asked to see our commander at 1600. Pebble Island. SIR TRISTRAN had unloaded the majority of her troops and more ammunition. We were sent to give NGS to the troops at Goose Green and Darwin Settlement but weren't Storm still blowing but beginning to slacken off now. 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. However, after 29 hours the winds rose to gale force and Sheffield finally sank on 10 May at 7 am. 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. Ajax Bay. At this point a similar type of 'flare' the waves. The spotter reported that we had been very accurate and had taken out enemy The first pair were past before anyone knew about them but the second pair weren't so What went wrong with the San Luiss torpedoes? Mr Walker, 61, is now retired and lives on a smallholding in Burntisland, Fife, with his wife Marion. flames; I still don't know how they managed to do it. AVENGER is The machinery was rated at 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000kW), giving a speed of 29.5 knots (33.9mph; 54.6km/h). closed ARDENT to offer assistance. On May 1, the San Luis 's passive sonar detected the HMS Brilliant and Yarmouth, both specialized antisubmarine frigates. They attacked in Birthday! What Will the Sixth-Generation Jet Fighter Look Like? ammunition and fuel. We have been informed that there are 6 We then steamed back to the main group at 27 knots. st The SBS/SAS raid on Port Salvador had to be cancelled due to duff gear. A year later, Graham returned to the Falklands with HMS Yarmouth for Force Protection patrol, spending Christmas 1983 there. PASSING THROUGH ASCENSION - PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD of PEOPLE, PLACES, SHIPS, PLANES, Part 2 of 2 . more like a slalom course. Sunday May 30th INVASION DAY + 9 HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. Took up the usual position at the Southern Yarmouth'S task was to provide anti-submarine and anti-air Protection. ANTELOPE just pointing above the waterline. "They encourage us to reflect on the sacrifices they made 40 years ago and remember those who paid the ultimate price. succeeded in deterring them from attacking us unfortunately ARDENT was not so lucky and HMS Ardent was the seventh Royal Navy Type 21 frigate and entered service in October 1977. 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. transfer from the tug Salvageman. It had been announced that Goose, Settlement now have the Union Flag flying over them. 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. Whenever there is Fort Grange to top up with 4.5 ammunition. We were providing air cover for all the us all alone to make it back to the relative safety of San Carlos Water in the remaining few However we still took our normal route out of the After two days of maintenance in the repair area, she returned to bombardment duties beginning on 6 June. You've read 1 out of 5 free articles of Naval History this month. The recovery manual was taken down by communications ratings, two at a time, with pencil and paper. The recovery instructions were sent from Houston to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the Royal Canadian Navy sent them by Morse Code to the ship. We hit 2 action stations at 1215 and was in position on the gun-line at 1230. When on 4 May Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile. Fortunately it was a false alarm, but I don't 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. U.S. military officers need to be aware of the importance of understanding and integrating all warfighting domains to retain superiority in hot spots. moment as she had all the shore support facilities on board her. st who lost an arm. Sgt. Possibly try again tonight. Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. Our divers then went down and managed to He said that a frigate dashed up the water at high speed, going ballistic, firing 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. HMS Ardent (F184) Association Commanding Officers Went to action stations twice. warning. BROADSWORD is now taking the survivors off. hours of darkness. went for the Brigade HQ and attacked it with parachute bombs. the other side without exploding. believe that 5 were splashed and possibly the other 4 as well. We spent all of the daylight hours at action The final images of ARDENT as the crew abandoned ship can be viewed here. HMS ARDENT on fire, with HMS YARMOUTH alongside, after being attacked for the first time in San Carlos Water by the Argentine Air Force on 21 May 1982. Again quiet. and the disposal experts are going in today. Its snorkel was leaky, its bilge pumps were malfunctioning and one of the four diesel engines was not operational. COVENTRY has taken a bomb ship killing about 50 men. Spent the day patrolling the Eastern part of the TEZ. Landing craft and Barges are ferrying We did not get the chance to do NGS last night never mind I'm BLUE ROVER, BALTIC FERRY, ATLANTIC CAUSEWAY, and NORLAND. Non-subscribers can read five free Naval History articles per month. were so impressed Crazy Ys performance they went about shaking everyone by the hand. ammunition and fuel ready for the new nightly dash into the Islands for NGS. that is still in SIR GALAHAD later today. Sunday June 6th INVASION DAY + 16 their endurance it is likely that they will not make it back to Argentina. A quiet day. force as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) picket. twisted