how the Argentineans treat the white flag. Their engines on after being repaired. gear up to Port San Carlos. attacked the San Carlos Area gain. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. On rejoining the main group we carried out a RAS(L) we should have followed that with a We were told by our spotter that our fire was very accurate sure our turn will come. We don't know how many will get back as some undoubtedly were hit by machine Our Port side 20mm gun crew had fired at them just as they came over the LCL and We went to action stations at 2355 ready supposedly temporary cease fire ashore. Today, as we look to the future of submerged combat, great powers and their navies may find themselves learning valuable lessons from the south Atlantic and exploits from its veterans like the San Luis. This, too, was likely a whale. Incredibly we saw two men climb out of the hole at her stern, from out of the [21][22] The heavy damage and pressure on the defense budget saw HMS Yarmouth offered to the RNZN later in 1976, but the offer was rejected on account of the frigate's age.[23]. CAP shot down a C130 that had been 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 San Luis war patrol in the south Atlantic war has been marked by controversy. Donald McLeod, 63, joined the Scots Guards when he was 19. 0330 to pass through the Exocet zone. The 58-year-old now lives in Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, with his wife Morag. the tow to her. AB (S) Derek Armstrong Lt Cdr Richard Banfield AB (S) Andrew Barr POAEM (M) Peter Brouard CK Richard Dunkerley ALCK Mick Foote MEM (M)2 Stephen Ford ASTD Shaun Hanson AB (S) Sean Hayward The recovery manual was taken down by communications ratings, two at a time, with pencil and paper. Fortunately it was a false alarm, but I don't We did the trip at 28 knots all the way so as to get there as soon as It is easy to say that the Royal Navy would have annihilated the Argentine fleet; however, the combination of land-based Argentine strike aircraft, air-, sea-, and land-based Exocet missiles, and a carrier, Thatchers task force could have seen a much more costly outcome for the recapture of the Falklands than it experienced. At 2000 we collected a spare part for the 4.5 inch gun and dispatched at back to Berkely Sound for more NGS. No air raids today. locking one shaft and then following at best speed. Moved in to TRALA this morning and RV'd with Stena Seaspread, the repair ship. HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. 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. always. As they over flew the LCL that was about 200 yards away from us they dropped their HMS Ardent was engaged in shelling an Argentine-held runway from Falkland Sound on May 21, 1982. The barrels Several air raids thought to be On 13 June 1982 he was involved in the final battle to take Mount Tumbledown. [10], From 1966 to 1968 Yarmouth underwent a major modernisation, which brought the ship close in capacity to the Leander-class. with AVENGER to go to the Northern gun-line. Topped up with mortar bombs from reserve. Tiptoe survived, and was able to make Gosport under her own power, and was repaired at the yards of Cammell Laird. She fired a sea cat missile which INTREPID, SIR GALAHAD, SIR LANCELOT and ARGONAUT to --- and there are still the There was a total of 14 aircraft attacked us in 3 waves. After two days of maintenance in the repair area, she returned to bombardment duties beginning on 6 June. 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. The Brilliant detected the attack, and the two frigates and their helicopters went into a frenzied pursuit of potential sonar contacts. 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. We succeeded in getting lines across and process. Whilst on our way there , there was an air raid warning red called and we about turned In 1971 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days.[17]. we stayed with her until dark then headed in towards the sound by ourselves. Read about our approach to external linking. rough and without our stabilisers it was rather unpleasant. 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. One went trailing At Among those featured in the Edinburgh exhibition is Drum Major Willie Urban, 65, from Newtongrange, Midlothian. Still rather rough but nonetheless quiet. After dark we were ordered to close SHEFFIELD and to take her in tow. My 21 about 1 hour coming under several more torpedo attack some of which were taken out by the Yarmouth contacted directly from shore SAS who dubbed us the Crazy Y for our by 1000lb bombs that failed to explode. One then crashed in the sound and the 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. and Radar installations. Lots of activity ashore at the moment. and cloudy. She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. to help with the defect repairs. Patrolled the TEZ. However, the British ships cruised on, unaware of the attack. We spent all of the daylight hours at action stations. Here we will have a few days rest and carry out important repairs tonight. LCVP back but had a hawser round her prop. 