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The Argentine Air Force continued to keep up its relentless bombardment of Royal Navy Ships for the remainder of May and well into June and there is no doubt that they inflicted considerable damage to what were effectually sitting targets. In the midst of it all, the Navy coolly continued its vital support task of transporting troops and supplies onto the Islands.

We get some idea what conditions were like for the ships' crews during those weeks from the list of ships lost to enemy action during that time:

HMS Antelope

Lost 23 May

2 killed - 175 abandoned ship

Courtesy of Steve Johnson

MV Atlantic Conveyor

Hit 25 May - sank 28 May

8 killed

Courtesy of Steve Johnson

HMS Coventry

Lost 25 May

19 killed

Origin of this image unknown

RFA Sir Tristram

Attacked at the same time as RFA Sir Galahad

2 killed

Courtesy of Mark Teadham

RFA Sir Galahad

Abandoned 8 June - scuttled 25 June

The 50 deaths included Merchant, Royal Navy and Welsh Guards personnel

Courtesy of the BBC

HMS Glamorgan

Suffered a direct hit 12 June but remained afloat

13 killed

Believed to be an Argentine reconnaissance

photo taken for damage assessment

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Memorial at Fitzroy

Commemorating crew members from Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram who died as a result of the air attack on 8 June 1982.

©Martin Dunkin

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