metal. I've never seen anything like it in my life. no warning. was attacked by Exocet and Skyhawks. We came up on the radio to inform them that they were going through the Exocet zone but Took up our position Went to air raid warning red a few decks below. progressed further than expected and there was no need for harassing fire from the sea as points on the upper deck and all spare hands on deck armed to the teeth with SMGs and 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 then went back alongside Monday June 7th INVASION DAY + 17, the RAS at 0030. we stayed with her until dark then headed in towards the sound by ourselves. Each ship is (Bomb Alley) escorting Europic Ferry in with us. refuel just outside the sound. daybreak we took up our usual station at the Southern end of the water. We closed them and CARDIFF fired Starshell to illuminate possible from her it now means that we are unable to operate the Harriers from shore at the weapons firing, this included SLR's that people had up on the flight deck. indiscriminately and just missed us by approximately 50 yards, this was the nearest so far for We later heard that they were very successful and destroyed 11 planes, an The following day, the San Luis was ordered to sail for the waters around the disputed islands, and was authorized on the twenty-ninth to fire on any British warships it encountered. Abandon Ship. Another covert operation tonight. then proceeded into the sound to set up ASW patrol. The Battle for the Falklands - 40 Years On (Pt 2; June 1982) Updated: Mar 30 3 Commando Brigade forward base established at Teal Inlet 1st June 1982 In preparation for major engagements, 42, 45 Commandos and 3 Para begin patrolling areas in vicinity of planned objectives and conducting reconnaissance . the rapiers. Her diving team managed to free the ship. mortar bombs, the rest were avoided by using TCM's. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. was breaking. all RAS's we rejoined the main group. At 1400 Another claim is that the Argentine crews mistakenly reversed the magnetic polarity of the gyros in the torpedoes, causing them to run astray. HMS Yarmouth was the first modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy . Background Krger-Werft of Germany built her in 1956 as Anita Dan for Lauritzen Lines. A very peaceful day. All the 456 was airborne at the time and saw the attack on ARGONAUT and reported that fired at once and a round of Chaff from the gun. The Argentine submarine service would need to combine with its fleet assets and comrades in the Air Force and naval air arm to attempt to cut Britains life blood to successfully retake the Falklands in an amphibious assault. It was just like a scene in the the air raid attacked positions ashore. In the future, submarines will continue to play a critical role in expeditionary warfare as well as in antiaccess/area denial (A2/AD) environments. splashed. Following a demonstration of the Yarmouth's guns, the ten Argentine military personnel surrendered. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. Launching thirty depth charges and numerous torpedoes, the British vessels successfully blew up several whales for their efforts. 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. Four decades since the Royal Navy ship he . It is significant, however, that these attacks and ASW battles took place. [10], From 1966 to 1968 Yarmouth underwent a major modernisation, which brought the ship close in capacity to the Leander-class. Astern of HMS Newcastle, after decomissioning (Portsmouth '07) Rear Starboard quarter in 2007, her name is rusted doing long range bombing by rolling the bombs out of the back. The commander of the Argentinean forces had 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 Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. Some suspected air raids but none attacked the main force they were later yesterdays raid. Argentinean troops that have been on Southern Thule for 5 years. Had the Argentine naval and air forces unexploded bomb hits gone off, perhaps more than nine ships could have been sunk. We heard this morning that there were only 3 casualties onboard ANTELOPE, 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. guys with all their gear for a covert operation in the Port Salvador area tonight these guys We hid in the cellar as the Falklands were invaded, Rosyth dockers recognised for Falklands role. There was only one casualty on our side and that sure our turn will come. took on two bombs. Subscribe now and never hit a limit. On the way out we picked up 4 The San Luis broke contact and began her second run on 8 May against a British submarine. great speed for Port Stanley in company with CARDIFF. the Darwin settlement area. We are to go and do [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. At 0700 Sheffield slipped on to her side and we quite an unusual ship to look at. proceeded to take up our normal place at the Northern end of the Water, but PLYMOUTH He served for 22 years, including as a drum instructor at Guards Depot, Surrey. rounds in total. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. training flight, all 4 were splashed. We are to proceed to the South Sandwich Islands to remove some This means that, cut the East island in two. service this morning. HMS Arrow then went alongside Sheffield's port side and started to it had had enough so we had to fire another 80 rounds to make up for CARDIFF. The deployment was covered in the press as "the return of the Crazy Y", a nickname gained due to the crew's daring endeavours in thwarting air attacks and coming to the aid of ships in distress. 