Mv Norland, Secret Weapon of the Falklands War: From North Sea Ferry to Task Force Assault Ship

by Reg Kemp and Michael Wood

Book Overview

In 1982, North Sea ferry MV Norland transported passengers and vehicles between Hull and Rotterdam. Requisitioned as a troop ship to take the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment to the Falklands, the 'volunteer' merchant navy crew were told they would only go as far as the Ascension Island and that they should think of it as an extended North Sea booze-cruise run. However, without notice Norland's role was changed and it became the first vessel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750997125
• ISBN13: 9780750997126
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 256 Pages