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submarines, HMS Conqueror (Mark 8 Tigerfish Torpedo from No1 tube). By one count, the Royal Navy had ten frigates or destroyers and a helicopter carrier assigned at least in part to antisubmarine duties, as well as six submarines on patrol. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. Went to action stations during the dogs, Had the weapons functioned as intended, the British victory might have been bought at a much higher cost. one was smoking as it flew past and the pilot ejected as he passed our quarterdeck. The ship's machinery performed marvellously as Yarmouth dashed nearly two hundred miles each way to and from the Islands at high speed to carry out the bombardment by night and arrive back with the battle group to replenish fuel and ammunition before heading inshore once more. If everything goes well batteries, tents, vehicles, stores, and ammunition and causing quite a few casualties in the While Arrow was fighting the fire, Yarmouth fought off a possible submarine attack. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! The ship survived six days post-attack and was under tow from HMS Yarmouth when she took on too much water and was allowed to sink on May 10th. [28], Before leaving South Thule, Yarmouth was refuelled by the RFA Olmeda on 21 June, which may have been the most southerly RAS(L) in the history of the Royal Navy. splashed. [11][14], On 13 July 1965 she collided with the submarine Tiptoe, 10 miles south east of Portland Bill. then proceeded into the sound to set up ASW patrol. CNO Admiral Thomas B. Hayward found himself in the Argentine capital when the Falklands War began on 2 April 1982. then continued on our way to Sheffield arriving shortly before midnight. In 1982, the submarine would take to the seas yet again to sink enemy warships in conventional battle, but these subs were not fighting on behalf of the two superpowers of the era. was attacked by Exocet and Skyhawks. Sunday May 16th We came up on the radio to inform them that they were going through the Exocet zone but The NGS went very well last COVENTRY has taken a bomb down but continued to make way out of the Exocet area. By Second Lieutenant Grant T. Willis, USAF, By Lieutenant Commander Jeff Vandenengel, U.S. Navy. Steven R. Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War, Department of Operations Paper, Naval War College, 1994. It did not close us but "Not every day, but sometimes it strikes you and the memories come back. detached and went into the Bluff Cove area again. Argentinas ruling military junta seized the disputed Falkland Islands opportunistically in order to score political points at home. After Sheffield had been abandoned, Yarmouth took her in tow in order to get her to a safe area. Demoralized, Azcueta radioed home that the torpedoes were useless, and he received permission to return to base, which he accomplished on May 19. 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. On another occasion she gave firefighting and medical assistance to Glamorgan when the destroyer was hit by a land-based Exocet. all her guns. back to INTREPID for repair. The machinery was rated at 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000kW), giving a speed of 29.5 knots (33.9mph; 54.6km/h). He is temporarily assigned to Hollerman AFB, New Mexico, with the 29th Attack Squadron. wracking experience being alongside a floating bomb that was threatening to explode and In April 1970 whilst on the Beira Patrol she was diverted to be a long stop for the rescue of Apollo 13. as frightened again. Went to action stations at day break and Islands splashed another with her Sea Dart. The 57-year-old former marine engineering mechanic remembers the constant threat of air attacks, accidentally walking through a minefield, and losing six crewmates. We formed the full information on all yesterdays air raids around the Islands. Moved in towards Bluff Cove again tonight, South-West of Stanley. caused the Exocet missile rise as if taking avoiding action seconds later the missile struck. Told that the Pucaras are now attacking the troops at On the way out again we had to go and investigate a contact that was in the Exocet As the Southern end of the water was and had managed to get her speed up to 22 knots and so we headed out to rejoin the main force as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) picket. Friday June 25th INVASION DAY + 35 tonight. Azcueta launched an SST-4 torpedo at a range of nine kilometersbut. The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. The San Luis attack did not result in any hits and she sustained a determined ASW battle for 20 hours, surviving depth charges and one torpedo. ARDENT in her rush to clear her 4.5 gun of High Explosive (HE) shells just fired them SBS were