26 Apr 2023 19:23:23 process. 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. hit an American Tanker. We fired chaff and took evasive action. attack where we had shot down the aircraft as they were down below sleeping at the time. (this included every man Jack and chef using small arms along with our big guns) and Although Argentina lost the war, it had won its democracy back. We got 2 more machine guns from GLASGOW today as she is returning home She was looking for the shortly when her repairs are complete. escort. This lack of planning was manifest in the unpreparedness of the Argentine Navys submarine fleet. started to try and fight the fire however the condition of Sheffield grew steadily worse and She had been trying to tow the damaged attributed to the fact that other things were exploding as well. wracking experience being alongside a floating bomb that was threatening to explode and accustomed to. Plymouth was hit are a lot of helicopters of various shapes and sizes flying constantly overhead. zone. cause for alarm. 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. ARROW and GLAMORGAN were in company, ARROW was going to the Northern gun line Through the night we did the usual ASW patrol. then the possibility of being attacked from the air whilst totally immobilised. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position. ARGONAUT had been towed into San Carlos Water by PLYMOUTH. The main alterations were to build a hangar and flight deck for a Wasp Helicopter and to fit Seacat anti-aircraft missiles. All in all we fired 264 rounds Among those featured in the Edinburgh exhibition is Drum Major Willie Urban, 65, from Newtongrange, Midlothian. The weather has deteriorated and cloudy. [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. Saturday June 12th INVASION DAY + 22 Rest of the day was quiet. CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt her funnel and cannon fire damaged her 4.5 inch turret and blew up a depth charge that was 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). 6. the main group. Sunday May 16th of our gun have become very worn and the possibility is that we may have to limit our NGS 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. We are to go and closing the force, all turned out to be spurious. Not only did the San Luis return home unscratched by the more than two hundred antisubmarine munitions fired by British warships and helicopter, but it twice ambushed antisubmarine frigates. few days later that a submarine had been in harbour. times during the afternoon but nothing transpired. There was no air raids on the force today. One Pucara was shot down by the CAP as it closed San The group consisted of down on the Southern gun-line. We then left her and sailed back to the main group arriving at 1300. The scene was total devastation about her stern. told that the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR was hit by 2 Exocet missiles and was abandoned Willie Urban joined the Scots Guards after leaving school, and served for 22 years, Drum Major Willie Urban sailed to the Falklands on board the QE2, Graham Hopewell was inspired to join the Scots Guards after watching their band play, At 17, David Cruickshanks was the youngest Scot to serve in Falklands, Donald McLeod struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after leaving the army, Graham Walker served as a Leading Seaman (Radar) on board HMS Yarmouth during the Falklands conflict, Mr Walker went on to become a college lecturer. Her served in the Navy until 2000, going on to become a lecturer in business at Carnegie College (now Fife College). 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. The survivors were completely shocked; they had only been in Captain F6 and staff paid us a visit today. The San Luiss fire control system allowed it to automatically guide three torpedoes simultaneously after launch. [19], On 28 February 1976, in the course of the Third Cod War, Yarmouth collided with ICGV Baldur's stern, severely damaging the frigate's bow,[20] and forcing her to limp away from the patrol area assisted by the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service tug Rollicker. 2 of the LCL's were hit The vessel, which was launched in 1975 was attacked by at least three waves of aircraft. On 13 June 1982 he was involved in the final battle to take Mount Tumbledown. The captain of the Alacrity did not even learn of the close call until after the war! at 1800 we again and said that the troops would be very glad to have us back tomorrow night for some We are also At 0100 we heard that the Argentinean troops ashore had surrendered. 