Ajax Bay is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is on the north west coast, on the shore of San Carlos Water, a few miles from Port San Carlos. It was mainly a refrigeration plant, and was developed by the Colonial Development Corporation in the 1950s, which was also responsible for developing Port Albemarle. It was supposed to freeze Falkland mutton, but this was found to be economically unviable. Many of the pre-fabricated houses were moved to Stanley.[1]
During the Falklands War, the first British bridgehead was established on San Carlos Water on 21 May 1982. Ajax Bay was one of three landing points, and codenamed "Red Beach" as part of Operation Sutton.[2] The next day, the refrigeration plant became a field hospital, the Advanced Surgical Centre. It was run by Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly and operated until 9 June.[3]
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AjaxBay is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is on the north west coast, on the shore of San Carlos Water, a few miles from Port...
Commando Brigade RM and commanded the field hospital at AjaxBay. The facilities at AjaxBay were set up in an old refrigeration plant situated next to...
Settlement Gentoo penguins, the current residents of AjaxBay The ruined freezer plant at AjaxBay HMS Antelope returning to San Carlos Water 23 May 1982...
code name for the British landings on the shores of San Carlos Water, at AjaxBay and Port San Carlos, near San Carlos on East Falkland. During the night...
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priority supplies to the South Atlantic. The 3rd Commando Brigade landed at AjaxBay, Port San Carlos and San Carlos on East Falkland, but struggled to build...
List of settlements by name, population, and island it is located on AjaxBay (East Falkland) Beaver Settlement (on Beaver Island) Bluff Cove Settlement...
Carlos (Green Beach) and 45 Commando from RFA Stromness was landed at AjaxBay (Red Beach). Notably, the waves of eight LCUs and eight LCVPs were led...
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːjɑks]), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax (after the legendary Greek...
Sandy Bay Island (Spanish: Isla Bahía Arenosa) is a small, uninhabited island lying off the eastern coast of Bleaker Island in the Falkland Islands. It...
It was aided by the United States (under the name TP-AJAX (Tudeh Party) Project or Operation Ajax) and the United Kingdom (under the name Operation Boot)...
airstrip. Other settlements include Albemarle, Chartres, Dunnose Head, Fox Bay, Fox Bay West, Hill Cove, Port Stephens, and Roy Cove, most of which are linked...
nonviable, not least because seal numbers had declined massively. Similarly, AjaxBay on Falkland Sound, was developed by the Colonial Development Corporation...
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south-western point and sandy bays to the east. The highest point at 46 m (151 ft) is Bull Hill. East Loafers is the name of the bay on the southern shore. It...
died in July 2012. Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert 'H' Jones was buried at AjaxBay on 30 May; after the war, his body was exhumed and transferred to the British...
Army helicopters, 105 troops, and 1,874 tons of stores and ammunition to AjaxBay on 1 June Europic Ferry 4,190 GRT – equipped with helicopter pad and carried...
Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships. Having made a tactical landing at Red Beach, AjaxBay on 21 May 1982, the men of 45 Cdo RM yomped across East Falkland, via Port...
the war the Argentines also heavily mined Yorke Bay to the north of the airport and Surf/Rookery Bays to the southeast with minimum metal mines under...
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