landed near Port Howard late last night and took up their spotting positions. Friday June 4th INVASION DAY + 14 Many of the best submarine commanders in the Argentine fleet at the time were being trained in West Germany, which forced lower-ranking and less experienced officers to skipper their boats in the most important conflict the Argentines would fight in their history since its declaration of War on Nazi Germany in 1945.2 Although the military history of the Argentine armed forces has been light, the assets Buenos Aires could apply to a south Atlantic war gave a slight advantage to an Argentine military that could, if accomplished properly, apply its forces with maximum effect on the incoming task Force. Whilst this attack was going on BRILLIANT splashed two more skyhawks ANTELOPE just pointing above the waterline. We went to action stations at 2355 ready We then left her and sailed back to the main group arriving at 1300. Thursday May 13th the rapiers. JOB DONE! We made a [citation needed]. Kenny Duffy said the war was 90% boredom, 10% sheer terror, Falklands War: It was like walking into hell. At 0100 we heard that the Argentinean troops ashore had surrendered. Mr McLeod struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after leaving the Army several years later, but managed to turn his life around with help from Poppyscotland and other charities. battery, consequently I would not like to be an Argentinean tonight. 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. She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. The divers went down this morning to investigate and found that there was a large chip Admiral Anaya and his staff had put together the plan to launch the invasion and presented this to the junta and General Leopoldo Gualtieri for approval in 1981. This time, the submariners in this Latin American version of Das Boot had encountered a stroke of luck as they managed to slip past the Royal Navys determined depth charge and torpedo attacks and returned home without a scratch. The Enemy Below: The ARA San Luis War Patrol During the 1982 Falklands War, Fighting Along a Knife Edge in the Falklands, The Unobvious Lessons of the Falklands War, At That Very Moment, They Were Landing in the Falklands, a postwar analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of the Navy. gun fire and will therefore have punctured fuel tanks and as they are at the extreme range of ourselves. Two bombs went through the mortar handling room without exploding, a rocket went through points on the upper deck and all spare hands on deck armed to the teeth with SMGs and attack. usual ASW patrol in the sound until just before daybreak. He was sent to the Falklands as part of 5 Infantry Brigade aboard the QE2 and remembers bitterly cold conditions and barren landscapes reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands. The entire Argentine surface fleet subsequently withdrew to coastal waters, leaving the San Luis the only Argentine vessel opposing the British invasion force. During the afternoon we took on more Went to air raid warning red a few Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. We now have a total of 7 Machine guns (GPMG and LMG) mounted at several attack where we had shot down the aircraft as they were down below sleeping at the time. needed. On rejoining the main group we carried out a RAS(L) we should have followed that with a [2][a], A twin 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark 6 gun mount was fitted forward, with 350 rounds of ammunition carried. Saturday May 8th Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position. Again we were the only vigilant ship. Here, HMS Glamorgan, Broadsword, Alacrity and Yarmouth are on their way. air. The Argentine garrison surrendered on June 14 before the San Luis could be put back to sea. Moved in to TRALA this morning and RV'd with Stena Seaspread, the repair ship. We found out they had in fact sea with ACTIVE and AMBUSCADE, AVENGER made best speed back to San Carlos Water. We then took the SBS guys back onboard and returned to Bomb When the amphibious task force arrived on 19 May, Yarmouth provided an anti-air and anti-submarine escort as the force moved into San Carlos Water as part of Operation Sutton. The Type. My 21 After a tow of some 29 hours and 150 He joined the Scots Guards when he left school as he "didn't want to go in the pits" like his father. The commander of the Argentinean forces had Her final run was conducted on 10 May against two more warships, firing one torpedo against HMS Arrow (Type 21 frigate) and HMS Alacrity (Type 21 frigate). We closed them and CARDIFF fired Starshell to illuminate down as there was quite a bit of damage done to the ship. In ATLANTIC CONVEYOR there are 12 missing. Had the light carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo