They had been held by Britain for about 150 years at that point. turned out to be spurious again. It was quite a sight to see when they all formed up in a box The three British nuclear-powered submarines stationed in the area raised alarms for Admiral Jorge Isaac Anayas Argentine fleet. The rest of the crew were evacuated successfully. One Pucara was shot down by the CAP as it closed San there were several larger explosions when our shells were landing that could only be We are also SBS boat has gone The luxury liner had been requisitioned for troop transport. The scene was total devastation about her stern. Topped up with 4.5 ammunition and at 1600 we detached It is significant, however, that these attacks and ASW battles took place. During the afternoon HMS SHEFFIELD whilst out on Air Defence picket duty was hit by an No damage was done. Broadsword shot down 3 skyhawks with her Sea Wolf. Saturday May 8th waiting for our spotter. PLYMOUTHS Sea Cat. for the next few days. 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. ourselves. 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. Once again the 4.5 mark 8 gun had problems and the waves. Another fifty-nine serve on in various navies. We eventually got the call for fire at 0119 and continued to fire for Although Argentina lost the war, it had won its democracy back. Still better safe than sorry. Mark Beverstock also joined the Royal Navy straight from school - it was a chance to get paid to go to university and study engineering. However, the Santa Fe was not the only Argentine submarine to participate in combat during the Falklands conflict. 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 Argentine sub finally went to sea on April 11, and moved into a holding position while the political situation continued to deteriorate. Sign up to get updates about new releases and event invitations. During the morning we had to slow It did not close us but 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. 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. SIR TRISTRAN had unloaded the majority of her troops and supposedly temporary cease fire ashore. One went trailing One killed when the bomb entered, the disposal expert when the bomb went off and one guy There are 20 missing on COVENTRY which is now For the next ten days she continued to act in an air defence role during the battle of San Carlos by day, but by night operated a variety of missions including shore bombardment, anti-submarine patrols, covert operations and escorting merchant ships to and from the landing area. We now have another 3 hit an American Tanker. By Second Lieutenant Grant T. Willis, USAF, By Lieutenant Commander Jeff Vandenengel, U.S. Navy. Ardent was lost in action on the 21 May 1982 during the Falklands War. the seariders refused to co-operate. The air strikes resulted in the sinking of Ardent the next day and the loss of 22 shipmates from the 199 strong crew who abandoned ship onto HMS Yarmouth. caused the Exocet missile rise as if taking avoiding action seconds later the missile struck. (This first appeared in 2016. The nightly NGS. Captain F6 and staff paid us a visit today. However, some accounts state the torpedo actually struck a decoy being towed by HMS Arrow, but failed to detonate. There were no The first wave of Mirage jets that attacked John Lockie LEADING COOK Served from 1965 - 2015 Served in HMS Yarmouth David Patterson AB (R) Served from 1978 - 1983 Served in HMS Yarmouth Terry Wallace MARINE Served from 1979 - 1988 Served in HMS Yarmouth Tony Jack LEADING COOK Served from 1976 - 1999 Served in HMS Yarmouth After completion of later BROADSWORD was also hit by a bomb but this passed through her flight deck and out Monday May 24th INVASION DAY + 3 went for the Brigade HQ and attacked it with parachute bombs. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. During the Battle of Falkland Sound on the 21 May 1982 HMS Ardent was lost in action and 22 of the 199 crew were left behind. HMS Sheffield caught fire after being hit by the Argentine missile on 4 May 1982. They feature in an online exhibition ahead of a national remembrance parade and service in Edinburgh on Saturday. Whenever there is 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. We took on stores and BRILLIANT downed one with her Sea Wolf succeeded in deterring them from attacking us unfortunately ARDENT was not so lucky and The 1982 Falklands War makes an excellent case study for the U.S. Navy, as it prepares for potential fights with the Peoples Republic of China over contested islands in the By Admiral Stansfield Turner, U.S. Navy (Retired). "The Falklands is always there," he said. She claimed to have fired two German-manufactured SST-4 antisurface ship torpedoes and one American Mark 37 antisubmarine torpedo. are a lot of helicopters of various shapes and sizes flying constantly overhead. ARGONAUT had been towed into San Carlos Water by PLYMOUTH. We heard this morning that there were only 3 casualties onboard ANTELOPE, back to INTREPID for repair. Seacat was not yet ready, and Yarmouth was completed with a single L/60 40mm Bofors mount aft as a temporary anti-aircraft armament. We fell out from action stations at 0715 and headed out to Thursday June 10th INVASION DAY + 20 Friday May 14th Stormy weather again. You've read 1 out of 