21 April: False start for Operation Paraquet While the busy pattern of shipping movements continued in the corridor between the UK, Ascension Isl...
20 April: Ambulance ship leaves Gibraltar Almost three weeks after the Argentine invasion of the Falklands and there were still ships leaving...
19 April: Amphibious Group reaches Ascension By Monday 19 April 1982 hopes of a diplomatic solution to the Argentine invasion of the Falklands, a...
18 April: Carrier Battle Group continues south The Carrier Battle Group sailed from Ascension on the morning of Sunday 18 April 1982; Hermes weighe...
17 April: Top brass visits Battle Group Assault ship HMS Fearless arrived off Ascension early in the morning of Saturday 17 April 1982, havi...
16 April: Carrier Battle Group reaches Ascension Island Friday 16 April 1982 saw Battle Group Commander Admiral Sandy Woodward fly from his flagship, carrie...
15 April: Admiral Woodward joins his flagship Thursday 15 April 1982 was effectively the last leg of US Secretary of State Al Haig’s burst of sh...
14 April: Brilliant Group sails for the Falklands Wednesday 14 April 1982 marked the start of another burst of activity in both the military and polit...
13 April: Diplomatic deadlock American Secretary of State Al Haig continued his gruelling programme of transatlantic shuttles as h...
12 April: Maritime Exclusion Zone enforced The 200-mile Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ) announced by the British government the previous week cam...
11 April: Submarines arrive on station Having detached the Antrim Group, which had arrived at Ascension Island a day earlier, the remainder...
10 April: More diplomatic moves The diplomatic campaign continued to go in Britain’s favour, with a major step forward on Easter S...