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FULL INTERVIEW COMING SOON - Personal Accounts From Veterans Of THE FALKLANDS WAR - THE QE2 Falklands War ICEBERG! Royal Navy Liaison Officer Phillip Rentell LegaseeWarVeterans SUBSCRIBE NOW To Be Notified First. TIME STAMP BELOW #QE2 #FALKLANDS #RoyalNavy Was the QE2 used in the Falklands War? In May 1982, the QE2 was requisitioned for the Falklands War as a troop transport, a decision which reportedly gave the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a sleepless night. The ship sailed for South Georgia with 3000 troops aboard, arriving back in Southampton on June 11, 1982. Why was the QE2 used in the Falklands War? As seen below, the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (QE2) played just as vital a role in the Falklands War. Using her great size and speed, QE2 transported the main British land fighting force to the other end of the globe before the South Atlantic winter closed in, which would have made retaking the Falklands impossible. On 3 May 1982, she was requisitioned by the #British #Government for service as a troop carrier in the #Falklands War. In preparation for war service, Vosper Thornycroft commenced in Southampton on 5 May 1982 the installation of two helicopter pads, the transformation of public lounges into dormitories, the installation of fuel pipes that ran through the ship down to the engine room to allow for refuelling at sea, and the covering of carpets with 2,000 sheets of hardboard. A quarter of the ship's length was reinforced with steel plating, and an anti-magnetic coil was fitted to combat naval mines. Over 650 Cunard crew members volunteered for the voyage, to look after the 3,000 members of the Fifth Infantry Brigade, which the ship transported to South Georgia. On 12 May 1982, with only one of her three boilers in operation, the ship departed Southampton for the #SouthAtlantic, carrying 3,000 #troops and 650 volunteer crew. The remaining boilers were brought back into service as she steamed south. TIME STAMP 00:00 Intro 00:05 ICEBERG! 00:28 Turn That Radar Off! 01:15 We Just Missed an Iceberg! 01:35 Naval Officer Bob Haywood - Wheres My F****** Radar! 02:14 We Then Noticed Icebergs On Our Radar During the voyage, the ship was blacked out and the #radar switched off to avoid detection, steaming on without modern aids. QE2 returned to the UK on 11 June 1982, where she was greeted in Southampton Water by The Queen Mother on board HMY Britannia. Peter Jackson, the captain of the ocean liner, responded to the Queen Mother's welcome: "Please convey to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth our thanks for her kind message. Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 is proud to have been of service to Her Majesty's Forces. The ship underwent conversion back to passenger service, with her funnel being painted in the traditional Cunard orange with black stripes, which are known as "hands," for the first time, during the refit the hull's exterior was repainted an unconventional light pebble grey. She returned to service on 7 August 1982. The new colour scheme proved unpopular with passengers, as well as difficult to maintain and so the hull reverted to traditional colours in 1983. Later that year, QE2 was fitted with a magrodome over her quarter-deck pool. See More Of our Full Length Interviews HERE // https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/to... https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/kr... https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ja... https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/be... FOR EVERYTHING FROM LEGASEE WAR VETERANS SUBSCRIBE NOW // @Legaseewarfilms INSTAGRAM //   / legasee_veterans   TWITTER //   / legasee_archive   FACEBOOK //   / theveteransvideoarchive   WEBSITE // https://www.legasee.org.uk LINKEDIN // https://bit.ly/3izQSke EMAIL // [email protected] VISIT OUR LEARNING RESOURCES HERE: https://www.legasee.org.uk/educationa... #RADAR #QE2 #FALKLANDS #ICEBERG #UKMILITARY #BRITISHARMY #ARMY #ROYALAIRFORCE #ROYALNAVY #Army #BritishArmy #RoyalNavy #RoyalAirForce #UKMilitary #WW2 #MilitaryHistory