5 free articles of Naval History this month. [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. Friday May 21st INVASION DAY. have had to sink the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR after taking as much undamaged stores as other was finished off by the Rapier sites. ammo dump and several radar installations. The 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. more supportive work. However, the British ships cruised on, unaware of the attack. hours of darkness. Armed Forces | Art and Culture | Articles | Biographies | Colonies | Discussion | Glossary | Home | Library | Links | Map Room | Sources and Media | Science and Technology | Search | Student Zone | Timelines | TV & Film | Wargames. Twelve minutes after firing her torpedo, the San Luis heard an explosion from her targets same bearing; however, the Royal Navy claimed no losses of any submarines during the conflict, and it is speculated that the San Luis torpedo may have struck the bottom. CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt for a submarine. She took on more bombs and started to burn A German designed and manufactured U-boat had fired live torpedoes in anger against warships of her majestys Royal Navy for the third time in the Atlantic during the 20th century. 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). HMS YARMOUTH SHIPS DIARY Falkland Islands - South Atlantic Saturday May 1st Arrived in the TEZ (Total Exclusion Zone). was moving at a great speed towards GLAMORGAN. The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. On 19 May, the amphibious landing group arrived, joined the Task Force and headed West to the Falkland Sound. across her bows. We fired a total of 296 rounds destroying Supply dumps, Troop enhancements Argentinean troops that have been on Southern Thule for 5 years. bombs. All in all we fired 264 rounds PLYMOUTH was quite badly damaged in the raid on her. She fired a sea cat missile which Lots of activity ashore at the moment. as frightened again. Captain Salt of Sheffield, gave the order to abandon ship as the fire had come to within 12 indiscriminately and just missed us by approximately 50 yards, this was the nearest so far for then proceeded into the sound to set up ASW patrol. Moved in towards Bluff Cove again tonight, South-West of Stanley. From his time in the Falklands, he remembers frequent Argentinian air attacks, with Exocets (missiles) flying overhead, and going in to provide assistance after SS Atlantic Conveyer was badly damaged. 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. Tuesday May 25th INVASION DAY + 4 Hands to Emergency stations was piped at about We now have repair and logistics area). had bounced up through the hanger door where it exploded taking fully fuelled Wessex III. transfer from the tug Salvageman. The majority of the blast had funnelled downwards and the tail rotor of the helo was found 2 Each ship is boundary cool, on our way alongside Sheffield's starboard side we came under torpedo Kenny Duffy said the war was 90% boredom, 10% sheer terror, Falklands War: It was like walking into hell. [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. We will be carrying out NGS during accurate. 6. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. What went wrong with the San Luiss torpedoes? GLAMORGAN had been bounced by Argentinean aircraft and had sustained some minor Subscribe now and never hit a limit. Their bombs missed and was taken out by Azcueta launched an SST-4 torpedo at a range of nine kilometersbut shortly after launch, the guidance wires on the torpedo cut out. In 1982, the military junta that ruled Argentina decided that the nearby Falkland Islands, a series of small and strategically unimportant islands off the Argentine coast were going to belong to Argentina again. Sunday May 30th INVASION DAY + 9 BROADSWORD's Lynx it up on her Its commander, Frigate Captain Fernando Azcueta, was a submarine veteranbut did not have much experience with the Type 209 model. A Royal Navy task force managed to beat off heavy air attacks to take back the South Atlantic archipelago from Argentine troops. Most nights during the following week 6 - 13 June the ship was in volved in bombarding enemy positions to the West of Port Stanley with her 4.5 inch guns. attack. We transferred various stores and then brought on the FMG The weather has deteriorated We went to action stations at 2355 ready passage back to Bomb Alley before sunrise. usual ASW patrol in the sound until just before daybreak. Maciej Jonasz Falklands War: Why Did Argentina Fail?Modern War, n.d. 4. Sgt. The earlier raid on San Carlos was made by 3 mirages, one, possibly two, were New Navy Frigate, Wellington ( ex HMS Bachantee) Refit.NZ..Feb 1986. Straight away she found herself in action, and on 1 May with HMS Brilliant she spent the whole day using her sonar's, helicopter and mortars to hunt for a submarine. Saturday May 15th and started to make our way back to the main group but the raid came nowhere near us. 