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 ex crew of HMS Yarmouth maintaining links with each other and as a base for information relating to HMS Yarmouth. was attacked by Exocet and Skyhawks. and ourselves and GLAMORGAN were heading for the Southern gun line where we were to fuel. "I don't think they see themselves as heroes but just ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances doing a job they were trained to do.". ARDENT managed to get the fire in her hanger under control when another wave of She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. Each morning at dawn she returned to San Carlos Water to provide anti-aircraft prot ection for the landing ships. This set off some of the ammunition and set fire to one of the various Vertreps. Ardent was lost in action on the 21 May 1982 during the Falklands War. Lord West recalls sinking of HMS Ardent 40 years after the Falklands War. All of our Chaff rockets were He returned to live in Newtongrange with his wife, and now works in Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh. HMS Sheffield caught fire after being hit by the Argentine missile on 4 May 1982. flight deck was peeled back along the port side, the hanger was just a mass of torn and On May 1, the San Luiss passive sonar detected the HMS Brilliant and Yarmouth, both specialized antisubmarine frigates. Although Argentina lost the war, it had won its democracy back. We are back in Bomb Alley. Brian Hanrahan who is in one of the RFA's here was describing When on 4 May Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile. [26] Lucero ejected and was recovered by Fearless.[27]. Meanwhile, the Santa Fe, an old Balao-class submarine that had served the U.S. Navy in World War II, was dispatched on April 17 to ferry marines and technicians to reinforce troops who had seized the island of South Georgia. 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. contribution in fending off attackers and providing spotters with a spectacle to remember for It seems as though It would be a clich common to many tales of unlikely military accomplishments to emphasize the skill of the San Luiss crewbut in fact, Argentinas best submarine officers were in Germany at the time of the Falkland War. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. 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. [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. Four decades since the Royal Navy ship he . We arrived at the Gun-Line at about 0330. Had the weapons functioned as intended, the British victory might have been bought at a much higher cost. This site uses cookies. Admiral Aniyas submarine force seemed to be the only fleet asset he was willing to use in offensive fleet actions against the Royal Navy. few days later that a submarine had been in harbour. of our batteries of 5 150mm set up ashore and they will fire about 1000 - 2000 rounds per "The Falklands is always there," he said. We have been informed that there are 6 Thursday May 13th Fifteen years later, the San Luis became one of only three Type 209 submarines to be decommissioned after an incomplete overhaul. other was finished off by the Rapier sites. The missile had apparently struck the port waist and INVASION DAY + 47 What went wrong with the San Luiss torpedoes? 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. first there were several loud explosions and a large fire coming from her aft end. These she carried out by night while by day she travelled some 200 miles back to the task force to replenish fuel and ammunition. Went to action stations at 0010 as we approached the sound. Went to action stations during the forenoon but the suspected air raid Argentinean troops didn't want to play. Things did not come to a promising start. Whilst on our way there we also came under an Exocet missile force as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) picket. skyhawks came in and attacked her this time though she was completely at their mercy as Monday May 3rd Guess who it was - yes our old friend the MV Monsunen. SBS were landed near Port Howard late last night and took up their spotting positions. 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). Many ships present at that time suffered damage from air attacks and only the concentrated fire of Yarmouth's 4.5, inch and 20mm guns, Seacat missile and small arms kept the enemy air craft at bay. We spent a reasonably quiet day. floating upside down. Graham stayed in the Scots Guards for nearly 24 years, moving to the Transport Platoon, and being promoted to a Corporal. At the time we thought we had had no success but were told a and started to make our way back to the main group but the raid came nowhere near us. more ammunition. There are 20 missing on COVENTRY which is now BLUE ROVER, BALTIC FERRY, ATLANTIC CAUSEWAY, and NORLAND. Tonight we will sit in Berkely sound and give Out of total of 12 aircraft over San Carlos throughout the day, 7 were her funnel and cannon fire damaged her 4.5 inch turret and blew up a depth charge that was JOB DONE! some time at various targets selected for us by our spotter. Went to We took on two sections of SBS and NGS spotters tonight. 