They Couldn't Have Done It Without Us

The Merchant Navy in the Falklands War

• Author(s): John Johnson-Allen,
• Publisher: Seafarer
• Pages: 251
• ISBN_10: 1906266239
  ISBN_13: 9781906266233
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Wars & Conflicts / General , History / Military / Naval , Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General , Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History ,

Description:... Over seventy merchant ships sailed in the Task force sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland islands in 1982. Some were Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, but the majority were STUFT-ships taken up from trade-and the officers and crew of these merchant vessels, all volunteers, suddenly found themselves thrust into a war zone in the South Atlantic.