HMS Tiger Bay

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Tiger Bay when she was still the Islas Malvinas GC82
Tiger Bay when she was still the Islas Malvinas GC82

HMS Tiger Bay (originally; Islas Malvinas GC82) is a former Argentine patrol boat that was captured by the British and brought into service with the Royal Navy at the end of the Falklands War.

She had been damaged by gunfire from the Lynx helicopter of HMS Alacrity early in the war on May 1, just off Kidney Island.[1] Shortly after the Argentine surrender the crew of HMS Cardiff manned her in Port Stanley and renamed her HMS Tiger Bay[2] (after a dock area in Cardiff, Tiger Bay).[3]

She is now stationed in Portsmouth Harbour

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Alacrity in action. www.hmsalacrity.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  2. ^ Deployment Diary. hmscardiff.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
  3. ^ Battle for the Falklands - Google Book Search. books.google.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
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