HMS Plymouth


HMS Plymouth took part in Operation Paraquet. This picture shows her bombarding Argentine positions on Brown Mountain on 25 April 1982, to cover the British advance on Grytviken during the assault on South Georgia. Later she was hit by multiple bombs in San Carlos but survived the ordeal.


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