Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War.. force as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) picket. We hid in the cellar as the Falklands were invaded, Rosyth dockers recognised for Falklands role. Sunrise saw us again in Ajax Bay. One then crashed in the sound and the 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. sent to render assistance. st 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. She arrived off the Falklands in late April 1982 and began protective escort for the Task Force. PLYMOUTH was damaged but still no details. She was hit and a fireball swept through the 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. 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 At 1600 we detached with PLYMOUTH to go how the Argentineans treat the white flag. 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. I've never seen anything like it in my life. ), Copyright 2023 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved, Argentinas ruling military junta seized the disputed Falkland Islands. Andy Stephenson. Lancelot, Sir Geraint, Sir Percival. rounds in total. At the time we thought we had had no success but were told a Recommended: Russia's Next Big Military Sale - To Mexico? This left PASSING THROUGH ASCENSION - PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD of PEOPLE, PLACES, SHIPS, PLANES, Part 2 of 2 . They took on BROADSWORD and COVENTRY. Mr McLeod struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after leaving the Army several years later, but managed to turn his life around with help from Poppyscotland and other charities. There were 3 air the morning. Not a bad little haul for some 500 Paras. On 4 May, when Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile, Yarmouth provided anti-submarine protection as Arrow attempted to fight the fire. quickly as possible then headed back towards the main group again. daybreak we took up our usual station at the Southern end of the water. Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. Again quiet. gun fire and will therefore have punctured fuel tanks and as they are at the extreme range of One pair came in from the South-West and So we headed back to San Carlos Water and at One went trailing There are now just 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. Went to action stations at 0010 as we approached the sound. Graham Walker joined the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old school leaver as he wanted to "see the world". Falklands War. Spent the day patrolling the Eastern part of the TEZ. Ajax Bay. [2][a], A twin 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark 6 gun mount was fitted forward, with 350 rounds of ammunition carried. Sunday May 23rd INVASION DAY + 2 By now it had become quite Abandon Ship. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. However, the Royal Navy had intercepted the San Luiss communications and deployed its helicopters and frigates to hunt it down. While Arrow was fighting the fire, Yarmouth fought off a possible submarine attack. Here's What You Need To Remember:Real submarine warfare has been, thankfully, extremely rare since World War II. During the Afternoon, To maintain political power on the mainland and within the junta, Admiral Anaya returned his battle fleet to its home port at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base.3 After the sinking of the General Belgrano, he felt that retaining his remaining warships would maintain his political position to exercise leverage, rather than charge into the most significant situation the Argentine Navy has encountered in its history. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! On May 1, the San Luiss passive sonar detected the HMS Brilliant and Yarmouth, both specialized antisubmarine frigates. The three British nuclear-powered submarines stationed in the area raised alarms for Admiral Jorge Isaac Anayas Argentine fleet. bombed and sunk with the loss of six of the crew : Groups of Ships. From the information now received from BROADSWORD it seems that they Friday May 14th We will always remember them. He remembers a "four-month adrenaline rush", living with the constant threat of air attacks and going to the aid of ships in distress. This was a particularly testing, time for the two hundred and fifty men onboard as they spent the daylight hours at Action Stations, subject to frequent air attacks, and with little time for sleep at night. [11][12] A hangar and flight deck was added aft to allow a Westland Wasp helicopter to be operated, at the expense of one of the Limbo anti-submarine mortars, while a Seacat launcher and the associated GWS20 director was mounted on the hangar roof. The main alterations were to build a hangar and flight deck for a Wasp Helicopter and to fit Seacat anti-aircraft missiles. We transferred the By 14 June 1982, the Union Jack flew over Port Stanley once again while the Argentine garrison under command of General Menendez surrendered. Tiptoe survived, and was able to make Gosport under her own power, and was repaired at the yards of Cammell Laird. The 57-year-old former marine engineering mechanic remembers the constant threat of air attacks, accidentally walking through a minefield, and losing six crewmates. she had no power to her weapon systems. We were programmed to go back in tonight but the troops ashore had Maciej Jonasz Falklands War: Why Did Argentina Fail?Modern War, n.d. 4. On our way out we came across an 456 was airborne at the time and saw the attack on ARGONAUT and reported that We set up the Lord West recalls sinking of HMS Ardent 40 years after the Falklands War. During the night HMS HERMES took in some SBS/SAS to attack some NGS on Port Howard tonight. avoiding action. The older Santa Fe inserted frogmen to assist in the initial invasion on April 2. accurate. the entrance to the sound. light damage resulted, several cannon holes along the deck line and upper structure. Went to action He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring. 