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. burning. The Rothesay-class was an improved version of the Whitby-class anti-submarine frigate, with nine Rothesays ordered in the 195455 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy to supplement the six Whitbys. Yet again, the wires of the SST-4 cut out shortly after launch. So we headed back to San Carlos Water and at survivors to CANBERRA which was in San Carlos Water After dark we set up ASW patrol in He described nine hours of hand-to-hand fighting through the night, during which eight of his comrades were killed. Includes memorial details. three escorts. later BROADSWORD was also hit by a bomb but this passed through her flight deck and out It was just like a scene in the At 1530 we were bounced without any In April 1970 whilst on the Beira Patrol she was diverted to be a long stop for the rescue of Apollo 13. She came to public notice when she was involved in the Falklands War of 1982. . along with CARDIFF. required to do some NGS tonight. our-selves. We were to tow her out of the TEZ and then rendezvous with the tug Salvageman to transfer 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. Our divers then went down and managed to After this testing period, Yarmouth sailed East to the repair area and spent two days with a repair ship where she carried out essential maintenance before rejoining the Task Force. On 4 May, when Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile, Yarmouth provided anti-submarine protection as Arrow attempted to fight the fire. There was only one casualty on our side and that Luckily the space craft came down amongst a US Navy task force with two aircraft carriers and television cameras in the Pacific Ocean. The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, councillor Gail Smith, said the the loss of HMS Sheffield was a "significant event in . The main alterations were to build a hangar and flight deck for a Wasp Helicopter and to fit Seacat anti-aircraft missiles. Storm now at force 10 with no sign of abating. detached and went into the Bluff Cove area again. Stanley now and it is only a matter of time before we take it. They took on BROADSWORD and COVENTRY. attack. He served for 22 years, including as a drum instructor at Guards Depot, Surrey. On entering the water we Saturday May 8th action stations at 1215 and was in position on the gun-line at 1230. sad to go and reckoned that they had had a great time onboard and had never enjoyed Escorted her back into San Carlos 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. As we started to pull Through the night we did the usual ASW patrol. moment as she had all the shore support facilities on board her. Our For most of the war, a lone Argentine diesel submarine, the San Luis, opposed the Royal Navy at sea. Falklands War. gun fire and will therefore have punctured fuel tanks and as they are at the extreme range of channel was made all the more difficult by the ships that were anchored there, all in all it was they replied that they knew that they were going through the Exocet zone but they had been Fort Grange to top up with 4.5 ammunition. proceeded to take up our normal place at the Northern end of the Water, but PLYMOUTH Friday May7th Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. The amphibious landing took place in the early hours of the 21 May in San Carlos Water. worsen as we headed back to the main group. The. On 9 November 1970 the aircraft carrier Ark Royal collided with the Soviet Kotlin-class destroyer, Bravyy, which had been shadowing the carrier during exercises in the Mediterranean and cut across the bows of Ark Royal while the carrier was launching aircraft. ARGONAUT had been towed into San Carlos Water by PLYMOUTH. Took up the usual position at the Southern [18][19] A few days later, the tanker Esso Chile suffered an explosion off Malta which had killed one and injured two of the tanker's crew. He is president of Poppyscotland and Legion Scotland. This time though we were doing it all Stormy weather again. The captain beached the submarine, which was captured along with its crew by British troops shortly after. Spent the day patrolling the Eastern part of the TEZ. programmed to fire approximately 300 rounds each. The first wave of Mirage jets that attacked She went along side the stricken ship in the early hours of 9 May and passed a tow. guns and Sea Cats but the range was too great. Vertrep complete and then RAS with tanker. ANTELOPE just pointing above the waterline. The attacks were poor, but the fact that the San Luis could make these approaches against the best of the Royal Navy shows how different the outcome could have been if the San Luis had been fully provisioned and prepared for combat operations. war films with an incredible amount of s--- in the air'. were attacked by 4 skyhawks. We and had managed to get her speed up to 22 knots and so we headed out to rejoin the main We left the sound with MINERVA and BLUE ROVER to join up with HMS ARROW, ALACRITY, and Sunday 15 May 2022, 12:01am. [citation needed]. yesterdays raid. During the conflict, Great Britain lost six ships from bombs and missiles launched or dropped by Argentine land-based strike aircraft. We immediately opened up with everything we had Possibly try again tonight. A heavy swell had News from the main body is that they No damage was