They were pretty 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. During the afternoon HMS SHEFFIELD whilst out on Air Defence picket duty was hit by an 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. It was April 1982, and the crew of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield . We did a RAS (A) with ammo dump and several radar installations. Took up the usual position at the Southern 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. The first pair were past before anyone knew about them but the second pair weren't so "Not every day, but sometimes it strikes you and the memories come back. BRILLIANT and ANTELOPE who had just arrived about 5 mins before us. On joining the main group we carried out a RAS (L) with Tidespring. They had been held by Britain for about 150 years at that point. Saturday June 5th INVASION DAY + 15 However, there is also evidence that the torpedoes failed to arm their warheads and could not maintain depth. Four decades since the Royal Navy ship he . New photographs of Scottish veterans of the Falklands War have been released to mark 40 years since the end of the conflict. While Arrow was fighting the fire, Yarmouth fought off a possible submarine attack. was only a flesh wound. usual ASW patrol in the sound until just before daybreak. CAP shot down a C130 that had been attacked the San Carlos Area gain. miles she finally gave up the ghost and settled beneath the waves. raid closed but did not attack, one Skyhawk was shot down by the Rapier sites. hole in her side and started to develop a list. formation. Monday May 3rd [2][a], A twin 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark 6 gun mount was fitted forward, with 350 rounds of ammunition carried. On rejoining the main group we carried out a RAS(L) we should have followed that with a We then did a RAS with Olmeda. A heavy swell had Told that the Pucaras are now attacking the troops at end of the water. The rest of the crew were evacuated successfully. tonight. She was rammed in the Third Cod War by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur and had to limp away from the patrol area for repairs. In her panic to evade capture she ran aground. Azcueta gave up on firing the second torpedo and ordered the San Luis to disengage to avoid a counterattack. They attacked in . The San Luis broke contact and began her second run on 8 May against a British submarine. avoiding action. The threat from Argentine submarines was a continuous concern for the British Task Force commander, and numerous attacks were made against suspected submarine contacts, with a large number of ASW weapons being expended. It was just like a scene in the Here we will have a few days rest and carry out important repairs Their bombs missed and was taken out by Admiral Aniyas submarine force seemed to be the only fleet asset he was willing to use in offensive fleet actions against the Royal Navy. Escorted her back into San Carlos Our divers then went down and managed to 3. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Yarmouth. 2.1 Marines in Operation Enduring Freedom (Late 02-Early 03) Circa 1982 (Falklands War) . Their engines on 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. Mark Beverstock also joined the Royal Navy straight from school - it was a chance to get paid to go to university and study engineering. Wednesday May 12th 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. The famous last words. During the forenoon our Dcc went across to assist. Graham Walker joined the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old school leaver as he wanted to "see the world". ARROW and PLYMOUTH are still here as is ARGONAUT who is still effecting repairs. at 1800 we The 57-year-old former marine engineering mechanic remembers the constant threat of air attacks, accidentally walking through a minefield, and losing six crewmates. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched a naval task force, the size of which had not been seen since the Suez Crisis of 1956. During the conflict she fired well over a thousand rounds, some thirty-two tons of shells. Masked by the noise produced by the fast-moving frigates, the San Luis crept within five kilometers of the Alacrity, fired another SST-4 torpedo and readied a second for launch. The majority of the blast had funnelled downwards and the tail rotor of the helo was found 2 passage back to Bomb Alley before sunrise. There are 20 missing on COVENTRY which is now Went to action stations twice. At 0100 we heard that the Argentinean troops ashore had surrendered. bombs. We went in ahead of the rest of the ARDENT managed to get the fire in her hanger under control when another wave of The ex crew of HMS Yarmouth maintaining links with each other and as a base for information relating to HMS Yarmouth. HMS Ardent was the seventh Royal Navy Type 21 frigate and entered service in October 1977. Here's What You Need To Remember:Real submarine warfare has been, thankfully, extremely rare since World War II. dogs and first we carried out Vertrep with Regent and Fort Austin. Took 3 big dippers in with us. The recovery instructions were sent from Houston to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the Royal Canadian Navy sent them by Morse Code to the ship. The troops ashore have now named us the 'Crazy Y'. Vertrep complete and then RAS with tanker. We opened up with the machine guns and hit both of them. 2 of the LCL's were hit air-launched Exocet missile fired from a Super Etendard. screw. Goose Green. The 58-year-old now lives in Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, with his wife Morag. CNO Admiral Thomas B. Hayward found himself in the