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Tuesday 20 Apr 1982
The 3rd Battalion The Ulster Defence Regiment mounted the first of a series of operations with The Royal Navy. In conjunction with the Bird Class patrol vessel HMS Cygnet, and utilising their own fast boat teams, the Battalion searched twenty-one islands in Carlingford Lough.
The 3rd Battalion, with its long County Down shoreline, was experienced in such operations, as demonstrated in 1972, during a visit by Margaret Thatcher before she became Prime Minister.
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On this day
20 April
Tuesday 20 Apr 1982
The 3rd Battalion The Ulster Defence Regiment mounted the first of a series of operations with The Royal Navy. In conjunction with the Bird Class patrol vessel HMS Cygnet, and utilising their own fast boat teams, the Battalion searched twenty-one islands in Carlingford Lough.
The 3rd Battalion, with its long County Down shoreline, was experienced in such operations, as demonstrated in 1972, during a visit by Margaret Thatcher before she became Prime Minister.
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20 April
Tuesday 20 Apr 1982
The 3rd Battalion The Ulster Defence Regiment mounted the first of a series of operations with The Royal Navy. In conjunction with the Bird Class patrol vessel HMS Cygnet, and utilising their own fast boat teams, the Battalion searched twenty-one islands in Carlingford Lough.
The 3rd Battalion, with its long County Down shoreline, was experienced in such operations, as demonstrated in 1972, during a visit by Margaret Thatcher before she became Prime Minister.
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