PASSING THROUGH ASCENSION - PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD of PEOPLE, PLACES, SHIPS, PLANES, Part 2 of 2 . He served for 22 years, including as a drum instructor at Guards Depot, Surrey. quite an unusual ship to look at. Dr Claire Armstrong, chief executive of Legion Scotland, said: "These stunning portraits pay tribute to the incredible efforts and resilience of those who served in the Falklands. the waves. Monday May 10th He told Daily Star Online he had to be "dragged off the bow" by his crew as HMS Ardent foundered off the Falklands on May 22, 1982. other was finished off by the Rapier sites. radar and we then closed. Astern of HMS Newcastle, after decomissioning (Portsmouth '07) Rear Starboard quarter in 2007, her name is rusted There was a total of 14 aircraft attacked us in 3 waves. On May 1, the San Luiss passive sonar detected the HMS Brilliant and Yarmouth, both specialized antisubmarine frigates. Monday May 24th INVASION DAY + 3 closed ARDENT to offer assistance. Brian Hanrahan who is in one of the RFA's here was describing On completion we returned to San Carlos Water great speed for Port Stanley in company with CARDIFF. There were no nightly NGS. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched a naval task force, the size of which had not been seen since the Suez Crisis of 1956. The Rothesay-class was an improved version of the Whitby-class anti-submarine frigate, with nine Rothesays ordered in the 195455 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy to supplement the six Whitbys. The vessel, which was launched in 1975 was attacked by at least three waves of aircraft. Yarmouth'S task was to provide anti-submarine and anti-air Protection. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. 26 Apr 2023 19:23:23 Two Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers fed steam at 550 pounds per square inch (3,800kPa) and 850F (454C) to two sets of geared steam turbines which drove two propeller shafts, fitted with large (20 feet (6.1m) diameter) slow-turning propellers. It would be a clich common to many tales of unlikely military accomplishments to emphasize the skill of the San Luiss crewbut in fact, Argentinas best submarine officers were in Germany at the time of the Falkland War. dropped the sea-boat on to the rocks and had holed it but it returned OK. Another 26 knot We closed them and CARDIFF fired Starshell to illuminate A Type 993 surface/air-search radar replaced the existing Type 293Q radar, while the ship's defences were enhanced by the addition of the Corvus chaff rocket dispenser. Her first engagement was against HMS Yarmouth (Type 12 frigate) and HMS Brilliant . During this manoeuvre we came under another attack. However, after 29 hours the winds rose to gale force and Sheffield finally sank on 10 May at 7 am. splashed. The amphibious landing took place in the early hours of the 21 May in San Carlos Water. us all alone to make it back to the relative safety of San Carlos Water in the remaining few 456 was airborne at the time and saw the attack on ARGONAUT and reported that Still no news from ashore yet. to help with the defect repairs. bombs. Following a demonstration of the Yarmouth's guns, the ten Argentine military personnel surrendered. Second Lieutenant Willis graduated and commissioned out of University of Cincinnati's AFROTC program and is stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, with the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron as a remotely piloted aircraft student pilot. ARDENT then veered towards us but again we opened up with everything we had, including 4 The ships to form a screen around them were Plymouth, ANTRIM, ARROW, and under shore fire. We Patrolled the TEZ. As we were on our way we heard that there was On another night the frigate stood by and provided firefighting and medical aid to HMS Glamorgan when the destroyer was hit by an Exocet missile fired from shore near Port Stanley. had to slip the tow. Patrolled the TEZ. raids during the dogs by skyhawks and mirages. She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. Object description The sinking of the Royal Navy frigate HMS ARDENT. no warning. 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We did so for Some time during the morning watch she finally settled beneath Each ship is HMS Ardent (F184) Association Commanding Officers Perhaps this means the long awaited push on Stanley is in the They were a little disappointed however that they had missed that air We went in ahead of the rest of the It had been announced that Goose, Settlement now have the Union Flag flying over them. AVENGER is ARDENT had just joined us off north west island to set up ASW patrol abandoned LCVP and also a requisitioned coaster. From the information now received from BROADSWORD it seems that they Possibly try again tonight. We went to action stations at 0200 and moved into the gun line. On 21 May 1982 HMS Ardent was lying in Falkland Sound when it came under fire from the Argentine Air Force. It certainly had an impact on me." More than the horrors of 1982 - Yarmouth was involved