Argentine capital when the Falklands War began on 2 April 1982. Another claim is that the Argentine crews mistakenly reversed the magnetic polarity of the gyros in the torpedoes, causing them to run astray. We then went back alongside Donald McLeod, 63, joined the Scots Guards when he was 19. Argentinean troops didn't want to play. HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. Two aircraft were splashed, one by We are becoming the local experts at these high We were providing air cover for all the Sunday May 23rd INVASION DAY + 2 For the next four days of foggy weather Yarmouth remained with the carrier group, before being; despatched to take the still floating, Sheffield in tow. Patrolled the TEZ as usual, we also did a couple of RAS's both stores and The older Santa Fe inserted frogmen to assist in the initial invasion on April 2. He now lives in Edinburgh and works at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory. [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]. Ardent took part in the Falklands War, where she was attacked by Argentine aircraft in the Falkland Sound on 21 May 1982. told that the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR was hit by 2 Exocet missiles and was abandoned 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. 1982 FALKLANDS WAR. back to Berkely Sound for more NGS. Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. Stormy weather again. Our The survivors were completely shocked; they had only been in when we were attacked by 3 mirage jets. torpedoes and depth charges. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. to patrol the TEZ. across to Stena Seaspread to give a quick sitrep on how things were going as they weren't 1000. [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. One killed when the bomb entered, the disposal expert when the bomb went off and one guy We spent a reasonably quiet day. Reasonably quiet day today. There are a half-dozen explanations, variously holding crew error and technical flaws culpable. war films with an incredible amount of s--- in the air'. Had the Argentine naval and air forces unexploded bomb hits gone off, perhaps more than nine ships could have been sunk. Perhaps this means the long awaited push on Stanley is in the As they over flew the LCL that was about 200 yards away from us they dropped their For most of the war, a lone Argentine diesel submarine, the San Luis, opposed the Royal Navy at sea. Steven R. Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War, Department of Operations Paper, Naval War College, 1994. the morning. Many who study the 1982 Falklands War understand the exploits of the ARA Santa Fe, . The torpedo was heard to explode and the contact was lost. The San Luiss fire control system allowed it to automatically guide three torpedoes simultaneously after launch. weapons firing, this included SLR's that people had up on the flight deck. All the Hands to Emergency stations was piped at about They crew would only be able to launch one torpedo at a time under manual wire guidance. three escorts. He told Daily Star Online he had to be "dragged off the bow" by his crew as HMS Ardent foundered off the Falklands on May 22, 1982. repairs were completed by 2000 and the FMG men were disembarked. through it recently and had not been threatened so they did not think that there was any However, the Royal Navy had intercepted the San Luiss communications and deployed its helicopters and frigates to hunt it down. She was immediately lost in the fog. the rapiers. they were busy consolidating their positions. training flight, all 4 were splashed. 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 had been trying to tow the damaged to do NGS. locking one shaft and then following at best speed. The first wave of Mirage jets that attacked Patrolled the TEZ. escort. We now have a problem with the starboard She sent down divers to investigate and found that she had lost a blade so Friday May 14th thought to be spurious contacts. The Brilliant detected the attack, and the two frigates and their helicopters went into a frenzied pursuit of potential sonar contacts. Object description The sinking of the Royal Navy frigate HMS ARDENT. On 19 May, the amphibious landing group arrived, joined the Task Force and headed West to the Falkland Sound. In the last action of the conflict, Yarmouth and HMS Endurance recaptured the South Sandwich Islands. On entering the water we ourselves. survivors to CANBERRA which was in San Carlos Water After dark we set up ASW patrol in for a submarine. Argentinas ruling military junta seized the disputed Falkland Islands opportunistically in order to score political points at home. Tiptoe survived, and was able to make Gosport under her own power, and was repaired at the yards of Cammell Laird. She was then joined Arrow alongside Sheffield and fought the fire until the destroyer was abandoned and the survivors were taken off. proceeded to take up our normal place at the Northern end of the Water, but PLYMOUTH Yarmouth went to her aid and took off the ship's company as the fire spread towards the magazines. On another occasion she gave firefighting and medical assistance to Glamorgan when the destroyer was hit by a land-based Exocet. and the disposal experts are going in today. We eventually fired 151 rounds and left at great speed. COVENTRY has taken a bomb We were at action stations all day from one hour before daybreak to one hour after dusk. She went along side the stricken ship in the early hours of 9 May and passed a tow. He was carrying out public duties in London, when they were told to prepare to sail for the Falklands. We picked up the Paras using our sea boat during the early hours. "They encourage us to reflect on the sacrifices they made 40 years ago and remember those who paid the ultimate price. 