Another bright sunny day. One was in such decrepit condition it could not safely submerge, while the more modern Salta was undergoing repairs. It was a nerve Tuesday May 18th 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. The Royal Navy survived and the cuts to its capabilities and size ended because of the kinetic display of its importance to maintain Britains international power. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. another running torpedo. before having to leave at 0610. 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 Tuesday June 8th INVASION DAY + 18 We did a RAS with TIDEPOOL during the middle and returned to Bomb Alley with MINERVA, dropped the sea-boat on to the rocks and had holed it but it returned OK. Another 26 knot The captain beached the submarine, which was captured along with its crew by British troops shortly after. transfer from the tug Salvageman. During the afternoon HMS SHEFFIELD whilst out on Air Defence picket duty was hit by an We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! 26 Apr 2023 20:14:22 There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis crew had fired. Azcueta gave up on firing the second torpedo and ordered the San Luis to disengage to avoid a counterattack. Escorted her back into San Carlos Topped up with mortar bombs from reserve. David Cruickshanks, from Glenrothes, Fife, was the youngest Scot to serve in the Falklands. [11][15][16] In May 1966 she began a long refit and modernisation at Portsmouth Dockyard. Went to action stations during the dogs, that they were carrying had to be unloaded to enable the bomb disposal guys to get at the On 19 May, the amphibious landing group arrived, joined the Task Force and headed West to the Falkland Sound. SLRs). some time at various targets selected for us by our spotter. We will always remember them. all in all we had discharged 31 tons of HE. At 1600 we detached with PLYMOUTH to go We chased it round to the south of east island where we A cracking shot. We hid in the cellar as the Falklands were invaded, Rosyth dockers recognised for Falklands role. The Battle for the Falklands - 40 Years On (Pt 2; June 1982) The Brilliant detected the attack, and the two frigates and their helicopters went into a frenzied pursuit of potential sonar contacts. across her bows. Our had to slip the tow. rope he nicked out of the chain store he was whistling away to himself so he must be happy, Her served in the Navy until 2000, going on to become a lecturer in business at Carnegie College (now Fife College). gear up to Port San Carlos. Saturday June 12th INVASION DAY + 22 gun-line until 0330 then we headed back out to the main group. Thursday May 20th During the evening we embarked 4 SBS Some suspected air raids but none attacked the main force they were later escort. Recommended: Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. rough and without our stabilisers it was rather unpleasant. GLAMORGAN had been bounced by Argentinean aircraft and had sustained some minor At midday we RAS'd with Olna and took on Avcat. 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 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. At 0635 the OOW saw a bright light that he took to be a flare but then he realised that it This was supported by the fact that through out the night At 0800 we heard the plans for us 1982 FALKLANDS WAR. how the Argentineans treat the white flag. Sunday 15 May 2022, 12:01am. All in all we fired 264 rounds We opened up with all our 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. There was only one casualty on our side and that Object description The sinking of the Royal Navy frigate HMS ARDENT. [2][a], A twin 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark 6 gun mount was fitted forward, with 350 rounds of ammunition carried. thing we could do to help her whilst the attack was going on. burning. learned that the Argentinean Cruiser, the General Belgrano was sunk by one of our bombed and sunk with the loss of six of the crew : Groups of Ships. 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. The San Luis was no super-submarine, nor did it have a super-crew. The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. CAP shot down a C130 that had been 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. progressed further than expected and there was no need for harassing fire from the sea as ourselves and Arrow. 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.