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...spectacular war of attrition offshore. Britain reported the loss of a missile-bearing frigate, H.M.S. Antelope, destroyed when a bomb in its midsection exploded as efforts were being made to defuse it (see photograph at right); a destroyer, H.M.S. Coventry, sunk by bombing; and a supply vessel, the Atlantic Conveyor, disabled and abandoned. The Conveyor was hit by the same type of Exocet missile that sank the British destroyer H.M.S. Sheffield four weeks ago. Including another frigate, H.M.S. Ardent, sunk on May 22, Britain said it had lost five ships in the struggle to regain the islands, but Argentina claimed...
...fleet on May 25, to coincide with Argentina's National Day celebrations. Waves of Skyhawk bombers soon began screaming over Falkland Sound. The Coventry, helped by other vessels, shot down four of the attackers but was hit and sunk by later sorties. Then the 14,946-ton Atlantic Conveyor, a merchant ship hired for the task force, was attacked by two of Argentina's deadliest type of warplane: the French-built Super-Etendard fighters that carry the sea-skimming Exocet missile. The aircraft fired their weapons from a distance of about 28 miles. One missed the Conveyor; the other struck...
...about 100 miles for a 1 1/2-hr. blockade patrol. The Royal Navy's version of the Harrier is not well suited to supporting ground troops; for that, the British need a longerrange, Royal Air Force version of the aircraft, the Harrier GR.Mk3. A British container ship, the Atlantic Conveyor, is now bringing 18 of the Harrier GR.Mk3s to the Falklands, but they are not expected to arrive for another week...
...statement was a thinly disguised promise to fire on any Argentine ships inside the 200-mile limit. Later, Thatcher increased the pressure by ordering a second, smaller flotilla to leave for the Falklands. Along with support vessels, the new force included the Atlantic Conveyor, an 18,000-ton container ship modified to carry 18 Harrier jump jets, and the newly recommissioned H.M.S. Intrepid, an amphibious assault vessel capable of carrying as many as 700 troops, eight landing craft and five helicopters. In addition, the government requisitioned the cruise liner Uganda, which last week disembarked 1,295 vacationing passengers in Naples...
...Cienega Winery ten miles to the south is instructive. From afar, nothing seems amiss: manicured vines growing Cabernet, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes sweep to the base of the Gabilan Mountains. Up close, the scene is not so idyllic: the San Andreas splits the winery building like a conveyor belt. On the North American plate, employees are playing basketball. Across the road, on the Pacific plate, there is a seminar for salesmen in a conference center. Half of the 5,330-gal. oaken tanks of stored wine are on the American plate, while the rest are sliding by, ever...