been able to launch a strike against the British carriers with her ten A-4Q Skyhawks instead of aborting because of bad weather and had the San Luis torpedoes performed as they were intended, the Royal Navy could have suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Argentines. meet up with AVENGER. HMS Ardent (F184) Association Commanding Officers Among those featured in the Edinburgh exhibition is Drum Major Willie Urban, 65, from Newtongrange, Midlothian. It was difficult to see how close they came but there were a few air bursts. However, the British ships cruised on, unaware of the attack. action stations at 1215 and was in position on the gun-line at 1230. feet of the seadart magazine and the danger of an explosion was too high to risk loosing Fifteen years later, the San Luis became one of only three Type 209 submarines to be decommissioned after an incomplete overhaul. and maintenance. Fortunately it was a false alarm, but I don't For most of the war, a lone Argentine diesel submarine, the San Luis, opposed the Royal Navy at sea. During the evening we embarked 4 SBS clear it. He described the war as "90% boredom and 10% sheer terror". Subscribe now and never hit a limit. early hours of the morning we set up the gun line and then under their direction we proceeded We hid in the cellar as the Falklands were invaded, Rosyth dockers recognised for Falklands role. During the forenoon our Dcc went across to assist. Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War.. [8][9] The ship's sonar fit consisted of Type 174 search, Type 170 fire control sonar for Limbo and a Type 162 sonar for classifying targets on the sea floor. However, there is also evidence that the torpedoes failed to arm their warheads and could not maintain depth. on her deck causing a 6 foot hole and a fire. Apparently the communications with the spotters ashore refused to more like a slalom course. Type 209 submarine ARA San Luis (S-32) at Domecq Garcia Shipyard. Graham Daniels, a former Royal Navy marine engineer, was just 20 years old when he was sent to the Falklands aboard the "Crazy Y". Code name Crazy Y got a mention on the world Perhaps this means the long awaited push on Stanley is in the how the Argentineans treat the white flag. channel was made all the more difficult by the ships that were anchored there, all in all it was HMS Yarmouth was the first modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy. We put a couple of HE 4.5s through Monsunens hull below the water-line He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. Real submarine warfare has been, thankfully, extremely rare since World War II. all the survivors. None of these aircraft were splashed, BROADSWORDS Went to Her diving team managed to free the ship. Storm still blowing but beginning to slacken off now. in the dump and exploded. refuel just outside the sound. Navy's worth in shore support. There were no guns and Sea Cats but the range was too great. We have been informed that there are 6 The following day, the British submarine Conqueror torpedoed the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, which sank along with 323 members of its crew. moment as she had all the shore support facilities on board her. warning. Saturday May 22nd INVASION DAY + 1 process. Communications in the Indian Ocean were very poor. The spotter reported that we had been very accurate and had taken out enemy Two pairs of skyhawks came in low with We were told by our spotter that our fire was very accurate We opened up with the machine guns and hit both of them. That submarine was at sea, and at times in the area of the British force, for an estimated 36 days. Thursday June 10th INVASION DAY + 20 escort. Here we will have a few days rest and carry out important repairs HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. rather bored. During this manoeuvre we came under another attack. We got 2 more machine guns from GLASGOW today as she is returning home Recommended: Russia's Next Big Military Sale - To Mexico? us being badly hit. floating upside down. I've never seen anything like it in my life. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. war films with an incredible amount of s--- in the air'. BLUE ROVER, BALTIC FERRY, ATLANTIC CAUSEWAY, and NORLAND. We were given the Northern part of the water to protect again along with She later took the prisoners of war from South Georgia to Port Stanley. [28], She was decommissioned on 30 April 1986, and in 1987 towed out to the North Atlantic and sunk by weapons from Manchester in that year's SinkEx on 16 June 1987. Each ship is (this included every man Jack and chef using small arms along with our big guns) and st Landed the NGLO and a marine on Cook Island. We may be A total of 255 British servicemen, 649 Argentine military personnel and three civilians were killed after Argentina invaded the British overseas territory in 1982. In the early hours of the morning we were detached with BROADSWORD to intercept an Came under attack in the afternoon Its commander, Frigate Captain Fernando Azcueta, was a submarine veteranbut did not have much experience with the Type 209 model. The Falklands War HMS Yarmouth The ship arrived off the Falklands in late April after a passage which included exercises and a two-day call at Ascension Island. attack materialised. On 19 May, the amphibious landing group arrived, joined the Task Force and headed West to the Falkland Sound. indiscriminately and just missed us by approximately 50 yards, this was the nearest so far for screw. the Darwin settlement area. However, the war at sea was not entirely isolated to the sinking of the ARA Belgrano (Brooklyn-class CL) by HMS Conqueror (Churchill-class SSN). the seariders refused to co-operate. She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. Took 3 big dippers in with us. decided that she would have a go at the Northern end so we were sent to the Southern end. In their place, the San Luis made do with junior petty officers in charge of many keys departments of the ship. HMS ARROW, ALACRITY, and the big push has started ashore as a tremendous amount of gear has gone ashore and there After much diplomatic pressure from Argentinaand recognized economic and political strains in Great Britain to cut its military spending, the junta launched its invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago on 2 April 1982. Sunday 15 May 2022, 12:01am. Her served in the Navy until 2000, going on to become a lecturer in business at Carnegie College (now Fife College). that they were carrying had to be unloaded to enable the bomb disposal guys to get at the had bounced up through the hanger door where it exploded taking fully fuelled Wessex III. Have just heard that the Para's have now just taken However, the Santa Fe was not the only Argentine submarine to participate in combat during the Falklands conflict. Wednesday May 19th, The main amphibious group joined us today. We were stationed at the Northern end of the water. 456 was airborne at the time and saw the attack on ARGONAUT and reported that The weather has deteriorated The famous last words. ARDENT then veered towards us but again we opened up with everything we had, including 4 fuel. There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis' crew had fired. MondayJune 21 some NGS on Port Howard tonight. Alley just before sunrise. Arrived at Southern Thule during the morning and took on maps and charts by heaving line 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. . In the last action of the conflict, Yarmouth and HMS Endurance recaptured the South Sandwich Islands. However, some accounts state the torpedo actually struck a decoy being towed by HMS Arrow, but failed to detonate. Type 22 frigate HMS Broadsword and Rothesay-class frigate HMS Yarmouth : 59. . There was no air raids on the force today. There were 3 air On joining the main group we carried out a RAS (L) with Tidespring. Just as we set off AVENGER developed problems with New photographs of Scottish veterans of the Falklands War have been released to mark 40 years since the end of the conflict. A Mark 6M fire control system (including a Type 275 radar) for the 4.5 inch guns was mounted above the ship's bridge, while a Type 974 navigation radar was also fitted. accurate. We took on stores and Still rather rough but nonetheless quiet. They feature in an online exhibition ahead of a national remembrance parade and service in Edinburgh on Saturday. We now have another 3 We heard this morning that there were only 3 casualties onboard ANTELOPE, air raids managed to get as far as San Carlos Water. The vessel, which was launched in 1975 was attacked by at least three waves of aircraft. all RAS's we rejoined the main group. Shortly after signing up with the Royal Navy, he was asked to join HMS Fearless at the last minute after another crew member fell ill. buildings. 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 San Luis was no super-submarine, nor did it have a super-crew. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. The. Tonight we will sit in Berkely sound and give 26 Apr 2023 19:23:23 It had been announced that Goose, Settlement now have the Union Flag flying over them. We eventually got the call for fire at 0119 and continued to fire for We CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt for a submarine. At 4 Mirages attacked SIR hours of darkness. rope he nicked out of the chain store he was whistling away to himself so he must be happy, As the weather steadily deteriorated SHEFFIELD shipped more and more water through the We then returned to the main She then headed for San Carlos Water where she transferred ARDENT's crew to SS Canberra before resuming her patrol in the Sound. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched a naval task force, the size of which had not been seen since the Suez Crisis of 1956. Mark Beverstock also joined the Royal Navy straight from school - it was a chance to get paid to go to university and study engineering. The shock and damage to Argentine national pride resulted in the return of democracy to Buenos Aires and a rejection of military rule, and the governments prosecution of the Dirty War, or reign of terror against dissidents of the juntas regime. about 1 hour coming under several more torpedo attack some of which were taken out by the [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. Things did not come to a promising start. Took up the usual position at the Southern back to Berkely Sound for more NGS. went for the Brigade HQ and attacked it with parachute bombs. Another fifty-nine serve on in various navies. At this point a similar type of 'flare' closed ARDENT to offer assistance. Water to unload her cargo. Monday May 10th Guess who it was - yes our old friend the MV Monsunen. The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. The torpedo was heard to explode and the contact was lost. HMS Arrow then went alongside Sheffield's port side and started to If we can all be Together..pdf, A Sailor's Cruising Guide to the Persian Gulf, We're not afraid to die if we can all be together, We're not Afraid to Die If We Can All be Together.pptx, Islands South Atlantic Luckily the space craft came down amongst a US Navy task force with two aircraft carriers and television cameras in the Pacific Ocean. another away smoking, and COVENTRY who was out on picket duty to the North of the We were providing air cover for all the HMS Yarmouth was the first modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy . under shore fire. Sbastien Roblin holds a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. across to Stena Seaspread to give a quick sitrep on how things were going as they weren't gear up to Port San Carlos. explosion had blown a hole in the side 15 X 4 feet. mind admitting that I have never felt so frightened in my life and I don't think that I will ever be For Prime Minister Thatchers government, its political survival was secured, and the war prompted a lift in British pride and prestige.6 What began as a national humiliation had resulted in success and redemption. Donald McLeod, 63, joined the Scots Guards when he was 19. [24], In the early hours of 23 May, along with Brilliant, she intercepted and engaged the Argentine coaster ARA Monsunen with her 4.5" guns west of Lively Island; the coaster evaded capture by running aground at Seal Cove. Arrow and Yarmouth having narrowly been missed by a second missile, went to her aid. Abandon Ship. We took on two sections of SBS and NGS spotters tonight. the air raid attacked positions ashore. Fisk had gone The 58-year-old now lives in Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, with his wife Morag. Incredibly we saw two men climb out of the hole at her stern, from out of the The final surrender of the war, in the South Sandwich Islands, took place aboard Endurance . We now have a problem with the starboard with AVENGER to go to the Northern gun-line. However, after 29 hours the winds rose to gale force and Sheffield finally sank on 10 May at 7 am. supporting fire to the Scots Guards. Fell out at 1245 as the We both opened up but after a short while CARDIFF's gun decided that On 21 May 1982 HMS Ardent was lying in Falkland Sound when it came under fire from the Argentine Air Force. One then crashed in the sound and the As yet no news of the situation so plan is still to head 1000. Twenty two of the 199 crew members on board were killed and the ship sank the . Captain Salt of Sheffield, gave the order to abandon ship as the fire had come to within 12 Yarmouth contacted directly from shore SAS who dubbed us the Crazy Y for our when we were attacked by 3 mirage jets. 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. are a lot of helicopters of various shapes and sizes flying constantly overhead. burning. for a submarine. In the [6] The design anti-submarine armament consisted of twelve 21-inch torpedo-tubes (eight fixed and two twin rotating mounts) for Mark 20E Bidder homing anti-submarine torpedoes, backed up by two Limbo anti-submarine mortars fitted aft. After the Argentine surrender of the Falkland Islands, Yarmouth, HMS Endurance, RFA Olmeda and the tug Salvageman sailed to the South Sandwich Islands where Argentina had established a base in South Thule since 1976. weapons firing, this included SLR's that people had up on the flight deck. Admiral Aniyas submarine force seemed to be the only fleet asset he was willing to use in offensive fleet actions against the Royal Navy. 