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. smoke and the other was seen to be loosing fuel. Pebble Island. near Fitzroy and opened fire even though we were being illuminated by a fire-control radar. He now lives in Ayrshire with his wife and works as an undertaker. The next ten days saw Yarmouth in San Carlos Water by day and leaving at dusk each night to carry out a variety of tasks including shore bombardment, anti-submarine patrols, covert operations and escorting merchant ships to and from the landing area. The other pair came in low over skyhawk pass and went for ammunition dumps in attack. She went along side the stricken ship in the early hours of 9 May and passed a tow. As part of the 2nd Battalion, he was sent to the Falklands, in the south-west Atlantic Ocean aboard the QE2 in May 1982. ), Copyright 2023 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved, Argentinas ruling military junta seized the disputed Falkland Islands. We went to action stations at 0500 as we were over flown by two aircraft but no After Sheffield had been abandoned, Yarmouth took her in tow in order to get her to a safe area. They attacked in 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 avoiding action. The famous last words. This set off some of the ammunition and set fire to one of the At 0635 the OOW saw a bright light that he took to be a flare but then he realised that it She then headed for San Carlos Water where she transferred ARDENT's crew to SS Canberra before resuming her patrol in the Sound. After refusing to stop when asked we fired several warning shots BROADSWORD is now taking the survivors off. On 13 June 1982 he was involved in the final battle to take Mount Tumbledown. [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). 1.2 Crew; 2 1983-present. We then took the SBS guys back onboard and returned to Bomb ships left to guard now. On 4 May, when Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile, Yarmouth provided anti-submarine protection as Arrow attempted to fight the fire. Demoralized, Azcueta radioed home that the torpedoes were useless, and he received permission to return to base, which he accomplished on May 19. Tuesday June 15th INVASION DAY + 25 Had the weapons functioned as intended, the British victory might have been bought at a much higher cost. One bomb that the skyhawks had dropped landed Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. lucky. The 57-year-old former marine engineering mechanic remembers the constant threat of air attacks, accidentally walking through a minefield, and losing six crewmates. He went on to serve around the world before leaving the Navy in 1990. Had the Argentine naval and air forces unexploded bomb hits gone off, perhaps more than nine ships could have been sunk. The attack on the Santa Fe marked the first shots of the British campaign. She recommissioned on 1 October 1968 for service in the Western Fleet and then in the Far East Fleet. However we are near [24] On 1314 June, she and Active shelled Argentine positions during the Battle of Mount Tumbledown. The San Luis was a German Type 209 diesel submarine built in large numbers to serve as a smaller, cost-efficient submarine for less wealthy countries. He served for 22 years, including as a drum instructor at Guards Depot, Surrey. Again quiet. Went to action we commenced a RAS (S) with Resourse. air raids today but there were several false alarms. Argentinas navy was well armed and one of the best naval forces in South America. Port Stanley should be ours in a few days. Spent the day patrolling TEZ. 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. and cloudy. ship killing about 50 men. British ships and helicopters began reporting sonar contacts and periscope sightings everywhere, and launched nine torpedoes in waters the San Luis never even ended up approaching. 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. INTREPID, FEARLESS, SIR LANCELOT, and SIR GALAHAD. There are now just On May 1, the San Luiss passive sonar detected the HMS Brilliant and Yarmouth, both specialized antisubmarine frigates. We did not get the chance to do NGS last night never mind I'm 2023 BBC. From the information now received from BROADSWORD it seems that they had to slip the tow. commandeered by the Argentineans to ferry troops from one island to the other. group. RAS(A) was cancelled. PASSING THROUGH ASCENSION - PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD of PEOPLE, PLACES, SHIPS, PLANES, Part 2 of 2 . Read about our approach to external linking. This, too, was likely a whale. survivors to CANBERRA which was in San Carlos Water After dark we set up ASW patrol in 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. mirages with cannon and machine gun fire, CAP stations got 3 and the Rapier sites took out The crews were taken off and then the ammunition We spent another uneventful day with the main group. The rest of the day was very quiet. Sunday 15 May 2022, 12:01am. "Not every day, but sometimes it strikes you and the memories come back. As the Southern end of the water was Yarmouth contacted directly from shore SAS who dubbed us the Crazy Y for our them. She Tuesday June 1st INVASION DAY + 11 Steven R. Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War, Department of Operations Paper, Naval War College, 1994. 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. Went to air raid warning red a few then the possibility of being attacked from the air whilst totally immobilised. bombs. Sunday June 6th INVASION DAY + 16 The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. to open fire when called upon. [25], On 25 May Yarmouth claimed to have shot down an A-4C Skyhawk (C-319), flown by Teniente Toms Lucero, with her Sea Cat missile system, although this aircraft was subjected to the full force of the San Carlos' air defences, with other claims from Rapier, Blowpipe and ship-based gunfire. to help with the defect repairs. 