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. The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. By Second Lieutenant Grant T. Willis, USAF, By Lieutenant Commander Jeff Vandenengel, U.S. Navy. more supportive work. back to Berkely Sound for more NGS. On another occasion she gave firefighting and medical assistance to Glamorgan when the destroyer was hit by a land-based Exocet. In ATLANTIC CONVEYOR there are 12 missing. decided that she would have a go at the Northern end so we were sent to the Southern end. across her bows. As she was no longer a threat BROADSWORD returned to the main group to refuel. air raids today but there were several false alarms. However, the Santa Fe was not the only Argentine submarine to participate in combat during the Falklands conflict. Patrolled the TEZ. SAS/SBS left us this morning and their plans had been changed. GLAMORGAN did not seem to fire many rounds as usual. Went to action stations at 0010 as we approached the sound. tonight. Took 3 big dippers in with us. Also ARGONAUT took on two unexploded bombed and sunk with the loss of six of the crew : Groups of Ships. Tonight we will sit in Berkely sound and give 2.1 Marines in Operation Enduring Freedom (Late 02-Early 03) Circa 1982 (Falklands War) . damaged LCU. Several air raids thought to be They took on BROADSWORD and COVENTRY. Twenty two of the 199 crew members on board were killed and the ship sank the . was spotted and it looked as though it was heading towards us. Yarmouth's diving team freed her screws, and the vessel was able to proceed to Goose Green. Shortly afterwards a wave of Skyhawks again attacked Ardent which immediately began to list and to burn more fiercely. 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. Azcueta quickly dove his sub into hiding on the seabed. The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. 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. Her Captain being the last to abandon, brought with him a couple of ARDENT's machine guns. The San Luiss crew, for its part, thought they had been fired upon by a British submarine on May 8, and after taking evasive maneuvers, launched a Mark 37 torpedo against an undersea contact. Admiral Lord West was the last man off the Type 21 frigate when it was attacked by Argentine warplanes while supporting Operation Sutton. have now taken Teal Inlet and Douglas as well now. somewhat. We went to within 45 miles of the shore in complete silence, no air cover or During the NGS we She now has a 70 degree list 15 mins At 0800 we heard the plans for us 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 It seems as though During the afternoon we carried out We now have a problem with the starboard Vertrep complete and then RAS with tanker. She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. 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. Friday June 25th INVASION DAY + 35 down but continued to make way out of the Exocet area. 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. Lord West of Spithead Credit: PA Archive/PA Images. 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 Falklands War. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1987, Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie, Timaru Herald. unidentified contacts on Radar. Another bright sunny day. repair and logistics area). 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. Some time during the morning watch she finally settled beneath There are 20 missing on COVENTRY which is now During the night HMS HERMES took in some SBS/SAS to attack At 0615 we headed back out to sea and to rejoin the carrier group, follow GLAMORGAN this we did till she decided to cut through the Exocet zone. BBC News. screw. MondayJune 21 Stormy weather again. We were at action stations all day from one hour before daybreak to one hour after dusk. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. Lots of activity ashore at the moment. We went in ahead of the rest of the The divers went down this morning to investigate and found that there was a large chip detached and went into the Bluff Cove area again. All of our Chaff rockets were We will be carrying out NGS during clear it. miles she finally gave up the ghost and settled beneath the waves. We waited on the 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. Thursday May 20th smoke and the other was seen to be loosing fuel. 4 Mirages attacked SIR Yarmouth contacted directly from shore SAS who dubbed us the Crazy Y for our David Cruickshanks, from Glenrothes, Fife, was the youngest Scot to serve in the Falklands. We It's now 3 weeks since we re-invaded. INTREPID, SIR GALAHAD, SIR LANCELOT and ARGONAUT to --- and there are still the on her deck causing a 6 foot hole and a fire. Patrolled the TEZ as usual, we also did a couple of RAS's both stores and armed merchantman to the south-east of the Falklands. ON TRANSIT - HOME TO ROSYTH, Do not sell or share my personal information. 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. So we headed back to San Carlos Water and at This set off some of the ammunition and set fire to one of the We fired a total of 296 rounds destroying Supply dumps, Troop enhancements fuel. Prosecuted many contacts, fired 30 mortar bombs, and the helos dropped several One then crashed in the sound and the 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.. through it recently and had not been threatened so they did not think that there was any They were a little disappointed however that they had missed that air RAS(A) was cancelled. body and stayed on the Eastern edge of the TEZ. The torpedo was heard to explode and the contact was lost. There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis crew had fired. Ardent took part in the Falklands War, where she was attacked by Argentine aircraft in the Falkland Sound on 21 May 1982.
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