Falklands War portfolio of 23 Admiralty map charts used on HMS Glamorgan in 1982

A portfolio of 23 original Admiralty sea charts used on board HMS Glamorgan during the 1982 Falklands War by Navigating Officer Ian Inskip. Commander Inskip was at the helm of the Glamorgan when it came under attack from an Argentine Exocet missile. He ordered a high speed turn away from the missile, which prevented it hitting the side of ship perpendicularly and penetrating the hull, instead resulting in a glancing blow. Although 14 crew members were killed in the strike, the damage caused was relatively minor and Glamorgan is the only ship to have survived an Exocet strike. Cdr Inskip later wrote a book entitled "Ordeal by Exocet". His oral history of the war, whcih refers to these maps, is online at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collect... . The list of maps included in the portfolio is as follows: 

1. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - Eagle Passage to New Island [Issued 23rd April 1982]; 

2. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - Eagle Passage to New Island [Issued 23rd April 1982]; 

3. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - New Island to Pebble Island [Issued 23rd April 1982]; 

4. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - New Island to Pebble Island [Issued 23rd April 1982]; 

5. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands (North East) [Issued 30th April 1982]; 

6. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands (South East) [Issued 30th April 1982]; 

7. East Falkland Island - Port William, Stanley Harbour and approaches [Published 1938. Small corrections to 1981]; 

8. South Atlantic Ocean - South Georgia [Published 1958. Surveyed to 1960. New edition 1962. Additions and corrections to 1972. Copyright 1972. Small corrections to 1978]; 

9. South Atlantic Ocean - South Georgia [Published 1958. Surveyed to 1960. New edition 1962. Additions and corrections to 1972. Copyright 1972. Small corrections to 1984]; 

10. Harbours and Anchorages in South Georgia - Stromness and Cumberland Bays // Cobblers Cover // Godthul // King Edward Cove // Jason Harbour // Maiviken // Leith, Stromness and Husvik Harbours [Published 1930. Surveyed to 1958. New edition 1959. Copyright 1959. Small corrections to 1979]; 

11. Southern Ocean - South Sandwich islands [Published 1930. Surveyed to 1964. New edition 1968. Copyright 1968. Small corrections to 1985]; 

12. South Atlantic Ocean - Plans in East Falkland Island // Darwin Harbour // Approaches to Walker Creek // Darwin Narrows // Port Fitzroy // Stanley Harbour [Surveyed to 1978. Published 1981]; 

13. South Atlantic Ocean - Plans in East Falkland Island // Darwin Harbour // Approaches to Walker Creek // Darwin Narrows // Port Fitzroy // Stanley Harbour [Surveyed to 1978. Published 1981]; 

14. South Atlantic Ocean - Plans in East Falkland Island // Darwin Harbour // Approaches to Walker Creek // Darwin Narrows // Port Fitzroy // Stanley Harbour [Surveyed to 1978. Published 1981]; 

15. [South Atlantic - The Falkland Islands - West Sheet] [Surveyed to 1845. Published 1884. Corrections to 1955. New edition 1977. Copyright 1977. Small corrections to 1981];

16. South Atlantic - The Falkland Islands [East Sheet] [Surveyed to 1845. Published 1884. Corrections to 1955. New edition 1977. Copyright 1977. Small corrections to 1981];

17. South Atlantic Ocean - Approaches to South Georgia [Surveyed to 1962. Published 1958. New edition 1963. Copyright 1963. Small corrections to 1984]; 

18. South America - Puerto Santa Cruz to Cabo Pilar including the Falkland Islands [Surveyed to 1982. Published 1966. New edition 1982. Copyright 1982]; 

19. Southern Ocean - South Sandwich islands [Surveyed to 1964. Published 1930. New edition 1968. Copyright 1968. Small corrections to 1981]; 

20. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - Anchorages in West Falkland Island // Smylie Channel // Port Stephens and Port Albemarle // Port Edgar // Fox Bay [Surveyed to 1978. Published 1982. Copyright 1982]; 

21. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - Port Salvador to Port William [Surveyed to 1962. Published 1982]; 

22. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - New Island to Pebble Island [Surveyed to 1962. Published 1982]; 

23. South Atlantic - Falkland Islands - Eagle Passage to New Island [Surveyed to 1962. Published 1982];

DATE PRINTED:  Varies: most maps printed in 1982

IMAGE SIZE: Typical size approx 109.5 x 73.5cm, 43 x 28.75 inches (Large); 

TYPE: A portfolio of British nautical sea charts used on board HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands War in 1982. Sea charts such as this were working navigational aids which were commonly updated and corrected during their working lives by hand annotation and/or printed overlays. They may also feature manuscript navigational notes, comments or other markings

CONDITION: The maps are all in good condition. Some were printed on thin paper not typical of Admiralty charts. Some have manual annotations dating from the 1982 War. Please review the scanned images; duplicate maps have not been included here - please ask if you would like to see all the scanned images. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this portfolio. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: These are authentic historic charts, published at the dates stated above.

VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse sides, which are all plain

FOLDING: These are all folding charts

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: From Admiralty surveys

PROVENANCE: From the Estate of Commander Inskip, Navigating Officer of HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands War 1982. Sea charts published by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. Several of these were issued in haste and are marked "to be used with caution". The portfolio cover has Commander Inskip's personal contact card stapled to it, along with a handwritten note stating "These are originals used by HMS Glamorgan in 1982 and are thus of historical value - please look after thema and return on completion of use. Many thanks. [Signed by] I. Inskip Cdr R.N.". Each map has "Ian Inskip Navigating Officer HMS Glamorgan" written in Inskip's hand in pencil on the reverse side