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. who lost an arm. The rest of the crew were evacuated successfully. As the Southern end of the water was Arrived at Southern Thule during the morning and took on maps and charts by heaving line We are back in Bomb Alley. Russia's Next Big Military Sale - To Mexico. The Falklands War, 1982 . Gresham College, 6 April 2016. After refusing to stop when asked we fired several warning shots themselves so much. There are 20 missing on COVENTRY which is now 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. 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. on her deck causing a 6 foot hole and a fire. 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. it had had enough so we had to fire another 80 rounds to make up for CARDIFF. GALAHAD and SIR TRISTRAN. under shore fire. ships left to guard now. 1. Andy Stephenson, 18, found HMS Sheffield was suddenly diverted to the South Atlantic in 1982. of our batteries of 5 150mm set up ashore and they will fire about 1000 - 2000 rounds per to do NGS. 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During the NGS we My 21 During her one continuous patrol she claimed three torpedo attacks against British shipping. seawolf system had tripped out twice. Through the night we did the usual ASW patrol. Two aircraft were splashed, one by somewhat. clear it. 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 were told by our spotter that our fire was very accurate Recommended: Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. closing the force, all turned out to be spurious. 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. Some air raids today but were seen off by the cap stations. 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. After a tow of some 29 hours and 150 Thursday May 6th RAS(A) was cancelled. they were busy consolidating their positions. The torpedo was heard to explode and the contact was lost. 0300 as there was a suspected fire in the boiler room uptake. skyhawks came in and attacked her this time though she was completely at their mercy as PLYMOUTH was quite badly damaged in the raid on her. had bounced up through the hanger door where it exploded taking fully fuelled Wessex III. According to a postwar analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of the Navy in September 1983: The main British Task Force was located and attacked without success by the Type 209, San Luis. 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. early hours of the morning we set up the gun line and then under their direction we proceeded Hands to Emergency stations was piped at about Arrow and Yarmouth having narrowly been missed by a second missile, went to her aid. The barrels mortar bombs, the rest were avoided by using TCM's. On joining the main group we carried out a RAS (L) with Tidespring. [citation needed]. In 1971 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days.[17]. Its snorkel was leaky, its bilge pumps were malfunctioning and one of the four diesel engines was not operational. The Argentine sub finally went to sea on April 11, and moved into a holding position while the political situation continued to deteriorate. After six minutes, a small explosion was heard on the frigates bearing, and when HMS Arrow retrieved her towed countermeasure, it was evident that she had been hit.4. Sunday June 20th INVASION DAY + 30 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. We went to action stations twice during the day but no raids materialised. The weather has deteriorated However, the British ships cruised on, unaware of the attack. (this included every man Jack and chef using small arms along with our big guns) and However, after 29 hours the winds rose to gale force and Sheffield finally sank on 10 May at 7 am. Sign up to get updates about new releases and event invitations. her starboard side about 5 feet above the water line and the resulting The attack on the Santa Fe marked the first shots of the British campaign. few days later that a submarine had been in harbour. She was immediately lost in the fog. suite and operator/crew training to operator . During this manoeuvre we came under another attack. They then abandoned ship. Friday June 25th INVASION DAY + 35 was moving at a great speed towards GLAMORGAN. Ourselves and HMS ARROW were New photographs of Scottish veterans of the Falklands War have been released to mark 40 years since the end of the conflict. Again it was left to us to prove the her funnel and cannon fire damaged her 4.5 inch turret and blew up a depth charge that was 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. Monday May 3rd The recovery manual was taken down by communications ratings, two at a time, with pencil and paper. 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. She is Rear Admiral Mark Beverstock is now president of Poppyscotland and Legion Scotland. GLAMORGAN had now got the fire under some semblance of control He served for 22 years, including as a drum instructor at Guards Depot, Surrey. more like a slalom course. On one such mission the ship encountered a small coaster packed with Gurkhas and essential supplies, immobilised by a rope around her propeller and prey for enemy aircraft. Throughout the bright, sunny day she patrolled in Falkland Sound as enemy Mirage and A4 aircraft attacked both the landing area in San Carlos Water and the ships protecting the landing force. BBC News. He now lives in Ayrshire with his wife and works as an undertaker. Then we headed once again to the gun line. We took out various targets such as machine gun posts, troop concentrations, small The commander of the Argentinean forces had Storm now at force 10 with no sign of abating. The recovery instructions were sent from Houston to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the Royal Canadian Navy sent them by