Falklands War Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/falklands-war/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 01 May 2026 09:22:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Falklands Tribute by Standing With Giants is coming to Nothe Fort, Weymouth https://mechtraveller.com/2025/10/falklands-tribute-by-standing-with-giants-is-coming-to-nothe-fort-weymouth/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/10/falklands-tribute-by-standing-with-giants-is-coming-to-nothe-fort-weymouth/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:11:26 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12409 The 255 silhouette Falklands Tribute remembrance art installation by Standing with Giants will be open to the public during November at Nothe Fort in Weymouth, Dorset. The charity artwork comprises 255 life-size figures representing Seafarers, Royal Marines, Army, and Airmen and 3 civilians who lost their lives during the 1982 war on The Falkland Islands with […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/10/falklands-tribute-by-standing-with-giants-is-coming-to-nothe-fort-weymouth/feed/ 0 Former HMS Ambuscade expected to return to Glasgow as a Ship Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/former-hms-ambuscade-expected-to-return-to-glasgow-as-a-ship-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/former-hms-ambuscade-expected-to-return-to-glasgow-as-a-ship-museum/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:30:01 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11206 The Type 21 frigate and veteran of the Falklands War, PNS Tariq (ex-HMS Ambuscade) is expected to return to her birthplace on the Clyde sometime next year, to become a ship museum. HMS Ambuscade was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde 1n 1973 and served with the Royal Navy, including during the Falklands War, […]

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