Gunsmoke drifts away from a Royal Navy Rothesay-class frigate as a line of warships bombard Argentine positions at Grytviken on South Georgia

A Lynx helicopter pictured from a County-class destroyer during Task Force operations off South Georgia. Further astern a Wasp helicopter is about to land on a Rothesay-class frigate

Capt. Alfredo Astiz surrenders to Capt. David Pentreath commanding officer of HMS Plymouth, and Capt. Nicholas Barker, cammanding officer of HMS Endurance. The signing took place on board the Plymouth

The Union Flag and White Ensign are raised over South Georgia

A Wasp helicopter from HMS Endurance hovers above the crippled submarine Santa Fe at Grytviken whaling berth

M Coy 42 CDO RM on patrol in Grytviken, South Georgia
Photo PO Phot Jim Fletcher

AB Andy Simpson, armed with a sub-machine gun, guards Argentine prisoners in the galley of the tanker RFA Tidespring off Ascension Island. The prisoners, taken in South Georgia when the Royal Marines recaptured the island on April 25, were flown by helicopter to Ascension. They were later flown by Red Cross aircraft to Montevideo from where they were repatriated