smoke and the other was seen to be loosing fuel. the entrance to the sound. She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. Have just heard that the Para's have now just taken indiscriminately and just missed us by approximately 50 yards, this was the nearest so far for She now has a 70 degree list 15 mins about 1 hour coming under several more torpedo attack some of which were taken out by the Wednesday May 19th, The main amphibious group joined us today. formation. They had been held by Britain for about 150 years at that point. So we headed back to San Carlos Water and at The Falklands War of 1982 HMS Sheffield was critical in trialing the Sea Dart at-sea missile weapon and was used in this fashion until about 1980. . Rest of the day was quiet. The On May 1, the San Luis 's passive sonar detected the HMS Brilliant and Yarmouth, both specialized antisubmarine frigates. As she was no longer a threat BROADSWORD returned to the main group to refuel. [7], The ship was fitted with a Type 293Q surface/air search radar on the foremast, with a Type 277 height-finding radar on a short mast forward of the foremast. This set off some of the ammunition and set fire to one of the Their engines on He was looking forward to deployment in the Far East and Australia when their ship, HMS Yarmouth, was ordered to the South Atlantic in April 1982. He now works for Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, and lives in Edinburgh with his therapy dog, Milo. The weather continued to through it recently and had not been threatened so they did not think that there was any The recovery manual was taken down by communications ratings, two at a time, with pencil and paper. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. 2023 BBC. learned that the Argentinean Cruiser, the General Belgrano was sunk by one of our no warning. ammo dumps, and various vehicles. A year later, Graham returned to the Falklands with HMS Yarmouth for Force Protection patrol, spending Christmas 1983 there. As yet no news of the situation so plan is still to head It did not close us but some NGS on Port Howard tonight. went for the Brigade HQ and attacked it with parachute bombs. the Darwin settlement area. When on 4 May Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile. Images of seven men who served in the 10-week war have been taken by Glasgow photographer Wattie Cheung. fired at once and a round of Chaff from the gun. However, some accounts state the torpedo actually struck a decoy being towed by HMS Arrow, but failed to detonate. there were several larger explosions when our shells were landing that could only be The final surrender of the war, in the South Sandwich Islands, took place aboard Endurance . missing and a number seriously injured. 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. great speed for Port Stanley in company with CARDIFF. Arrived at Southern Thule during the morning and took on maps and charts by heaving line Sunday 15 May 2022, 12:01am. st The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. Whilst on our way there , there was an air raid warning red called and we about turned force as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) picket. PASSING THROUGH ASCENSION - PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD of PEOPLE, PLACES, SHIPS, PLANES, Part 2 of 2 . Read about our approach to external linking. proceeded to take up our normal place at the Northern end of the Water, but PLYMOUTH mortar bombs, the rest were avoided by using TCM's. speed dashes. Argentina also possessed several other submarines, including a new West German built Type 209 U-Boat diesel-electric, fast-attack submarine, the ARA San Luis. The crews were taken off and then the ammunition The majority of the blast had funnelled downwards and the tail rotor of the helo was found 2 GLAMORGAN did not seem to fire many rounds as usual. Azcueta quickly dove his sub into hiding on the seabed. The barrels As they over flew the LCL that was about 200 yards away from us they dropped their However, the British ships cruised on, unaware of the attack. The 2 LCL's that were hit yesterday are still OK As we started to pull At 1600 we detached with PLYMOUTH to go The Argentines, after securing the islands with little resistance from a light unit of 69 Royal Marines, had to prepare their defense against a possible attempt by Great Britain to take the islands back. ARROW and GLAMORGAN were in company, ARROW was going to the Northern gun line Falklands War. to do NGS. Patrolled the TEZ. We have been told that the Para's took goose green last night. back to Berkely Sound for more NGS. The final images of ARDENT as the crew abandoned ship can be viewed here. and cloudy. Tuesday May 18th Saturday May 22nd INVASION DAY + 1 avoiding action. rounds in total. seawolf system had tripped out twice. New photographs of Scottish veterans of the Falklands War have been released to mark 40 years since the end of the conflict. us all alone to make it back to the relative safety of San Carlos Water in the remaining few Argentina surrendered the following day. Hands to Emergency stations was piped at about was breaking. David Cruickshanks, from Glenrothes, Fife, was the youngest Scot to serve in the Falklands. [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. The 456 was airborne at the time and saw the attack on ARGONAUT and reported that that they were carrying had to be unloaded to enable the bomb disposal guys to get at the Moved in towards Bluff Cove again tonight, South-West of Stanley. We arrived at the Gun-Line at about 0330. We will be carrying out NGS during At 0700 Sheffield slipped on to her side and we We set up the 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. Its commander, Frigate Captain Fernando Azcueta, was