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HMS Alacrity (F174) - sank Argentine transport ship ARA Isla de Los Estados. Slightly damaged by bomb. Lynx helicopter damaged by return fire from armed coaster ARA Monsunen.
Civilian trawlers converted to Extra-Deep Armed Team Sweep (EDATS) with some extempore acoustic and sonar equipment. Manned by Royal Naval personnel, mainly from 1st MCM Squadron based at Rosyth. All five minesweepers were involved in clearing two minefields off Port Stanley.
The following Merchant Navy ships were requisitioned, as Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT).
Liners
SS Canberra 44,807 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried personnel of the 3rd Commando Brigade to San Carlos on 21 May.
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2. 67,140 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried 3,200 men of the 5th Infantry Brigade. At South Georgia the men of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and 1/7 Gurkha Rifles were transferred to Canberra, Norland and RFA Stromness on 27 May for transport to San Carlos.
SS Uganda 16,907 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and used as hospital ship from 11 May.
Elk 5,463 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and two Bofors 40 mm guns to carry three Sea King helicopters, ammunition, and heavy vehicles including eight Bofors 40 mm guns, four FV101 Scorpion and four FV107 Scimitar light tanks - joined carrier battle group 16 May
Baltic Ferry 6,455 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried three Army helicopters, 105 troops, and 1874 tons of stores and ammunition to Ajax Bay on 1 June
Europic Ferry 4,190 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried vehicles, ammunition, fuel, and four Scout helicopters of 656 Squadron Army Air Corps to San Carlos on 21 May
Nordic Ferry 6,455 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried troops, stores, and ammunition to Falklands on 29 May
Norland 12,990 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried 800 men of 2 Para to San Carlos on 21 May
Rangatira 9,387 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon to carry 1000 engineers with vehicles and equipment, but sailed after cease fire.
St Edmund 8,987 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried troops and vehicles
Tor Caledonia 5,056 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried vehicles and equipment arriving 12 June
Contender Bezant 11,445 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and carried nine Wasp helicopters and 4 Harriers arriving after cease fire. - purchased as RFA Argus post-war
Freighters
Avelona Star 9784 GRT (refrigerated) — equipped with helicopter pad and carried provisions arriving after cease fire
Geestport 7,730 GRT (refrigerated) — equipped with helicopter pad and carried provisions and stores arriving 11 June
Laertes 11,804 GRT — Soviet-built with armored cable trunks and damage control centers - carried general supplies arriving after cease fire
Lycaon 11,804 GRT — Soviet-built with armored cable trunks and damage control centers - carried ammunition and supplies arriving 28 May
Saxonia 8,547 GRT (refrigerated) — carried provisions arriving 23 May
Strathewe 12,598 GRT — carried supplies and landing craft arriving after cease fire
St. Helena 3,150 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and four Oerlikon 20 mm cannon for use as minesweeper support ship after the cease fire
Tankers
Alvega 33,000 t (57,372 DWT) — used as base storage tanker at Ascension from mid-May
Anco Charger 24,500 DWT — used as auxiliary support tanker from 24 April with capability to transport 42 different liquids at once
Balder London 19,980 t (33,751 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 12 May
British Avon 15,640 t (25,620 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 25 April
British Dart 15,650 t (28,488 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 22 April
British Esk 15,643 t (25,905 DWT) — fitted with over-the-stern underway refueling equipment for use as the first convoy escort oiler
British Tamar 15,646 t (25,498 DWT) — fitted with over-the-stern underway refueling equipment for use as convoy escort oiler from 13 April
British Tay 15,650 t (25,650 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 12 April
British Test 16,653 t (25,641 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 14 April
British Trent 15,649 t (25,147 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 18 April
British Wye 15,649 t (25,197 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 25 April - hit by bomb from Lockheed C-130 Hercules - Minor Damage
Eburna 19,763 t (31,374 DWT) — used as auxiliary support tanker from 26 April
Fort Toronto 25,498 DWT — fresh water tanker from 29 April
G.A.Walker 18,744 t (30,607 DWT) — used as auxiliary tanker from 10 June
Scottish Eagle 33,000 t (54,490 DWT) — used as base storage tanker at South Georgia from 18 June and then moved to Falklands on 14 July
Tugs / Repair / Support Ships
British Enterprise III 1,595 t — diving support ship
Iris 3,873 GRT — cable ship equipped with helicopter pad and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon for use as despatch vessel from late May.
Irishman 686 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 24 May.
Salvageman 1,598 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 7 May.(the most powerful tug on British registry with 11,000 brake horsepower and 170 ton bollard pull)
Stena Inspector 5,814 GRT — equipped with helicopter pad and used as repair ship after the cease fire. - purchased as RFA Diligence post-war
Stena Seaspread 6,061 GRT — oilfield support ship equipped with helicopter pad and used as repair ship from 16 May.
Wimpey Seahorse 1,599 GRT — oilfield supply vessel used as mooring tender and tug from 8 June.
Yorkshireman 686 GRT — ocean salvage tug from 24 May.
Weaponry
HMS Cardiff Sea Dart LauncherType 42 destroyer returning from a nightly shelling
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