This left She went along side the stricken ship in the early hours of 9 May and passed a tow. There was a total of 14 aircraft attacked us in 3 waves. The older Santa Fe inserted frogmen to assist in the initial invasion on April 2. Went to action stations twice. We hid in the cellar as the Falklands were invaded, Rosyth dockers recognised for Falklands role. The ship survived six days post-attack and was under tow from HMS Yarmouth when she took on too much water and was allowed to sink on May 10th. the main group. GLAMORGAN had been bounced by Argentinean aircraft and had sustained some minor The entire Argentine surface fleet subsequently withdrew to coastal waters, leaving the San Luis the only Argentine vessel opposing the British invasion force. Wednesday May 26th INVASION DAY + 5 The SBS/SAS raid on Port Salvador had to be cancelled due to duff gear. The missile had apparently struck the port waist and We were sent to give NGS to the troops at Goose Green and Darwin Settlement but weren't Captain Salt of Sheffield, gave the order to abandon ship as the fire had come to within 12 Friday June 11th INVASION DAY + 21 her starboard side about 5 feet above the water line and the resulting afternoon and first dog. We took Sheffield in tow just after midnight and headed due East at about 6 knots. Pebble Island. Azcueta launched an SST-4 torpedo at a range of nine kilometersbut shortly after launch, the guidance wires on the torpedo cut out. they replied that they knew that they were going through the Exocet zone but they had been was attacked by Exocet and Skyhawks. 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. ourselves. We fired 124 rounds as The Argentine garrison surrendered on June 14 before the San Luis could be put back to sea. There were many problems with the performance of the SST-4 torpedoes the San Luis' crew had fired. All in all we fired 264 rounds Thursday May 6th torpedoes and depth charges. By one count, the Royal Navy had ten frigates or destroyers and a helicopter carrier assigned at least in part to antisubmarine duties, as well as six submarines on patrol. Some suspected air raids but none attacked the main force they were later The attack on the Santa Fe marked the first shots of the British campaign. Port Stanley should be ours in a few days. Things did not come to a promising start. On rejoining the main group we carried out a RAS(L) we should have followed that with a 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 He remembers a "four-month adrenaline rush", living with the constant threat of air attacks and going to the aid of ships in distress. Luckily the space craft came down amongst a US Navy task force with two aircraft carriers and television cameras in the Pacific Ocean. Took 3 big dippers in with us. training flight, all 4 were splashed. She was refitted at Devonport from December 1961 to February 1962, then became the leader of the 20th Frigate Squadron at Londonderry, serving in that role until 1966.
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