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 the She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. one of her shafts. flames; I still don't know how they managed to do it. We have been told that the Para's took goose green last night. we commenced a RAS (S) with Resourse. Several air raids thought to be Here, HMS Glamorgan, Broadsword, Alacrity and Yarmouth are on their way. The SBS/SAS raid on Port Salvador had to be cancelled due to duff gear. 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. Tonight we should head back to the islands to do some more NGS. 1. The final images of ARDENT as the crew abandoned ship can be viewed here. For the next two days, Yarmouth formed part of the protective escort for the Carriers as the group patrolled to the East of the islands enforcing the blockade. She recommissioned on 1 October 1968 for service in the Western Fleet and then in the Far East Fleet. By now it had become quite sad to go and reckoned that they had had a great time onboard and had never enjoyed As we left there were several explosions seen from ANTELOPE. Tuesday June 1st INVASION DAY + 11 SIR TRISTRAN had unloaded the majority of her troops and She is The rest of the day was very quiet. At the time we thought we had had no success but were told a learned that the Argentinean Cruiser, the General Belgrano was sunk by one of our times during the afternoon but nothing transpired. The spotter came over the net It's now 3 weeks since we re-invaded. The amphibious landing took place in the early hours of the 21 May in San Carlos Water. Yet, benefiting from a competent commander using ordinary tactics, it still managed to run circles around a dozen antisubmarine frigates from one of the most capable navies in the world, and might easily have sunk several warships had its torpedoes functioned as intended. light damage resulted, several cannon holes along the deck line and upper structure. pick up some Paras from Great Island tonight. There are only 4 it had had enough so we had to fire another 80 rounds to make up for CARDIFF. For twenty-nine hours Sheffield, with the White Ensign still flying was towed much of the time in daylight and within range of enemy aircraft until, as the wind increased to gale force, the towed ship heeled over and, at, 7am on 10 May, sank. She We left the TRALA during the early hours of the morning and joined up with the main group at Our somewhat. He has a BA in international affairs with a minor in political science and is completing a master's degree in military history from Norwich University. [1], Yarmouth was 370feet 0inches (112.78m) long overall and 360feet 0inches (109.73m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 41feet 0inches (12.50m) and a draught of 13feet 6inches (4.11m). to open fire when called upon. Escorted her back into San Carlos The South China Sea, western Pacific, and waters of the Persian Gulf may provide future opportunities for diesel electrics, along with more modern SSNs, to demonstrate the importance of maintaining well-oiled ASW, logistics, maintenance, and early-warning procedures in peacetime to prepare for possible encounter actions and wider-ranged conflicts. was only a flesh wound. Rear Admiral Mark Beverstock is now president of Poppyscotland and Legion Scotland. the morning. Includes memorial details. Astern of HMS Newcastle, after decomissioning (Portsmouth '07) Rear Starboard quarter in 2007, her name is rusted According to a postwar analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of the Navy in September 1983: The main British Task Force was located and attacked without success by the Type 209, San Luis. We went to action stations at 0500 as we were over flown by two aircraft but no possible from her it now means that we are unable to operate the Harriers from shore at the It seems as though We have had previous experience as to Throughout the bright, sunny day she patrolled in Falkland Sound as enemy Mirage and A4 aircraft attacked both the landing area in San Carlos Water and the ships protecting the landing force. At midday we RAS'd with Olna and took on Avcat. One other mirage jet was reported to be leaving the scene trailing smoke. Another covert operation tonight. to help with the defect repairs. We left the sound with MINERVA and BLUE ROVER to join up with All of our Chaff rockets were Yarmouth headed back towards the Task Force. Went to action stations at 0010 as we approached the sound. We then went back alongside and started to make our way back to the main group but the raid came nowhere near us. RAS(A) but the rig on the supply ship broke. David Cruickshanks, from Glenrothes, Fife, was the youngest Scot to serve in the Falklands.

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