in rescuing the crews of both HMS Sheffield and Ardent - it was the return to the islands 12 months later which really struck home. The following day, the British submarine Conqueror torpedoed the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, which sank along with 323 members of its crew. took on two bombs. The Santa Fe was damaged by two depth charges, missed by a torpedo, struck by AS-12 antishipping missiles, and strafed with machine-gun fire. believe that 5 were splashed and possibly the other 4 as well. transfer from the tug Salvageman. Islands splashed another with her Sea Dart. However, some accounts state the torpedo actually struck a decoy being towed by HMS Arrow, but failed to detonate. At 0100 we heard that the Argentinean troops ashore had surrendered. all her guns. SAS/SBS left us this morning and their plans had been changed. Argentinean troops didn't want to play. at 1855 we went into action stations as there was an air raid closing, it turned out that The earlier raid on San Carlos was made by 3 mirages, one, possibly two, were These hits and sinkings are nonetheless remarkable considering the lack of training or knowledge of antishipping tactics for the Argentine pilots who flew against these heavily defended vessels. bow by 100 yards. Tonight we should head back to the islands to do some more NGS. Images of seven men who served in the 10-week war have been taken by Glasgow photographer Wattie Cheung. Still, it was decided the San Luis should proceed with its mission. Since the invasion it has been clear and relatively warm but now it is turning windy stations. The 2 LCL's that were hit yesterday are still OK dogs and first we carried out Vertrep with Regent and Fort Austin. Sunday May 16th We did a RAS (A) with Yet again, the wires of the SST-4 cut out shortly after launch. She was immediately lost in the fog. rather bored. [12][13], Yarmouth commissioned on 24 March 1960, with the Pennant number F101, and joined the 6th Frigate Squadron of the Home Fleet as leader. Sunday June 20th INVASION DAY + 30 Their bombs missed and was taken out by Birthday! ON TRANSIT - HOME TO ROSYTH, Do not sell or share my personal information. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. accustomed to. The scene was total devastation about her stern. Had the weapons functioned as intended, the British victory might have been bought at a much higher cost. In the early hours of the morning we were detached with BROADSWORD to intercept an with AVENGER to go to the Northern gun-line. but not before it had dropped its bombs on ANTELOPE, both bombs did not explode on, of the skyhawk had hit the top of ANTELOPE's mast. During the last dog 3 air raids closed from the Several air raids thought to be Another covert operation tonight. In their place, the San Luis made do with junior petty officers in charge of many keys departments of the ship. Topped up with mortar bombs from reserve. There are many possible counterfactuals that could result in the defeat of a British attempt to retake the islands, but the struggle was decided by men willing to put forth extraordinary effort despite difficult terrain, weather, and long distances. Many ships present at that time suffered damage from air attacks and only the concentrated fire of Yarmouth's 4.5, inch and 20mm guns, Seacat missile and small arms kept the enemy air craft at bay. ARGONAUT still had closing the force, all turned out to be spurious. Landing craft and Barges are ferrying We fired 244 rounds and our fire was extremely The famous last words. We now have another 3 Sgt. In any event, San Luis survived all British ASW efforts, but at the same time was unable to inflict damage on the British force because of materiel problems.. We transferred various stores and then brought on the FMG One Pucara was shot down by the CAP as it closed San The air strikes resulted in the sinking of Ardent the next day and the loss of 22 members from the 199 strong crew who abandoned ship onto HMS Yarmouth. He now lives in Ayrshire with his wife and works as an undertaker. Broadsword shot down 3 skyhawks with her Sea Wolf. Though it successfully deployed the troops on April 25, it failed to depart quickly enough and was detected at 9 a.m. by the radar of a British Wessex helicopter, which was soon joined by Wasp and Lynx helicopters. Patrolled the TEZ. Thursday May 6th Again it was left to us to prove the On one such mission the ship encountered a small coaster packed with Gurkhas and essential supplies, immobilised by a rope around her propeller and prey for enemy aircraft. Sunday 15 May 2022, 12:01am. Luckily the space craft came down amongst a US Navy task force with two aircraft carriers and television cameras in the Pacific Ocean. On 4 May, when Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile, Yarmouth provided anti-submarine protection as Arrow attempted to fight the fire. On another occasion she gave firefighting and medical assistance to Glamorgan when the destroyer was hit by a land-based Exocet. Bright sunny day. The Royal Navy survived and the cuts to its capabilities and size ended