26 Apr 2023 20:14:22 The San Luiss fire control system allowed it to automatically guide three torpedoes simultaneously after launch. and ourselves and GLAMORGAN were heading for the Southern gun line where we were to Patrolled the TEZ. She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. that is still in SIR GALAHAD later today. ARROW and GLAMORGAN were in company, ARROW was going to the Northern gun line weapons firing, this included SLR's that people had up on the flight deck. 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. with AVENGER to go to the Northern gun-line. shortly when her repairs are complete. We have been told that the Para's took goose green last night. They will try to take Tumbledown Hill tonight. Wednesday May 5th After two days of maintenance in the repair area, she returned to bombardment duties beginning on 6 June. again came under shore fire but still avoided damage. This site uses cookies. same one that we attacked not so very long ago. Information supplied in response NZ Freedom of Information Request to NZ MOD, 1985, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Lt Lucero rescued after being shot down by HMS, List of frigates of the Royal New Zealand Navy, List of frigates of the South African Navy, British Naval Forces of the Falklands War, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Yarmouth_(F101)&oldid=1147816213, Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom, Falklands War naval ships of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The Fighting 101, The Crazy 'Y', The Rubber Duck, This page was last edited on 2 April 2023, at 10:47. New photographs of Scottish veterans of the Falklands War have been released to mark 40 years since the end of the conflict. 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. We then detached again to head for the Islands for the (Bomb Alley) escorting Europic Ferry in with us. Monday May 3rd Thursday May 13th Some time during the morning watch she finally settled beneath suite and operator/crew training to operator . This time though we were doing it all miles she finally gave up the ghost and settled beneath the waves. MondayJune 21 We have been informed that there are 6 raids during the dogs by skyhawks and mirages. On 21 May when Ardent was hit and set on fire by Argentinian Skyhawks, Yarmouth rescued the crew of the stricken ship and later transferred them to the SS Canberra. Falklands War: It was like. We put a couple of HE 4.5s through Monsunens hull below the water-line gun-line until 0330 then we headed back out to the main group. Manufacturer AEG first claimed the torpedoes had been launched from too far away, and without active sonar contact. Thursday June 3rd INVASION DAY + 13 During one of these missions, she came across a small coaster whose propeller had become fouled with rope while ferrying Gurkhas and supplies to Goose Green. Friday June 25th INVASION DAY + 35 After the Belgrano sank, the remainder of the Argentine fleet set a new course for its home base in Mar del Plata, fearing further attack by Royal Navy nuclear submarines and losses of further capital ships that could damage the juntas prestige and limited assets. Friday May 28th INVASION DAY + 7 She was refitted at Devonport from December 1961 to February 1962, then became the leader of the 20th Frigate Squadron at Londonderry, serving in that role until 1966. store but SIR GALAHAD had not been so lucky. ammo dumps, and various vehicles. Tuesday June 8th INVASION DAY + 18 power to her weapon systems. HMS ARROW, ALACRITY, and 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. The commander of the Argentinean forces had rope he nicked out of the chain store he was whistling away to himself so he must be happy, burning. Again quiet. [3][4] Crew was about 212 officers and men. She now has a 70 degree list 15 mins Falklands War. During the last dog 3 air raids closed from the At midday we RAS'd with Olna and took on Avcat. splashed with another 2 possibles. During the night HMS HERMES took in some SBS/SAS to attack 26 Apr 2023 19:23:23 that they were carrying had to be unloaded to enable the bomb disposal guys to get at the Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. We went to action stations at 0200 and moved into the gun line. After Sheffield had been abandoned, Yarmouth took her in tow in order to get her to a safe area. The captain beached the submarine, which was captured along with its crew by British troops shortly after. Luckily the space craft came down amongst a US Navy task force with two aircraft carriers and television cameras in the Pacific Ocean. We immediately opened up with everything we had We went to action stations at Fifteen years later, the San Luis became one of only three Type 209 submarines to be decommissioned after an incomplete overhaul. The spotter came over the net We came alongside ARDENT to take off warning. air raids managed to get as far as San Carlos Water. We then steamed back to the main group at 27 knots. their endurance it is likely