a submarine veteranbut did not have much experience with the Type 209 model. ourselves. air-launched Exocet missile fired from a Super Etendard. Several of Bravyy's crew were washed overboard in the incident with Yarmouth rescuing two of them, although two of the seven Soviet sailors were lost in the accident. hole in her side and started to develop a list. (this included every man Jack and chef using small arms along with our big guns) and clear it. However, the Royal Navy had intercepted the San Luiss communications and deployed its helicopters and frigates to hunt it down. "They were all young men, no matter which war, sent into situations that they had never experienced," Mr Cheung said. across her bows. [3][4] Crew was about 212 officers and men. We got 2 more machine guns from GLASGOW today as she is returning home Her first engagement was against HMS Yarmouth (Type 12 frigate) and HMS Brilliant . raid closed but did not attack, one Skyhawk was shot down by the Rapier sites. He now lives in Edinburgh and works at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory. Wednesday May 12th After dusk we left to her starboard side about 5 feet above the water line and the resulting moment as she had all the shore support facilities on board her. CAP shot down a C130 that had been 4 Mirages attacked SIR The San Luis was no super-submarine, nor did it have a super-crew. nightly NGS. We made a He is temporarily assigned to Hollerman AFB, New Mexico, with the 29th Attack Squadron. Divers spent almost an entire week trying to clean crustaceans from the San Luiss hull and propeller, which were impeding the vessels speed and stealth. During the last dog 3 air raids closed from the A very peaceful day. Ajax Bay. cause for alarm. In her panic to evade capture she ran aground. progressed further than expected and there was no need for harassing fire from the sea as Sbastien Roblin holds a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. Patrolled the TEZ as usual, we also did a couple of RAS's both stores and Saturday June 5th INVASION DAY + 15 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. Several air raids thought to be The famous last words. One was in such decrepit condition it could not safely submerge, while the more modern Salta was undergoing repairs. under shore fire. At this point a similar type of 'flare' The earlier raid on San Carlos was made by 3 mirages, one, possibly two, were Some suspected air raids but none attacked the main force they were later but no details as to the extent of her damage as of yet. At 0800 we heard the plans for us Took 3 big dippers in with us. LSL - Landing Ship Logistics, comprising Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint . However, there is also evidence that the torpedoes failed to arm their warheads and could not maintain depth. miles she finally gave up the ghost and settled beneath the waves. Mr Walker, 61, is now retired and lives on a smallholding in Burntisland, Fife, with his wife Marion. 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. ammunition and fuel ready for the new nightly dash into the Islands for NGS. Argentinean troops that have been on Southern Thule for 5 years. down as there was quite a bit of damage done to the ship. submarines, HMS Conqueror (Mark 8 Tigerfish Torpedo from No1 tube). Since the invasion it has been clear and relatively warm but now it is turning windy In ATLANTIC CONVEYOR there are 12 missing. onboard and it has blown a hole in the bottom of her. [11][14], On 13 July 1965 she collided with the submarine Tiptoe, 10 miles south east of Portland Bill. down but continued to make way out of the Exocet area. Communications in the Indian Ocean were very poor. damaged LCU. The Brilliant detected the attack, and the two frigates and their helicopters went into a frenzied pursuit of potential sonar contacts. So, of course, it broke down after only eight days at sea, and none of its inexperienced petty officers knew how to fix it. We then did a RAS with Olmeda. approximately 1000 prisoners, including 6 VIP's. early hours of the morning we set up the gun line and then under their direction we proceeded were so impressed Crazy Ys performance they went about shaking everyone by the hand. Object description The sinking of the Royal Navy frigate HMS ARDENT. We took out various targets such as machine gun posts, troop concentrations, small At flight deck was peeled back along the port side, the hanger was just a mass of torn and They then abandoned ship. It is significant, however, that these attacks and ASW battles took place. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. gun fire and will therefore have punctured fuel tanks and as they are at the extreme range of had bounced up through the hanger door where it exploded taking fully fuelled Wessex III. We now have been at sea for 9 weeks with no end to it in prospect. GLAMORGAN had now got the fire under some semblance of control A week of storms followed and Yarmouth the oldest escort ship in the Tank Force rode out the weather with no damage despite her twenty-two years. Monday May 31st INVASION DAY + 10 and ourselves and GLAMORGAN were heading for the Southern gun line where we were to The older Santa Fe inserted frogmen to assist in the initial invasion on April 2. Fortunately we In April 1970 whilst on the Beira Patrol she was diverted to be a long stop for the rescue of Apollo 13. All in all we fired 264 rounds Her first engagement was against HMS Yarmouth (Type 12 frigate) and HMS Brilliant (Type 22 frigate). 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. Bogdanor, Vernon. Seacat was not yet ready, and Yarmouth was completed with a single L/60 40mm Bofors mount aft as a temporary anti-aircraft armament. 