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Gopcevich-Canevari claims that his ship had evaded the vigilance of a British frigate in the same area while carrying out a similar mission on 14 May.
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fell overboard and suffered some serious bruises, but he was successfully rescued by a young sailor. The crew members took refuge in an improvised inland shelter.
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Guber, Rosana; Tessey, HĂ©ctor D.; Barrutia, Alejandra
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Amphibious Assault Falklands: The Battle of San Carlos Water.
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1141:The Official History of the Falklands Campaign.
1185:"Falkland Area Operations, 22nd-23rd May 1982"
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1119:Mayorga, Horacio A. (1998).
1064:HMS Yarmouth: Captains Diary
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228:Commanders and leaders
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998:
982:(in Spanish)
969:
964:Smith, p. 81
937:
930:
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784:
782:
779:
775:transmission
770:
766:
762:
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688:
678:
660:GR.3 Harrier
640:
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628:
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608:
586:
584:
569:Port Stanley
542:
535:
493:
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197:Belligerents
115:
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92:
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71:
64:
58:
44:
18:
1558:Sir Galahad
1326:Two Sisters
1296:Goose Green
1143:Routledge.
1121:No Vencidos
691:identified
679:At 4:00 am
543:Sir Galahad
530:Two Sisters
500:Goose Green
172: /
133:23 May 1982
1638:Categories
1613:Land mines
1486:Argentine:
1434:Argentine:
1375:Black Buck
1360:Operations
1346:Bluff Cove
1341:Mount Kent
1291:San Carlos
1265:Occupation
1245:Background
1157:Lulu.com.
1114:References
1035:3 November
746:rounds at
643:was a 326
635:Background
515:Bluff Cove
505:Mount Kent
462:San Carlos
414:Black Buck
395:Occupation
1583:Aftermath
1556:RFA
1550:Glamorgan
1548:HMS
1540:HMS
1532:HMS
1524:HMS
1516:HMS
1510:Sheffield
1508:HMS
1497:ARA
1489:ARA
1382:Corporate
1368:Algeciras
1336:Seal Cove
1275:Surrender
771:Monsunen
767:Brilliant
757:Aftermath
701:Brilliant
689:Brilliant
687:from HMS
614:HMS
609:Brilliant
607:HMS
536:Glamorgan
474:Seal Cove
441:Sheffield
301:1 wounded
245:Brilliant
222:Argentina
114:s cargo,
83:Brilliant
65:Brilliant
1618:Memorial
1564:SS
1542:Coventry
1518:Antelope
1505:British:
1452:British:
1396:Paraquet
1238:Timeline
1139:(2005).
1067:Archived
875:(detail)
873:Monsunen
858:Brillant
843:Yarmouth
808:Monsunen
801:Monsunen
789:Monsunen
787:, towed
763:Yarmouth
748:Monsunen
725:Monsunen
716:Yarmouth
705:Yarmouth
693:Monsunen
666:towards
641:Monsunen
639:The ARA
629:Monsunen
616:Yarmouth
494:Coventry
480:Antelope
427:Belgrano
420:Santa Fe
409:Paraquet
274:Rothesay
261:Strength
254:Monsunen
237:Yarmouth
142:West of
138:Location
112:Monsunen
101:Monsunen
93:Monsunen
86:Sea Lynx
72:Yarmouth
59:Monsunen
45:Monsunen
29:Part of
1576:Related
1403:Rosario
1389:Keyhole
1284:Battles
825:Gallery
821:cross.
797:Forrest
785:Forrest
733:ratings
668:Stanley
664:Fox Bay
297:Forrest
160:58°40′W
116:Forrest
105:Forrest
52:Details
1526:Ardent
1460:Ground
1442:Ground
1427:Forces
1417:Mikado
1410:Sutton
1250:Causes
1178:
1161:
1147:
1127:
1100:
1006:
945:
793:Darwin
623:armed
468:Ardent
457:Sutton
452:Mikado
434:Sobral
185:Result
157:52°2′S
91:# The
81:# The
1534:Arrow
1479:Ships
1465:Naval
1447:Naval
884:Notes
804:'
252:(ARA
243:(HMS
235:(HMS
1623:Yomp
1176:ISBN
1159:ISBN
1145:ISBN
1125:ISBN
1098:ISBN
1037:2023
1004:ISBN
943:ISBN
871:ARA
856:HMS
841:HMS
742:and
714:HMS
627:ARA
612:and
601:off
585:The
290:None
130:Date
70:HMS
68:and
63:HMS
1455:Air
1437:Air
791:to
681:GMT
657:RAF
645:ton
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