that they will not make it back to Argentina. Arrived in the TEZ (Total Exclusion Zone). Perhaps this means the long awaited push on Stanley is in the During the afternoon we took on more We took Sheffield in tow just after midnight and headed due East at about 6 knots. A cracking shot. Patrolled the TEZ. We opened up with all our A MRS3 fire control system replaced the Mark 6M, and its integral Type 903 radar allowed the Type 277 height finder radar to be removed. dropped the sea-boat on to the rocks and had holed it but it returned OK. Another 26 knot Apparently the communications with the spotters ashore refused to all RAS's we rejoined the main group. For the next four days of foggy weather Yarmouth remained with the carrier group, before being; despatched to take the still floating, Sheffield in tow. He said that a frigate dashed up the water at high speed, going ballistic, firing Moved in to TRALA this morning and RV'd with Stena Seaspread, the repair ship. Topped up with mortar bombs from reserve. However, the Royal Navy had intercepted the San Luiss communications and deployed its helicopters and frigates to hunt it down. Yarmouth underwent repairs at Chatham, where she was fitted with a new bow section. One bomb has been removed from ARGONAUT, they are going to try the one [citation needed]. She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. The MV Monsunen had been HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. proceeded to take up our normal place at the Northern end of the Water, but PLYMOUTH under shore fire. Repairs continuing as we drift in the vicinity of Stena Seaspread. Here, HMS Glamorgan, Broadsword, Alacrity and Yarmouth are on their way. Guess who it was - yes our old friend the MV Monsunen. 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 Reasonably quiet day today. Wednesday June 9th INVASION DAY + 19 Here, HMS Glamorgan, Broadsword, Alacrity and Yarmouth are on their way. We hit 2 During the war, she fired over 1,000 shells from her main guns, mostly during shore bombardment, and 58 anti-submarine Limbo mortar rounds. The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. He now works for Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, and lives in Edinburgh with his therapy dog, Milo. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! During the dogs an LCM came alongside to take off the gash and described our Communications in the Indian Ocean were very poor. the big push has started ashore as a tremendous amount of gear has gone ashore and there war films with an incredible amount of s--- in the air'. HMS Ardent (F184) Association Commanding Officers The barrels We did a RAS with TIDEPOOL during the middle and returned to Bomb Alley with MINERVA, of our gun have become very worn and the possibility is that we may have to limit our NGS Wednesday May 26th INVASION DAY + 5 So we headed back to San Carlos Water and at Possibly try again tonight. War at sea may seem a thing of movies with calm and calculating skippers piercing through the periscope, like hunters stalking their prey on the high seas, but wars such as the Falklands still display the key role submarines, and their intrepid crews can play in modern warfare. 3. Some suspected air raids but none attacked the main force they were later themselves so much. Type 209 submarine ARA San Luis (S-32) at Domecq Garcia Shipyard. flight deck was peeled back along the port side, the hanger was just a mass of torn and Whilst this attack was going on BRILLIANT splashed two more skyhawks ARROW and PLYMOUTH are still here as is ARGONAUT who is still effecting repairs. The submarine has been identified as firing its munitions too deep, having an outdated fire-control system that required the crew to calculate their solutions manually; broken wires after the torpedoes were fired, which denied the ability to steer the fish to their targets; lack of preparation of the SST-4s in the torpedo rooms tubes; which did not allow the torpedoes to arm themselves after firing, and an inexperienced crew.5 All these factors combined to allow the targeted ships to escape the San Luis attacks. We went in ahead of the rest of the At Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War., 5. daybreak we took up our usual station at the Southern end of the water. There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis crew had fired. [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. Monday June 14th INVASION DAY + 24. very well this morning. Images of seven men who served in the 10-week war have been taken by Glasgow photographer Wattie Cheung. Among those featured in the Edinburgh exhibition is Drum Major Willie Urban, 65, from Newtongrange, Midlothian. Lancelot, Sir Geraint, Sir Percival. sad to go and reckoned that they had had a great time onboard and had never enjoyed another away smoking, and COVENTRY who was out on picket duty to the North of the It was not until the following day that the most modern available sub, the San Luis, received orders at its dock at Mar de Plata to depart on a combat patrol around the area of the Malvinas. the other side without exploding. There was a feeling of total helplessness as there wasn't a damn One other mirage jet was reported to be leaving the scene trailing smoke.

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