Nicholas Barker (Royal Navy officer)

Nicholas John Barker (May 19, 1933 – April 7, 1997) was a British naval officer and commander of the survey ship HMS Endurance. While permanently stationed in the South Atlantic, he warned the British Ministry of Defense of increased activity of the Argentine forces and the potential of an invasion of the Falkland Islands.[1] Despite this vocalization, the United Kingdom took no action and the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher claimed there had been no warning.[2] The conflict he had tried to forewarn would later be called the Falklands War.

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  1. ↑ "Obituary: Captain Nicholas Barker". The Independent. 1997-04-09. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  2. ↑ "War in the Falklands: Maggie's finest hour". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
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