HMS Sir Galahad was a trawler built for the British Royal Navy in 1941. Post war it was sold into civilian service and was wrecked in 1957 after running aground off the Isle of Mull.

RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) was a Round Table-class landing ship logistics vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom. The ship saw service in the Falklands War of 1982, where she was bombed and set afire at Fitzroy on 8 June.

2021年6月8日 · There was no greater British loss of life throughout the Falklands conflict than the attack on RFA support ships Sir Galahad and Tristram, bombed on this day in 1982 by Argentine jets. The struggle to liberate the islands was entering its closing stages with British forces closing in on the capital Stanley.

2022年6月7日 · Of the 48 soldiers who died on the Sir Galahad, 32 were from the Welsh Guards. Eight others died on the Sir Tristram. But as they prepared to finally disembark at Fitzroy, the …

2024年5月17日 · Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by Argentinian air force bombs on 8 June 1982....

2025年1月9日 · 12 This battery was effective during both daylight and darkness and, later in the war on 12 June, struck the guided missile destroyer HMS Glamorgan. 13 1 WG had tried to move on foot from San Carlos to Goose Green and had had to turn back.

FAA Skyhawk A-4 attack bombers of the type which mortally damaged RFA Sir Galahad, badly damaged Sir Tristram and sank LCU F4 on the 8th June. In return they lost three of their number.

Three ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been named Sir Galahad, after the knight of Arthurian legend. HMS Sir Galahad (T226) was a Round Table-class trawler used as a minesweeper in World War II

On 8 June five Argentine planes hit two British supply ships, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram. They were destroyed as they moved men and equipment to a British-held position in Fitzroy, near Stanley. The Galahad was carrying explosives which were ignited by the attack. Around 200 men, many of them Welsh Guards, were killed or injured.

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