done. However, after 29 hours the winds rose to gale force and . Graham Hopewell, 59, originally from Glasgow, was inspired to join the Scots Guards as a teenager drummer after seeing their band play for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. We went to action stations twice during the day but no raids materialised. closed ARDENT to offer assistance. They attacked in It's now 3 weeks since we re-invaded. The 4 Mirages were bounced by two of our harriers that were on a Tonight we should head back to the islands to do some more NGS. Her diving team managed to free the ship. Tuesday May 4th closing the force, all turned out to be spurious. Here, HMS Glamorgan, Broadsword, Alacrity and Yarmouth are on their way. The rest of the day was very quiet. shortly when her repairs are complete. As we left there were several explosions seen from ANTELOPE. Monday May 17th Navy's worth in shore support. damaged LCU. We can still see the bow section of 1.2 Crew; 2 1983-present. bombs that they had dropped bounced and landed 50 yards away from our port side and the rapiers. PLYMOUTH was damaged but still no details. Tuesday May 25th INVASION DAY + 4 During this manoeuvre we came under another attack. BROADSWORD is now taking the survivors off. GALAHAD and SIR TRISTRAN. At 0700 Sheffield slipped on to her side and we It will be a break from a very tiring routine that we have become Sunday June 13th INVASION DAY + 23 The Royal Navy hero said the sinking of his ship changed him - and . Perhaps this means the long awaited push on Stanley is in the As we were on our way we heard that there was Then we headed once again to the gun line. She then headed for San Carlos Water where she transferred ARDENT's crew to SS Canberra before resuming her patrol in the Sound. that they were carrying had to be unloaded to enable the bomb disposal guys to get at the Displacing just 1,200 tons with a crew complement of thirty-six, the San Luis carried fourteen Mark 37 antisubmarine torpedoes and ten German-manufactured SST-4 wire-guided torpedoes for use against surface targets. back to INTREPID for repair. A year later, Graham returned to the Falklands with HMS Yarmouth for Force Protection patrol, spending Christmas 1983 there. across to Stena Seaspread to give a quick sitrep on how things were going as they weren't st and the disposal experts are going in today. caused the Exocet missile rise as if taking avoiding action seconds later the missile struck. Sunday May 9th By 14 June 1982, the Union Jack flew over Port Stanley once again while the Argentine garrison under command of General Menendez surrendered. went for the Brigade HQ and attacked it with parachute bombs. The San Luiss fire control system allowed it to automatically guide three torpedoes simultaneously after launch. fired at once and a round of Chaff from the gun. The three British nuclear-powered submarines stationed in the area raised alarms for Admiral Jorge Isaac Anayas Argentine fleet. Arrived in the TEZ (Total Exclusion Zone). Also ARGONAUT took on two unexploded passage back to Bomb Alley before sunrise. all in all we had discharged 31 tons of HE. The Falklands War, 1982 . Gresham College, 6 April 2016. CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt all the survivors. "Although the conflict lasted for just 74 days, it had a profound impact, with many veterans struggling with the physical and mental scars for decades afterwards.". The Type. missing and a number seriously injured. Suggestively, AEG implemented numerous upgrades to the torpedo after the Falklands conflict. are a lot of helicopters of various shapes and sizes flying constantly overhead. Real submarine warfare has been, thankfully, extremely rare since World War II. Images of seven men who served in the 10-week war have been taken by Glasgow photographer Wattie Cheung. We then steamed back to the main group at 27 knots. We received a nice signal from Fearless saying ' Thanks for looking after us so well.' repair and logistics area). PLYMOUTH was quite badly damaged in the raid on her. in the dump and exploded. Friday May 28th INVASION DAY + 7 Took 3 big dippers in with us. A cracking shot. Not a bad little haul for some 500 Paras. 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. was spotted and it looked as though it was heading towards us. However we are near The ship had been struck by two 1,000lb bombs and 22 lives lost. In the last action of the conflict, Yarmouth and HMS Endurance recaptured the South Sandwich Islands. We detached at 1500 with Olmeda and proceeded to South Georgia. down but continued to make way out of the Exocet area. antics as 'F------ magic! Sbastien Roblin holds a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. thought to be spurious contacts. unidentified contacts on Radar. 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. 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. Azcueta launched an SST-4 torpedo at a range of nine kilometersbut. All in all we fired 264 rounds Refuelled from TIDEPOOL at about 0330. During the night HMS HERMES took in some SBS/SAS to attack pick up some Paras from Great Island tonight. weapons firing, this included SLR's that people had up on the flight deck. Mr Walker, 61, is now retired and lives on a smallholding in Burntisland, Fife, with his wife Marion. 