Government buildings will fly their flags at half mast, observing the period of national mourning in respect of her passing. Photo: FIG With both the Union Jack and the Falkland Islands flags ...

14 August is Falklands Day and commemorates the first sighting of the Falkland Islands on that day in 1592 by the English navigator and explorer, John Davis, on board his 120 ton vessel 'Desire'.

the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and the Turks and Caicos Islands) is the ninth largest fleet in the world. Ship-owners choose a flag state for a range of commercial reasons.

It’s now 42 years since Argentina embarked on its doomed attempt to take the Falkland Islands by force and to ... visitors ...