Armed forces veterans gathered to pay tribute to those who died in an attack on a Liverpool-registered ship during the Falklands conflict.
Representatives from the armed forces and family members gathered on the 40th anniversary of the attack on the Atlantic Conveyor for a special ceremony in Liverpool. Atlantic Conveyor was a Cunard-owned and Liverpool-registered ship which was sunk during the Falklands war in 1982, resulting in the loss of 12 people.
The conflict, the loss of Atlantic Conveyor and the wider role of the Merchant Navy in the South Atlantic Task Force was commemorated during a number of special events this morning. The successor to the ship first took position in the middle of the Mersey opposite Cunard Building and off the Merchant Navy Memorial at Pier Head.
