What did British amphibious losses in the Falklands show about landing craft, landing ships, and fleet resilience?
Short answerA small craft was lost while pushing equipment forward, while Sir Galahad was a larger logistic landing ship; enough parallel hulls let the force continue despite those losses.
NotesA British landing craft was sunk while moving equipment forward for 5 Brigade on its own. Sir Galahad was a different kind of vessel: a landing ship logistics with covered accommodation for longer-range work, not a hoistable landing craft. Six Round Table-class ships became five after Galahad's loss, leaving useful capacity at a painful human and operational cost. A fleet needs enough connectors and ocean-going lift to continue when individual units are lost because force design must account for wartime attrition.