Its commander, Frigate Captain Fernando Azcueta, was a submarine veteranbut did not have much experience with the Type 209 model. Wednesday May 12th Friday May 14th pick up some Paras from Great Island tonight. However, some accounts state the torpedo actually struck a decoy being towed by HMS Arrow, but failed to detonate. The final images of ARDENT as the crew abandoned ship can be viewed here. fired at once and a round of Chaff from the gun. The famous last words. asked to see our commander at 1600. Still no news from ashore yet. We heard this morning that there were only 3 casualties onboard ANTELOPE, It seems that se has shot down one of the Exocets were attacked by 4 skyhawks. The impact the ARA San Luis had on the British Royal Navy. quite an unusual ship to look at. However, the war at sea was not entirely isolated to the sinking of the ARA Belgrano (Brooklyn-class CL) by HMS Conqueror (Churchill-class SSN). The final surrender of the war, in the South Sandwich Islands, took place aboard Endurance . 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. Harper, Submarine Operations during the Falklands War.. armed merchantman to the south-east of the Falklands. This set off some of the ammunition and set fire to one of the Also ARGONAUT took on two unexploded through it recently and had not been threatened so they did not think that there was any Rear Admiral Mark Beverstock is now president of Poppyscotland and Legion Scotland. 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. Royal Navy hero 'still has nightmares' over sinking of HMS Ardent in ARGONAUT was also there and will start her trip back home [3][4] Crew was about 212 officers and men. 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. Our Port side 20mm gun crew had fired at them just as they came over the LCL and The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries. Two 20-mm cannons were added either side of the ship's bridge. None of these aircraft were splashed, BROADSWORDS Information supplied in response NZ Freedom of Information Request to NZ MOD, 1985, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Lt Lucero rescued after being shot down by HMS, List of frigates of the Royal New Zealand Navy, List of frigates of the South African Navy, British Naval Forces of the Falklands War, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Yarmouth_(F101)&oldid=1147816213, Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom, Falklands War naval ships of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The Fighting 101, The Crazy 'Y', The Rubber Duck, This page was last edited on 2 April 2023, at 10:47. Went to action required to do some NGS tonight. there were several larger explosions when our shells were landing that could only be Falklands War: Survivor recalls HMS Ardent sinking - BBC News There was only one casualty on our side and that John Lockie LEADING COOK Served from 1965 - 2015 Served in HMS Yarmouth David Patterson AB (R) Served from 1978 - 1983 Served in HMS Yarmouth Terry Wallace MARINE Served from 1979 - 1988 Served in HMS Yarmouth Tony Jack LEADING COOK Served from 1976 - 1999 Served in HMS Yarmouth