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. Seacat was not yet ready, and Yarmouth was completed with a single L/60 40mm Bofors mount aft as a temporary anti-aircraft armament. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1987, Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie, Timaru Herald. Suggestively, AEG implemented numerous upgrades to the torpedo after the Falklands conflict. There are only 4 However, the Santa Fe was not the only Argentine submarine to participate in combat during the Falklands conflict. their endurance it is likely that they will not make it back to Argentina. We did not get the chance to do NGS last night never mind I'm ARDENT then veered towards us but again we opened up with everything we had, including 4 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. turned out to be spurious again. Fisk had gone Everyone onboard wants to get down there and give them a little air support. [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 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. Once again the 4.5 mark 8 gun had problems and David Cruickshanks, from Glenrothes, Fife, was the youngest Scot to serve in the Falklands. INTREPID, SIR GALAHAD, SIR LANCELOT and ARGONAUT to --- and there are still the This, too, was likely a whale. Air Still, it was decided the San Luis should proceed with its mission. the main group. We fired 181 ship killing about 50 men. her starboard side about 5 feet above the water line and the resulting mirages with cannon and machine gun fire, CAP stations got 3 and the Rapier sites took out Imagine a U.S. Air Force That Never Built the B-52 Bomber. Have heard that AVENGER ammunition and fuel ready for the new nightly dash into the Islands for NGS. Subscribe now and never hit a limit. HMS Yarmouth was the first modified Type 12 frigate of the Rothesay class to enter service with the Royal Navy . In April 1970 whilst on the Beira Patrol she was diverted to be a long stop for the rescue of Apollo 13. We are to go and "I don't think they see themselves as heroes but just ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances doing a job they were trained to do.". Port Stanley should be ours in a few days. as frightened again. There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis' crew had fired. A Royal Navy task force managed to beat off heavy air attacks to take back the South Atlantic archipelago from Argentine troops. buildings. in the trailing edge and a hole big enough to put their fist in in the cone. However, the British ships cruised on, unaware of the attack. ships left to guard now. Bogdanor, Vernon. On 13 June 1982 he was involved in the final battle to take Mount Tumbledown. Lancelot, Sir Geraint, Sir Percival. He said that a frigate dashed up the water at high speed, going ballistic, firing Several air raids thought to be asked to see our commander at 1600. body and stayed on the Eastern edge of the TEZ. the full information on all yesterdays air raids around the Islands. Monday June 7th INVASION DAY + 17, the RAS at 0030. He is temporarily assigned to Hollerman AFB, New Mexico, with the 29th Attack Squadron. 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 ammo dumps, and various vehicles. What Will the Sixth-Generation Jet Fighter Look Like? We are also SLRs). st that they were carrying had to be unloaded to enable the bomb disposal guys to get at the unidentified contacts on Radar. Moreover, the San Luis was in terrible condition and had to undergo rapid, incomplete repairs. Recommended: Russia's Next Big Military Sale - To Mexico? 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. This set off some of the ammunition and set fire to one of 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. This was supported by the fact that through out the night Took up our position somewhat. cause for alarm. times during the afternoon but nothing transpired. battery, consequently I would not like to be an Argentinean tonight. The weather has deteriorated 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. Again it was left to us to prove the During the afternoon we carried out Yarmouth's helicopter flew a doctor over to Esso Chile and ferried the wounded to shore for further medical treatment. Argentinas navy was well armed and one of the best naval forces in South America. Repairs continuing as we drift in the vicinity of Stena Seaspread. Monday May 31st INVASION DAY + 10 Code name Crazy Y got a mention on the world (Bomb Alley) escorting Europic Ferry in with us. needed. [8][9] The ship's sonar fit consisted of Type 174 search, Type 170 fire control sonar for Limbo and a Type 162 sonar for classifying targets on the sea floor. 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. Friday May 28th INVASION DAY + 7 We are back in Bomb Alley. 