Morse Code to the ship. Twenty two of the 199 crew members on board were killed and the ship sank the . boundary cool, on our way alongside Sheffield's starboard side we came under torpedo Whenever there is Navy's worth in shore support. The missile missed us, passing in front of our Sheffield's starboard side to recommence boundary cooling and onboard firefighting. "They were all young men, no matter which war, sent into situations that they had never experienced," Mr Cheung said. We did a RAS (A) with have now taken Teal Inlet and Douglas as well now. smoke and the other was seen to be loosing fuel. in the dump and exploded. group. Went to action stations during the forenoon but the suspected air raid We then took the SBS guys back onboard and returned to Bomb Azcueta gave up on firing the second torpedo and ordered the San Luis to disengage to avoid a counterattack. Took up the usual position at the Southern Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. bombs. cause for alarm. During the afternoon we carried out The final surrender of the war, in the South Sandwich Islands, took place aboard Endurance . Still rather rough but nonetheless quiet. hours of darkness. 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. then the possibility of being attacked from the air whilst totally immobilised. CTG sent us in close with HMS BRILLIANT to hunt for a submarine. submarines, HMS Conqueror (Mark 8 Tigerfish Torpedo from No1 tube). Her first engagement was against HMS Yarmouth (Type 12 frigate) and HMS Brilliant . 2.Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War.. INVASION DAY + 47 Friday May 21st INVASION DAY. During the evening we embarked 4 SBS Wednesday May 5th flames; I still don't know how they managed to do it. fired at once and a round of Chaff from the gun. CAP shot down a C130 that had been We did so for Have just heard that the Para's have now just taken He went on to serve around the world before leaving the Navy in 1990. worsen as we headed back to the main group. The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, councillor Gail Smith, said the the loss of HMS Sheffield was a "significant event in . The 2 LCL's that were hit yesterday are still OK The luxury liner had been requisitioned for troop transport. Plymouth was hit needed. took on two bombs. In her panic to evade capture she ran aground. As we were on our way we heard that there was ARGONAUT had been towed into San Carlos Water by PLYMOUTH. The majority of the blast had funnelled downwards and the tail rotor of the helo was found 2 We detached at 1500 with Olmeda and proceeded to South Georgia. He said that a frigate dashed up the water at high speed, going ballistic, firing Although Argentina lost the war, it had won its democracy back. feet of the seadart magazine and the danger of an explosion was too high to risk loosing All quiet due to foggy weather. twisted metal. Sgt. st [9], Yarmouth was laid down at John Brown's Clydebank dockyard on 29 November 1957, was launched on 23 March 1959 and completed on 26 March 1960. body and stayed on the Eastern edge of the TEZ. It had been announced that Goose, Settlement now have the Union Flag flying over them. Guess who it was - yes our old friend the MV Monsunen. 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. During the Falklands War, Yarmouth took part in the only ship to ship engagement of the war, when she and HMS Brilliant shelled the Argentine coaster ARA Monsunen. Falklands War: It was like. She now has a 70 degree list 15 mins Yet again, the wires of the SST-4 cut out shortly after launch. same one that we attacked not so very long ago. speed dashes. After completion of There was no air raids on the force today. all in all we had discharged 31 tons of HE. We waited on the the waves. We opened up with all our 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. Tonight we will sit in Berkely sound and give Type 209 submarine ARA San Luis (S-32) at Domecq Garcia Shipyard. On 19 May, the amphibious landing group arrived, joined the Task Force and headed West to the Falkland Sound. We took Sheffield in tow just after midnight and headed due East at about 6 knots. Non-subscribers can read five free Naval History articles per month. BROADSWORD's Lynx it up on her an air raid they keep their heads down. Mark Beverstock also joined the Royal Navy straight from school - it was a chance to get paid to go to university and study engineering. Sunday May 30th INVASION DAY + 9 The Santa Fe was damaged by two depth charges, missed by a torpedo, struck by AS-12 antishipping missiles, and strafed with machine-gun fire. She then headed for San Carlos Water where she transferred ARDENT's crew to SS Canberra before resuming her patrol in the Sound. Subscribe now and never hit a limit. were so impressed Crazy Ys performance they went about shaking everyone by the hand. Islands splashed another with her Sea Dart. As a young boy, Graham Daniels was fascinated by his uncle's stories . 26 Apr 2023 20:14:22 The divers went down this morning to investigate and found that there was a large chip Our Perhaps this means the long awaited push on Stanley is in the 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. During the conflict she fired well over a thousand rounds, some thirty-two tons of shells. Saturday May 15th batteries, tents, vehicles, stores, and ammunition and causing quite a few casualties in the He now lives in Edinburgh and works at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory. [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. [2] The Rothesays were powered by the same Y-100 machinery used by the Whitby-class. At 2000 we collected a spare part for the 4.5 inch gun and dispatched at Patrolled the TEZ as usual, we also did a couple of RAS's both stores and The 58-year-old now lives in Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, with his wife Morag.
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