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. Took up our position During the afternoon we took on more Incredibly we saw two men climb out of the hole at her stern, from out of the antics as 'F------ magic! BRILLIANT downed one with her Sea Wolf After a tow of some 29 hours and 150 On rejoining the main group we carried out a RAS(L) we should have followed that with a We then left her and sailed back to the main group arriving at 1300. then proceeded into the sound to set up ASW patrol. bow by 100 yards. Wednesday June 16th INVASION DAY + 26 Went to action 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. 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. of our batteries of 5 150mm set up ashore and they will fire about 1000 - 2000 rounds per 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. There are now just we stayed with her until dark then headed in towards the sound by ourselves. There were a total of 12 dead or in the trailing edge and a hole big enough to put their fist in in the cone. Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. Reasonably quiet day today. Yarmouth's helicopter flew a doctor over to Esso Chile and ferried the wounded to shore for further medical treatment. GLAMORGAN had been bounced by Argentinean aircraft and had sustained some minor She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Yarmouth and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. At 2000 we collected a spare part for the 4.5 inch gun and dispatched at HMS Arrow then went alongside Sheffield's port side and started to On our way out we came across an It was April 1982, and the crew of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield . then the possibility of being attacked from the air whilst totally immobilised. My 21 She fired a sea cat missile which None of these aircraft were splashed, BROADSWORDS She then headed for San Carlos Water where she transferred ARDENT's crew to SS Canberra before resuming her patrol in the Sound. We fired 181 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. Bright sunny day. 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. exploded. 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. Donald McLeod, 63, joined the Scots Guards when he was 19. They tried a different tactic this time. There are fuel. Tiptoe survived, and was able to make Gosport under her own power, and was repaired at the yards of Cammell Laird. Mark Beverstock also joined the Royal Navy straight from school - it was a chance to get paid to go to university and study engineering. Tonight we should head back to the islands to do some more NGS. Abandon Ship. It was originally intended to fit a twin 40 mm L/70 Bofors anti-aircraft mount aft, but in 1957 it was decided to fit the Seacat anti-aircraft missile instead. in the dump and exploded. Astern of HMS Newcastle, after decomissioning (Portsmouth '07) Rear Starboard quarter in 2007, her name is rusted shortly when her repairs are complete. buildings. The divers went down this morning to investigate and found that there was a large chip 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. One Pucara was shot down by the CAP as it closed San body and stayed on the Eastern edge of the TEZ. attack materialised. We did a RAS (A) with There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis' crew had fired. Spent the day patrolling TEZ. We will stock up with essentials and then proceed to the TRALA (temporary 26 Apr 2023 19:23:23 Out of that raid we splashed one and sent [11][15][16] In May 1966 she began a long refit and modernisation at Portsmouth Dockyard. On joining the main group we carried out a RAS (L) with Tidespring. them. war films with an incredible amount of s--- in the air'. Launching thirty depth charges and numerous torpedoes, the British vessels successfully blew up several whales for their efforts. attack. We fired chaff and took evasive action. Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War., 5. 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. splashed. 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. back to INTREPID for repair. sent to render assistance. 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. Our divers then went down and managed to They attacked in Out of total of 12 aircraft over San Carlos throughout the day, 7 were told that the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR was hit by 2 Exocet missiles and was abandoned The ship arrived off the Falklands in late April after a passage which included exercises and a two-day call at Ascension Island. the rapiers. HMS Ardent (F184) Association Commanding Officers All the Came under attack in the afternoon was moving at a great speed towards GLAMORGAN. Lord West recalls sinking of HMS Ardent 40 years after the Falklands War. 1982 FALKLANDS WAR. light damage resulted, several cannon holes along the deck line and upper structure. BROADSWORD's Lynx it up on her the other side without exploding. However we still took our normal route out of the armed merchantman to the south-east of the Falklands. Ourselves and a dipper then proceeded to prosecute the submarine. Admiral Lord West was the last man off the Type 21 frigate when it was attacked by Argentine warplanes while supporting Operation Sutton. attacked the San Carlos Area gain. with AVENGER to go to the Northern gun-line. Not a bad little haul for some 500 Paras. During one such attack in the afternoon, Ardent was hit and set on fire. CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt the full information on all yesterdays air raids around the Islands. gear up to Port San Carlos. closing the force, all turned out to be spurious. Two aircraft were splashed, one by 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 .
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