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Corbeta Uruguay was the Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 at Port Faraday on the island of Morrell, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southermost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. Southern Thule is a collection of the three southernmost Islands in the South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The base was established at the order of the then-military junta governing Argentina as a way to back up its territorial claims on British territory in the South Atlantic. A military dictatorship is a Form of government wherein the political power resides with the Military; it is similar but not identical to a Stratocracy, For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Britain discovered the base in December 1976 but sought a diplomatic solution to the issue until 1982.

At an early stage of the Falklands Conflict, 32 special forces troops from Corbeta Uruguay were brought by the Argentine Navy ship Bahía Paraiso to South Georgia and landed at Leith Harbour on March 25, 1982. The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the In most countries special forces (SF is a generic term for highly-trained Military teams/units that conduct specialized operations such as Reconnaissance The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic ( Armada de la República Argentina — ARA is the Navy South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. You may be looking for Leith, the port of Edinburgh Scotland Leith Harbour ( was a Whaling station up on the northeast coast Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Corbeta Uruguay remained under Argentine administration until June 20, 1982, when British forces – fresh from their victory over Argentina in the Falkland Islands – sent a task force to Southern Thule to end the Argentine presence. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) After the Argentine garrison at Corbeta Uruguay surrendered, the Port Faraday base and Southern Thule island were emptied of all personnel and left unmanned until December 1982, when it was mostly demolished by the Royal Navy after a patrolling warship discovered that someone had taken down the Union Flag from the base flagpole and run up the Argentine Flag in its place. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The name honours the Argentine corvette ARA Uruguay that rescued Otto Nordenskjöld and his crew in 1903 in the Antarctic Peninsula, near the present-day Esperanza Base. Dr Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskiöld (also spelled Nordenskjöld) (December 6 1869-1928 was a Swedish geologist geographer and polar explorer The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, and almost the only part of that continent that extends outside the Antarctic Circle The Argentine Base Esperanza ( Spanish "Hope Base" is located at, Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula

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