Bluff Cove (Spanish: Bahía Agradable or Hoya Fitzroy)[1] is a sea inlet and settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on its east coast. It was the site of secondary landings of the Falklands War of 1982, which resulted in a successful attack of the Argentine Air Force, which came to be known as the Bluff Cove Disaster.
It is near the Mount Pleasant highway overlooking a small harbour.
On the 8 June 1982, the 1st Welsh Guards were aboard RFA Sir Galahad also waiting to be landed at Bluff Cove when Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram were attacked by Argentinian Skyhawk fighters who caught them by surprise. Both ships were badly hit. The explosions and subsequent fires resulted in heavy casualties on board Sir Galahad. Forty-eight people, including thirty-two Welsh Guards, were killed or severely wounded, with many suffering terrible burns. The wreck of Sir Galahad was scuttled after the war, torpedoed by the submarine HMS Onyx. The hulk was declared a war grave. The disabled Sir Tristram was transferred to the United Kingdom where she underwent a major overhaul.
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51°46′S 58°11′W / 51.767°S 58.183°W / -51.767; -58.183 BluffCove (Spanish: Bahía Agradable or Hoya Fitzroy) is a sea inlet and settlement on East Falkland...
directly to Port Fitzroy/BluffCove. The alternative was for the infantrymen to march via the recently repaired BluffCove bridge (destroyed by retreating...
The BluffCove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by the Argentine Air Force (FAA) while...
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exit the area after having taking cover among the boulders and caves on BluffCove Peak the day before. By the end of May, D Squadron had secured Mount Kent...
rock at the cove. Peggotty Bluff or Peggotty Camp is a bluff near the head of King Haakon Bay on the north side. The party camped at the bluff using the...
seize BluffCove Peak. The radio operator, First Sergeant Vicente Alfredo Flores, sent out the following radio message from the slopes of BluffCove Peak...
June, the Scots Guards were moved by helicopter from their position at BluffCove to an assembly area near Goat Ridge, west of Mount Tumbledown. The British...
A 105 mm light gun of 29 Commando Regiment sited between Fitzroy and BluffCove in the Falkland Islands, June 1982. A gunner from 29 Commando Regiment...
set out from Stanley with orders to establish an observation post on BluffCove Peak. This was part of a larger operation planned by the Argentine commander...
2nd Assault Section from 602 Commando Company suffered two killed on BluffCove Peak during the Mount Kent Skirmish, First Lieutenant Rubén Eduardo Márquez...
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Cummings Cove. South of Cummings Cove is Hydrurga Cove, named by UK-APC after the leopard seals, Hydrurga leptonyx, that commonly frequent the cove. The first...
quarters aboard with galley and heads. In the Falklands War during the BluffCove Air Attacks LCU F4 from Fearless was bombed and sunk in Choiseul Sound...
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located on Ajax Bay (East Falkland) Beaver Settlement (on Beaver Island) BluffCove Settlement (East Falkland) Bombilia House Burnside House Camp Verde (Campo...
could I say? On 4 June, the three rifle companies of 45 CDO advanced on BluffCove Peak, on the lower slopes of Mount Kent, and were able to occupy the feature...
Galahad, which was accompanied by Sir Tristram, waiting to be landed at BluffCove though they were delayed from doing so. However, attack was imminent after...
Galahad was bombed and set on fire by Argentine Skyhawk fighters during the BluffCove Air Attacks. The ship was carrying ammunition as well as phosphorus bombs...
Falklands War: British supply ship RFA Sir Galahad is destroyed during the BluffCove Air Attacks VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into...
without fire support. From Fitzroy, 2 Para were moved by helicopter to BluffCove Peak where they were held in reserve. The first line of hills: Two Sisters...
awarded the Military Medal for using his Mexeflote to rescue survivors at BluffCove. In 1994, the Army ordered an additional 50 units, and in 2000 they upgraded...
underplay the extent of damage depending on the circumstances. Following the BluffCove Air Attacks during the Falklands War, the British military misled the...
Arago Glacier, which flows south into Henryk Cove, and Woodbury Glacier, which flows north into Piccard Cove. Northern features include Cape Anna, Mount...
in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. 1982 – BluffCove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are...
one. The plan was to establish a second FBMA at Fitzroy, with a DP at BluffCove. It was nowhere near as good as Teal Inlet. The route from Port San Carlos...
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