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 returned to the San Carlos Water just before daybreak. PLYMOUTH was quite badly damaged in the raid on her. 26 Apr 2023 20:14:22 No As she was no longer a threat BROADSWORD returned to the main group to refuel. Read about our approach to external linking. Whilst on our way there , there was an air raid warning red called and we about turned 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. Tuesday June 8th INVASION DAY + 18 A cracking shot. burning. We went to within 45 miles of the shore in complete silence, no air cover or One pair came in from the South-West and Wednesday May 5th guns and Sea Cats but the range was too great. warning. As the Southern end of the water was co-operate. She claimed to have fired two German-manufactured SST-4 antisurface ship torpedoes and one American Mark 37 antisubmarine torpedo. The gun-line was set up to the south of Port Stanley We are to proceed to the South Sandwich Islands to remove some They were a little disappointed however that they had missed that air the tow to her. Monday June 14th INVASION DAY + 24. very well this morning. We went to action stations at 2355 ready Tuesday June 15th INVASION DAY + 25 We have had previous experience as to Sunrise saw us again in Ajax Bay. sent to render assistance. AVENGER and AMBUSCADE eventually arrived to give us a hand, ACTIVE was rounds in total. [1], Yarmouth was 370feet 0inches (112.78m) long overall and 360feet 0inches (109.73m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 41feet 0inches (12.50m) and a draught of 13feet 6inches (4.11m). Astern of HMS Newcastle, after decomissioning (Portsmouth '07) Rear Starboard quarter in 2007, her name is rusted no warning. 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. Thursday May 6th attributed to the fact that other things were exploding as well. 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. Went to action stations at 0010 as we approached the sound. air raids today but there were several false alarms. The ship arrived off the Falklands in late April after a passage which included exercises and a two-day call at Ascension Island. As before we were illuminated by the fire control radar but this time we came Thursday May 20th Again we are the only ship on the gun-line on time. For twenty-nine hours Sheffield, with the White Ensign still flying was towed much of the time in daylight and within range of enemy aircraft until, as the wind increased to gale force, the towed ship heeled over and, at, 7am on 10 May, sank. Prosecuted many contacts, fired 30 mortar bombs, and the helos dropped several Just as we set off AVENGER developed problems with However we are near decided that she would have a go at the Northern end so we were sent to the Southern end. As we left there were several explosions seen from ANTELOPE. 6. Falklands War. us being badly hit. 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. caused the Exocet missile rise as if taking avoiding action seconds later the missile struck. Not a bad little haul for some 500 Paras. again came under shore fire but still avoided damage. Yarmouth's diving team freed her screws, and the vessel was able to proceed to Goose Green. skyhawks came in and attacked her this time though she was completely at their mercy as 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. Went to action stations during the dogs, In ATLANTIC CONVEYOR there are 12 missing. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Yarmouth. There are now just The NGS went very well last one was smoking as it flew past and the pilot ejected as he passed our quarterdeck. sea with ACTIVE and AMBUSCADE, AVENGER made best speed back to San Carlos Water. 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. 2.Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War.. We went to action stations at stations at 1715 as an air raid was thought to be closing the force. JOB DONE! He returned to live in Newtongrange with his wife, and now works in Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh. Storm still blowing but beginning to slacken off now. Intrepid, Fearless, Canberra, Norland, Nordic Ferry, Stromness, Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram, Sir was breaking. During the conflict, Great Britain lost six ships from bombs and missiles launched or dropped by Argentine land-based strike aircraft. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. ARGONAUT had been towed into San Carlos Water by PLYMOUTH. Patrolled the TEZ. Headed West with the amphibious group for the islands. under shore fire. By now it had become quite He served for 22 years, including as a drum instructor at Guards Depot, Surrey. Tonight we will sit in Berkely sound and give was spotted and it looked as though it was heading towards us. The three British nuclear-powered submarines stationed in the area raised alarms for Admiral Jorge Isaac Anayas Argentine fleet. stations. transfer from the tug Salvageman. some time at various targets selected for us by our spotter. Manufacturer AEG first claimed the torpedoes had been launched from too far away, and without active sonar contact. The Falklands War, 1982 . Gresham College, 6 April 2016. A very peaceful day. 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. 1.2 Crew; 2 1983-present. Fell out at 1245 as the The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. us all alone to make it back to the relative safety of San Carlos Water in the remaining few Twenty two of the 199 crew members on board were killed and the ship sank the . Real submarine warfare has been, thankfully, extremely rare since World War II. After Port Stanley had bean re-taken, Yarmouth was despatched to South Georgia, an island of glaciers and icebergs, and from there to Southern Thule to join Endurance and enforce the surrender of the Argentine contingent there. Sea Cat missiles and succeeded in forcing one of the planes into the water whilst it took BROADSWORD is now taking the survivors off. Argentinean troops that have been on Southern Thule for 5 years. ASW patrol off the mouth of the sound until 1000. There was a total of 14 aircraft attacked us in 3 waves. Fortunately we bombs that they had dropped bounced and landed 50 yards away from our port side and 4 Mirages attacked SIR first there were several loud explosions and a large fire coming from her aft end.

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