Action of June 1st 1982

United Kingdom
 **120 Aircraft**
55 F-14C
65 Tornado IDS
**3 Aircraft Carriers**
*Cunningham Class/CVA-01*
Cunningham
*Hermes Class*
Hermes
*Invincible Class*
Invincible
**4 Battleships**
*Thunderer Class*
Thunderer
Monarch
*Lion Class*
Lion
Temeraire
**8 Cruisers**
*Minotaur Class*
Edgar
Bellerophon
*Neptune Class*
Hercules
Ajax
Plymouth
*Tiger Class*
Tiger
Defence
Blake
**12 Destroyers**
*Type 42*
*Southampton*
*Birmingham*
Newcastle
Glascow
Liverpool
Cardiff
Manchester
*Type 82*
Bristol
Suffolk
Sussex
*County Class*
Antrim
Glamorgan
Fife
**10 Frigates**
*Type 22*
Brilliant
Broadsword
*Type 21*
Active
Alacrity
Ambuscade
Avenger
Arrow
*Leander Class*
Andromeda
Minerva
Penelope
70 Mig-23K
60 Yak-38
**3 Aircraft Carriers**
*Vologograd Class*
Nueve de Julio
*1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier*
Veinticinco de Mayo
Independencia
**3 Battleships**
*Littorio Class*
La Argentina
Buenos Aires
San Martín
**3 Cruisers**
*Galveston Class*
Piedrabuena
Pueyrredón
*Brooklyn Class*
Seaver
**9 Destroyers**
*Type 42*
Santísima Trinidad
Hércules
*Kashin Class*
Almirante Storni
Robinson
Bartolomé Cordero
*Gearing Class*
Comodoro Py
*Allen M Sumner Class*
Comodoro Seguí
Hipólito Bouchard
Sarandí
**4 Frigates**
*Krivak Class*
República
Azopardo
Murature
King
**4 Submarines**
*Type 209*
Salta
San Luis
*Tango Class*
Santiago Del Estero
 0700 - Jaguar from the HMS Hermes detects the Argentine fleet.
0750 - Air strike launched against Agrentine fleet.
0930 - Radar on the aircraft carrier *Nueve de Julio detect incoming british aircraft.*
0935 - Additional Mig-23K fighter-bombers and Yak-38 fighters launched from Argentine carriers to reinforce CAP.
0943 - British strike splits into two groups and approach the agentine task force from the east and west.
0948 - Argentine Yak-38 fighters move to intercept strike to the east forcing the Mig-23K's to move west.
0953 - Argentine Yak-38's retreat after suffering heavy casualties against British F-14C's.
0954- Eastern strike launches sea eagle missiles.
0955 - disorganized and diided by attempts to reinforce the eastern CAP the Mig-23Ks are picked off one by one.
0956 - Battleship La Argentina hit by 4 Sea Eagles and suffers a direct hit to the forward magazine.
0956 - Cruiser Piedrabuena struk by 3 Sea Eagle missiles.
0957 - Western strike launches Sea Eagle missiles.
0958 - Carrier Nueve de Julio struck by 4 Sea Eagle missiles.
1000 - East and Western strikes bomb the fleet.
1001 - Carrier Independencia hit by 3 500lb bombs.
1001 - Battleships Buenos Aires and San Martín each hit by 4 1000lb bombs
1003 - Cruiser Seaver hit by 3 1000lb bombs.
1005 - Cruiser Pueyrredón hit by 1 1000lb bomb atop turret 1.
1007 - British aircraft disengage.
1023 - Carrier Nueve de Julio sinks due to excessive fires.
1035 - Remaining Mig-23Ks forced to ditch.
1037 - Cruiser Piedrabuena sinks due to uncontrollable flooding.
1046 - Cruiser Seaver sinks after fires reach her forward magazine.
1055 - Argentine fleet sails for Port Belgrano.
 **7 Aircraft lost**
3 F-14C
4 Tornado IDS
70 Mig-23Ks
40 Yak 38s
**1 Aircraft Carrier Sunk**
*Volgograd Class*
Nueve de Julio
**1 Aircraft Carrier Damaged**
*1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier*
Independencia
**1 Battleship Sunk**
*Littorio Class*
La Argentina
**2 Battleships Damaged**
*Littorio Class*
Buenos Aires
San Martín
**2 Cruisers Sunk**
*Galveston Class*
Piedrabuena
*Brooklyn Class*
Seaver
**1 Cruiser Damaged**
*Galveston Class*
Pueyrredón
**2 Destroyers Sunk**
*Kashin Class*
Bartolomé Cordero
*Allen M Sumner Class*
Sarandí
**2 Destroyers Damaged**
*Kashin Class*
*Robinson*
*Allen M Sumner Class*

## Aftermath

The battle effectively massacred the Argentine fleet. It brutally crushed Argentine morale with the loss of both its most powerful and it most famous ships (the carrier *Nueve de Julio* and the battleship *La Argentina* respectively.) The Argentine fleet withdrew to Port Belgrano.