchant losses, Harwood calculates that the raider could reach the River Plate focal area around 13 December.
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
Declares a defence area around the British fleet.
Rendezvous with destroyers moving south.
Extends restrictions to ships and aircraft supporting Argentina.
Commands HMS Plymouth through operations from South Georgia to San Carlos and the later Falklands campaign.
Captains Victor K2 XL189 during the complex tanker operation supporting the first Black Buck raid.
Flies a Victor tanker deep into the refuelling sequence supporting Vulcan XM607 on Black Buck 1.
Provides the final planned fuel transfer that enables Martin Withers's Vulcan to continue toward Stanley.
Suffers a refuelling-probe failure in severe weather, forcing Bob Tuxford's Victor to take over the final tanker role.
HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano.
The General Belgrano is sunk outside the Exclusion Zone demarcated by the British. After the loss of the Belgrano, the entire Argentine fleet returns to port and do not leave again for the duration of hostilities
General Belgrano sunk 30 miles outside exclusion zone by submarine Conqueror on orders of War Cabinet who claim self-defence - 368 Argentines die
HMS Conqueror sinks the cruiser General Belgrano.
The cruiser sinking changes Argentine naval operations.
Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano
HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet missile.
Loses HMS Sheffield to Argentine air attack.
The British lose the Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield to fire following an Exocet missile strike - 20 die
Receives approval for the San Carlos landing.
The Ardent is sunk
The HMS Antelope is sunk
Atlantic Conveyor is hit by Exocet missiles.
The HMS Coventry is sunk. The Atlantic Conveyor is sunk
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
Is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for leadership and combat performance during the Sea Harrier campaign.
Commands Glamorgan when a shore-launched Exocet strikes the destroyer, killing members of the ship's company.
The Ponting case follows leaked documents about the Belgrano sinking.
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