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Armilla
Patrol 81-82 |
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21st Dec '81 |
11th Jan |
Mombassa,
Kenya |
Christmas/New
Year |
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4th Jan |
New Skipper CDR Peter Mosse |
Replaced Cdr Bryan Burns |
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15th Jan |
Sailed Past Socotra |
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27th Jan |
1st Feb |
Karachi |
Pakistan |
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5th Feb |
entered Red Sea |
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7th Feb |
MV Aris fire/salvage Red Sea |
See Photographs |
10th Feb |
15th Feb |
Haifa
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Israel |
22nd Feb |
23rd Feb |
Gibralter |
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25th Feb |
Anchored off Plymouth Sound |
'Channel night' |
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26th Feb |
Plymouth |
DevonPort Dockyard |
9th Apr |
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Sailed for Gibraltar but returned to Plymouth |
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10th Apr |
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Sailed for Gibraltar |
Large
amount of amunition on board to replace ordinance taken by ships heading South |
13th Ap |
19th Apr |
Gibraltar |
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23rd Apr |
26th Apr |
Gibraltar |
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26th Gibralter |
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Sailed for minesweeper escort but returned to Gib |
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Falklands
Campaign |
(thanks
to Dave Rowlands/Leon Symms). |
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3rd
May |
Depart
Gibraltar for Assension Island |
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4th
May |
HMS
SHEFFIELD hit by Exocet |
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9th
May |
cross
equator |
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10th
May |
start
defence watches |
50%
of ship on duty at all times |
11th
May |
13th
May |
Assension
Island |
Sailed
with HMS Antelope |
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16th
May |
R/V
with British tanker Esk |
Unable
to fuel because of problem with fuel rig after Antelope RAS. Antelope
goes on alone as we wait for MV Tay to repair rig. Last time we
see Antelope afloat |
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17th
May |
finally
re-fuel at 13:00 and head south |
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21st
May |
HMS
ARDENT sunk Falkland Sound |
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22nd May |
Joined the
task force |
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23rd
May |
slight
collision with RFA Tidepool when she manoeuvered across Ambuscade
when she prepared to refuel |
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24th
May |
02:50
Action Stations for suspected Torpedo attack |
HMS
ANTELOPE sunk San Carlos. |
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25th
May |
Outside
Electronic Warfare picket ship of Task Force |
..heavilly
involved in the Exocet attack that sunk MV ATLANTIC CONVEYOR
LS(EW) Pierce Citation
HMS
COVENTRY lost in air raid |
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30th
May |
First
Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) mission |
Fired
58 rounds in region of Port Stanley airfield |
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7th
Jun |
NGS
with HMS ARROW |
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8th
Jun |
SIR
GALAHAD lost Fitzroy Settlement |
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9th
Jun |
Tug
repair area to sort out engine problems |
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14th
Jun |
NGS
with HMS ACTIVE,YARMOUTH and AVENGER |
228
rounds fired |
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15th
Jun |
Argentine
Forces surrender |
White flag over Port Stanley |
27th Jun |
30th Jun |
Alongside STENA SEASPREAD |
repairs |
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3rd
Jul |
Ended
defence watches after 52 days |
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4th
Jul |
Port Stanley |
Embark
Scots Guards |
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7th
Jul |
Gritvyken
South Georgia disembark Scots Guards |
Embark
42 Commando (25 of whom are billeted in Seaman's mess-73 people
in space for 48!)
set
course North -homeward bound!! |
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15th
Jul |
Assension
Island |
Disembark
42 Commando |
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16th
Jul |
Crossed
Equator |
Equator snowball fight photos |
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18th
July |
Diverted
to Dakar Senegal |
Disembark
2 crew members one with Appendicitis and Family reason |
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23th
Jul |
Anchor
in Plymouth Sound |
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24th
Jul |
Tie
up in Devonport |
Fantastic
welcome ! |
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13th Sep |
16th Sep |
Sail local areas |
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22nd Sep |
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Sailed north to West coast of Scotland |
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24th Sep |
27th Sep |
Helensburgh -Faslane |
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27th Sep |
10th Oct |
Local exercises with submarines |
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15th Oct |
Portland |
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22nd Oct |
Plymouth |
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25th Oct ? |
Sailed for Portland |
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11th Nov |
Sailed north to West coast of Scotland |
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22nd Nov |
Helensburgh -Faslane |
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? Nov |
1st Dec |
Liverpool |
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2nd Dec |
Plymouth |
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