Summary of Events in the Falklands: July 10th, 1982

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10th July 1982: Saturday 10th July events are summarised here by the BBC News which provides a decent summary of the days events but for more detail please read on. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982 twitter.com/FAB87F/status/1678032166733721602?s=20

10th July 1982: RMS St Helena begins sea mine clearance, using an 8-man Subsunk decompression chamber fitted to her foredeck. All outstanding sea mines are dealt with. Meanwhile, the wrecks of HMS Coventry, Ardent & Antelope are located and marked... #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: HMS Hermes continues on it's high speed run for home as meanwhile, Admiral Sandy Woodward flies out on a C-130 Hercules from Stanley. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: Admiral Woodward sent this signal to Stanley which may have rankled with any forces not yet able to go home. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: AIR RAID WARNING RED sounds for the first time since hostilities ended, as Argentine jets approach the task force. Some of the newly arrived ships get a shock and don't detect them until the Sea Harriers race out to engage, sending them packing. #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The air alert shows that Argentina hasn't given on up hostilities. From now on, three Sea Harriers from Invincible will be on land, ready to scramble quickly. Warships & crews will stay on full readiness alert. Operation Monkey has just begun. #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The Naval Debate is ongoing, and damage to ships in the Falklands war, especially on damage control systems and the use of plastic & aluminium in ship design, is being widely analysed both sides of the Atlantic. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The "Penguin News" writes about the the air alert which was declared around 7am on the 10th July. It adds the detail that the aircraft might be an Argentine C130 on its way from Buenos Aires to a base in the Antarctic. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: HMS Glamorgan returns home to Portsmouth after the Falklands war with the company of United States destroyer Charles Adams saluting her in the foreground. Glamorgan was later sold to Chile in 1986 and renamed Alimirante Latorre. #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The "Penguin News" reports that the "Sir Tristram", badly damaged in the air attack by Skyhawk fighters on the 8th June at Fitzroy, was towed into Stanley Harbour today. It is thought that she might be used as a floating barracks. #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The "Penguin News" also mentions that the British submarine, HMS Conqueror arrived back in the United Kingdom, flying a Jolly Roger flag which is a custom of the submarine service. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The "Penguin News" prints a letter of thanks from Steve Whitley, for all the messages of sympathy and comfort from the people of the Falklands after his wife, Sue, was tragically killed in the naval bombardment on Port Stanley. #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: Finally the "Penguin News" prints some of the jokes made at the Argentines expense. "How do you get 10,000 Argentines into a telephone box?" Answer: "Just tell them it isn't theirs!" #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The New York Times reports that: "One of the legacies of the Falkland Islands war is the debate now under way in Britain over the use of aluminum superstructures in Royal Navy ships." #F82 #FalklandsWar1982

10th July 1982: The New York Times reports that: "The head of the Argentine Air Force said Thursday night that he expected to replace all the warplanes lost in the Falkland Islands conflict within three weeks." #F82 #FalklandsWar1982