RFA Sir Tristram at Fitzroy, June 1982

Fitzroy is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland. It is divided into Fitzroy North and Fitzroy South. Image File history File links Map of East Falkland showing mountains and settlements in the Mount Longdon area. ... Image File history File links Map of East Falkland showing mountains and settlements in the Mount Longdon area. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4313x2296, 811 KB){PD} RFA Sir Tristram at Fitzroy. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4313x2296, 811 KB){PD} RFA Sir Tristram at Fitzroy. ... RFA Sir Tristram (L3505) is a Landing Ship Logistics of the Round Table class. ... Lafonia is the southern part of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands. ... East Falkland (beige) shown within Falkland Islands East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres. ...

It is named after Robert FitzRoy who sailed with Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle, and is on the inlet known as Port Pleasant. Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality, also proving an able surveyor and hydrographer as well as Governor-General of New Zealand. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog. ...