British military operation to recapture South Georgia in April 1982
Operation Paraquet
Part of the Falklands War
Antrim's Wessex HAS3, nicknamed "Humphrey", preserved at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, played a crucial role in the operation
Date
25 April 1982 (1982-04-25)
Location
South Georgia Island
Result
British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Brian Young
Guy Sheridan
Luis Lagos (POW)
Horacio Bicain (POW)
Alfredo Astiz (POW)
Strength
1 destroyer
2 frigates
1 submarine
1 patrol ship
8 helicopters
250 ground troops[1]
1 submarine
90 ground troops
Casualties and losses
2 helicopters
1 submarine
1 killed
1 wounded
155 captured[2]
v
t
e
Falklands War
Operation Rosario
South Georgia
Occupation
Operation Corporate
Paraquet
Black Buck
Santa Fe
Belgrano
Sobral
Sheffield
Pebble Island
Mikado
Sutton
San Carlos
Ardent
Seal Cove
Antelope
Atlantic Conveyor
Coventry
Goose Green
Mount Kent
Top Malo House
Bluff Cove
Many Branch Point
Mount Harriet
Two Sisters
Glamorgan
Sir Galahad
Mount Longdon
Wireless Ridge
Mount Tumbledown
Port Stanley
Thule & South Sandwich Islands
Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture the island of South Georgia from Argentine military control in April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War.
The operation, a subsidiary of the main Operation Corporate—recapture of the Falkland Islands from Argentina—was successful, leading to the island being restored to British control on 25 April 1982.
Officially named "Operation Paraquet", an alternative spelling of parakeet, it was known among British troops as "Paraquat", after the industrial weedkiller.[3]
^Rossiter 2007, p. 195.
^Freedman 2005, p. 214.
^"Captain Brian Young". The Telegraph. 12 Jan 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
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