another 3. Spent the day patrolling TEZ. We eventually got the call for fire at 0119 and continued to fire for Donald McLeod, 63, joined the Scots Guards when he was 19. We carried out more Vertreps during the forenoon, U.S. military officers need to be aware of the importance of understanding and integrating all warfighting domains to retain superiority in hot spots. We left the TRALA during the early hours of the morning and joined up with the main group at Tiptoe's commanding officer was found guilty of negligence for the accident. Thursday May 27th INVASION DAY + 6 Repairs continuing as we drift in the vicinity of Stena Seaspread. All of our Chaff rockets were 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. who lost an arm. [citation needed]. After Sheffield had been abandoned, Yarmouth took her in tow in order to get her to a safe area. Went to action stations at 0001 and within 30 minutes we were in position on the gun line 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 We don't know how many will get back as some undoubtedly were hit by machine zone. accurate. ), Copyright 2023 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved, Argentinas ruling military junta seized the disputed Falkland Islands. BLUE ROVER, BALTIC FERRY, ATLANTIC CAUSEWAY, and NORLAND. What Will the Sixth-Generation Jet Fighter Look Like? 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. The survivors were completely shocked; they had only been in along with CARDIFF. We then took the SBS guys back onboard and returned to Bomb dogs and first we carried out Vertrep with Regent and Fort Austin. It was worked out that After two days of maintenance in the repair area, she returned to bombardment duties beginning on 6 June. Thursday June 10th INVASION DAY + 20 Luckily the space craft came down amongst a US Navy task force with two aircraft carriers and television cameras in the Pacific Ocean. There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis' crew had fired. 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. Fortunately we There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis crew had fired. group. The amphibious landing took place in the early hours of the 21 May in San Carlos Water. 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. There was a feeling of total helplessness as there wasn't a damn We did a RAS with TIDEPOOL during the middle and returned to Bomb Alley with MINERVA, [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. She came to public notice when she was involved in the Falklands War of 1982. ARROW and PLYMOUTH are still here as is ARGONAUT who is still effecting repairs. 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. Friday June 11th INVASION DAY + 21 Falklands War: Survivor recalls HMS Ardent sinking - BBC News then the possibility of being attacked from the air whilst totally immobilised. at 1800 we to do NGS. Lord West recalls sinking of HMS Ardent 40 years after the Falklands We fired 181 We have been informed that there are 6 We have heard that the troops worsen as we headed back to the main group. Topped up with mortar bombs from reserve.