§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is now known about the Argentine order of battle (a) at the time of its illegal occupation of the Falkland Islands and (b) at the time of surrender of its armed forces; and what is the known number of Argentine dead and seriously wounded.
§ Mr. BlakerAt the time of Argentina's illegal occupation of the Falkland Islands representative elements of the Argentine order of battle were
Navy: 1 aircraft carrier, 1 cruiser, 6 destroyers, 3 frigates, 4 submarines.Army: Over 100,000 men, including conscripts.Air—including Naval and Army elements: About 210 fixed wing combat aircraft, 9 Hercules transports, and about 150 helicopters of all types.At the time of surrender, Argentine forces had lost one cruiser, one submarine, over 90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, and a large quantity of army vehicles, stores and weapons. More detailed information will be published as soon as possible.
63 Argentinians are known to have been buried by our forces on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and at sea.
164WIn addition, our forces shot down more than 70 Argentine aircraft whose pilots must be presumed dead. Argentine sources have stated that 368 men died as a result of the sinking of the cruiser "Belgrano".
A total of 150 Argentine wounded were treated in British field hospitals and hospital ships. The number of dead and wounded repatriated to Argentina before the final surrender, together with those who fell in areas mined by their own forces, and those who were buried by their own forces where conditions make it difficult to identify graves, would add to these figures.