P152 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--          4 May The Type 42 Destroyer, HMS  Sheffield, is badly damaged by an  Exocet missile, killing 20  crewmembers. It sinks on 10 May.  21 May Royal Marines and paratroopers  from the British Task Force land at  San Carlos Bay on the Falkland Islands  and raise the Union Jack.  23 May HMS Antelope of the Royal Navy  explodes.  28 May British troops reach Darwin,  Falkland Islands.     Next       Prev       Home        End