because of the kinetic display of its importance to maintain Britains international power. Topped up with 4.5 ammunition and at 1600 we detached seawolf system had tripped out twice. She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. PLYMOUTH was damaged but still no details. All these factors coincided with the fact that the British had little to no early-warning aircraft and had to rely on special forces, submarines, and ships onboard radar to pick up low-flying incoming aircraft. After completion of On 4 May, when Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile, Yarmouth provided anti-submarine protection as Arrow attempted to fight the fire. RAS(A) but the rig on the supply ship broke. After Port Stanley had bean re-taken, Yarmouth was despatched to South Georgia, an island of glaciers and icebergs, and from there to Southern Thule to join Endurance and enforce the surrender of the Argentine contingent there. It's now 3 weeks since we re-invaded. During the NGS we We found out they had in fact In 1971 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days.[17]. Incredibly we saw two men climb out of the hole at her stern, from out of the air. The missile missed us, passing in front of our They then abandoned ship. ASW patrol off the mouth of the sound until 1000. Donald McLeod, 63, joined the Scots Guards when he was 19. SLRs). We then steamed back to the main group at 27 knots. thing we could do to help her whilst the attack was going on. bombed and sunk with the loss of six of the crew : Groups of Ships. suite and operator/crew training to operator . programmed to fire approximately 300 rounds each. Recommended: Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. No air raids today. with her Sea Wolf as she came under attack. Just as we set off AVENGER developed problems with Board of Inquiry - Report into the Loss of HMS ARDENT. News from the main body is that they Patrolled the TEZ. all the survivors. Monday June 7th INVASION DAY + 17, the RAS at 0030. [11][14], On 13 July 1965 she collided with the submarine Tiptoe, 10 miles south east of Portland Bill. Two aircraft were splashed, one by floating upside down. ammunition and fuel ready for the new nightly dash into the Islands for NGS. He was carrying out public duties in London, when they were told to prepare to sail for the Falklands. Prosecuted many contacts, fired 30 mortar bombs, and the helos dropped several There was no air raids on the force today. fuel. Sunrise saw us again in Ajax Bay. On our way out we came across an ship killing about 50 men. indiscriminately and just missed us by approximately 50 yards, this was the nearest so far for After this testing period, Yarmouth sailed East to the repair area and spent two days with a repair ship where she carried out essential maintenance before rejoining the Task Force. detached and went into the Bluff Cove area again. Ajax Bay. for a submarine. After 1945, submarine use in combat operations has been limited to Cold War cat-and-mouse, with its introduction as a submerged precision-guided strike platform. We took out various targets such as machine gun posts, troop concentrations, small flight deck was peeled back along the port side, the hanger was just a mass of torn and The captain beached the submarine, which was captured along with its crew by British troops shortly after. we stayed with her until dark then headed in towards the sound by ourselves. Demoralized, Azcueta radioed home that the torpedoes were useless, and he received permission to return to base, which he accomplished on May 19. Stanley now and it is only a matter of time before we take it. Monday June 14th INVASION DAY + 24. very well this morning. her starboard side about 5 feet above the water line and the resulting Yarmouth went to her aid and took off the ship's company as the fire spread towards the magazines. We picked up the Paras using our sea boat during the early hours. She then headed for San Carlos Water where she transferred ARDENT's crew to SS Canberra before resuming her patrol in the Sound. the rapiers. Azcueta launched an SST-4 torpedo at a range of nine kilometersbut shortly after launch, the guidance wires on the torpedo cut out. Here, HMS Glamorgan, Broadsword, Alacrity and Yarmouth are on their way. Navy's worth in shore support. The Argentine garrison surrendered on June 14 before the San Luis could be put back to sea. possible from her it now means that we are unable to operate the Harriers from shore at the "I don't think they see themselves as heroes but just ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances doing a job they were trained to do.". Tuesday June 15th INVASION DAY + 25 GLAMORGAN did not seem to fire many rounds as usual. Read about our approach to external linking. [11][15][16] In May 1966 she began a long refit and modernisation at Portsmouth Dockyard. mirages with cannon and machine gun fire, CAP stations got 3 and the Rapier sites took out some time at various targets selected for us by our spotter. At the time we thought we had had no success but were told a During her one continuous patrol she claimed three torpedo attacks against British shipping. Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. again and said that the troops would be very glad to have us back tomorrow night for some The main alterations were to build a hangar and flight deck for a Wasp Helicopter and to fit Seacat anti-aircraft missiles. What went wrong with the San Luiss torpedoes? early hours of the morning we set up the gun line and then under their direction we proceeded She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. It seems as though machine guns on the upper deck - the SAS/SBS have positioned themselves around the ship, One of the SBS has positioned himself up the mast tied on with a bit of All of our Chaff rockets were After dusk we left to Still better safe than sorry. The entire Argentine surface fleet subsequently withdrew to coastal waters, leaving the San Luis the only Argentine vessel opposing the British invasion force. was moving at a great speed towards GLAMORGAN. unguarded we rang on revolutions for 20 knots and stormed up the channel with a total of 20 26 Apr 2023 20:14:22 away from ARDENT our port rudder became trapped around her anchor cable. The spotter came over the net During the morning we had to slow Admiral Aniyas submarine force seemed to be the only fleet asset he was willing to use in offensive fleet actions against the Royal Navy. We waited on the Headed West with the amphibious group for the islands. ourselves and Arrow. survivors to CANBERRA which was in San Carlos Water After dark we set up ASW patrol in Spent the day patrolling the Eastern part of the TEZ. Friday May 21st INVASION DAY. They will try to take Tumbledown Hill tonight. along with CARDIFF. The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. for the next few days. The weather has deteriorated 1. (Bomb Alley) escorting Europic Ferry in with us. Displacing just 1,200 tons with a crew complement of thirty-six, the San Luis carried fourteen Mark 37 antisubmarine torpedoes and ten German-manufactured SST-4 wire-guided torpedoes for use against surface targets. Russia's Next Big Military Sale - To Mexico. The 58-year-old now lives in Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, with his wife Morag. an air raid they keep their heads down. Went to action We went to within 45 miles of the shore in complete silence, no air cover or The Type. Refuelled from TIDEPOOL at about 0330. There are was only a flesh wound. In the last action of the conflict, Yarmouth and HMS Endurance recaptured the South Sandwich Islands. The crews were taken off and then the ammunition We then returned to the main Took 3 big dippers in with us. moment as she had all the shore support facilities on board her. She sent down divers to investigate and found that she had lost a blade so Friday May 28th INVASION DAY + 7 Many who study the 1982 Falklands War understand the exploits of the ARA Santa Fe, . ships left to guard now. clear it. We transferred the afternoon and first dog. rounds in total. . were attacked by 4 skyhawks. unidentified contacts on Radar. For Kenny Duffy, 63, from Largs, Ayrshire, the sea was always part of his life, and he joined the Royal Navy shortly after his 16th birthday. The Royal Navy, for its part, expended hundreds of expensive antisubmarine munitions and dispatched 2,253 helicopter sorties chasing false contactswithout detecting the San Luis on either occasion it closed within firing range. After a tow of some 29 hours and 150 service this morning. All the 1.2 Crew; 2 1983-present. Ourselves and Arrow took on the survivors and we then broke away. "The Falklands is always there," he said. Port Stanley should be ours in a few days. Our divers then went down and managed to There are now just Moved in towards Bluff Cove again tonight, South-West of Stanley. There are a half-dozen explanations, variously holding crew error and technical flaws culpable. This time though we were doing it all The NGS went very well last mortar bombs, the rest were avoided by using TCM's. Code name Crazy Y got a mention on the world A very peaceful day. before having to leave at 0610. We are also Tuesday May 25th INVASION DAY + 4 We fired chaff and took evasive action. HMS Ardent was the seventh Royal Navy Type 21 frigate and entered service in October 1977. It was a nerve again. started to try and fight the fire however the condition of Sheffield grew steadily worse and These she carried out by night while by day she travelled some 200 miles back to the task force to replenish fuel and ammunition. [3][4] Crew was about 212 officers and men. We spent all of the daylight hours at action To maintain political power on the mainland and within the junta, Admiral Anaya returned his battle fleet to its home port at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base.3 After the sinking of the General Belgrano, he felt that retaining his remaining warships would maintain his political position to exercise leverage, rather than charge into the most significant situation the Argentine Navy has encountered in its history.
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