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). As the Southern end of the water was the air raid attacked positions ashore. Spent the day patrolling TEZ. Monday June 7th INVASION DAY + 17, the RAS at 0030. bombs. Troops were landed from the amphibious ships in the early hours of the morning. GLAMORGAN did not seem to fire many rounds as usual. RT @RDPHistory: April 26th 1982: As South Georgia is fully taken, the task force sails on for the #Falklands. ASW patrol off the mouth of the sound until 1000. We returned to the San Carlos Water just before daybreak. radar and we then closed. On completion we returned to San Carlos Water BRILLIANT downed one with her Sea Wolf Many who study the 1982 Falklands War understand the exploits of the ARA Santa Fe, . SAS/SBS left us this morning and their plans had been changed. Now beginning to lose all track of time and getting He went on to serve around the world before leaving the Navy in 1990. The final images of ARDENT as the crew abandoned ship can be viewed here. We closed them and CARDIFF fired Starshell to illuminate the seariders refused to co-operate. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. Have heard that AVENGER 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. Recommended: What Will the Sixth-Generation Jet Fighter Look Like? across her bows. We did a RAS with TIDEPOOL during the middle and returned to Bomb Alley with MINERVA, ammunition and fuel. Patrolling The troops ashore have now named us the 'Crazy Y'. However, after 29 hours the winds rose to gale force and Sheffield finally sank on 10 May at 7 am. all her guns. We fired 181 There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis crew had fired. that is still in SIR GALAHAD later today. Code name Crazy Y got a mention on the world one was smoking as it flew past and the pilot ejected as he passed our quarterdeck. Argentinas military junta, under the leadership of General Leopoldo Gualtieri, sought to unite the nation and distract its people from internal turmoil by looking to the National cause to take back the Malvinas, or, as they were known to the British, the Falkland Islands. near Fitzroy and opened fire even though we were being illuminated by a fire-control radar. Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. feet of the seadart magazine and the danger of an explosion was too high to risk loosing We will be carrying out NGS during 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. We hit 2 miles she finally gave up the ghost and settled beneath the waves. HMS YARMOUTH SHIPS DIARY Falkland Islands - South Atlantic Saturday May 1st Arrived in the TEZ (Total Exclusion Zone). We opened up with the machine guns and hit both of them. On joining the main group we carried out a RAS (L) with Tidespring. [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. indiscriminately and just missed us by approximately 50 yards, this was the nearest so far for At this point a similar type of 'flare' CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt for a submarine. gun-line until 0330 then we headed back out to the main group. MondayJune 21 On 19 May, the amphibious landing group arrived, joined the Task Force and headed West to the Falkland Sound. 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. Reasonably quiet day today. ammo dump and several radar installations. Ourselves and Arrow took on the survivors and we then broke away. Pebble Island. I've never seen anything like it in my life. Went to air raid warning red a few 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. great speed for Port Stanley in company with CARDIFF. During the last dog 3 air raids closed from the All images by Wattie Cheung/Poppyscotland. Admiral Lord West was the last man off the Type 21 frigate when it was attacked by Argentine warplanes while supporting Operation Sutton. It was a nerve Out of that raid we splashed one and sent times during the afternoon but nothing transpired. She took on more bombs and started to burn Went to action stations twice. through it recently and had not been threatened so they did not think that there was any At midday we RAS'd with Olna and took on Avcat. We then did a RAS with Olmeda. We did a RAS (A) with 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. It had been announced that Goose, Settlement now have the Union Flag flying over them. SBS boat has gone body and stayed on the Eastern edge of the TEZ. commandeered by the Argentineans to ferry troops from one island to the other. 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. We made a The Royal Navy, for its part, expended hundreds of expensive antisubmarine munitions and dispatched 2,253 helicopter sorties chasing false contactswithout detecting the San Luis on either occasion it closed within firing range. 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. We have had previous experience as to CNO Admiral Thomas B. Hayward found himself in the Argentine capital when the Falklands War began on 2 April 1982. it had had enough so we had to fire another 80 rounds to make up for CARDIFF.
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