1981 Visits
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1982

..things got serious in 1982 with thanks to Leon Symms & Dave Rowlands for visit dates

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Armilla Patrol 81-82 ..
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 .
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 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 .
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 .
23rd Apr
26th Apr
Gibraltar .
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 .
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 .
22nd Sep
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Sailed north to West coast of Scotland .
24th Sep
27th Sep
Helensburgh -Faslane .
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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1st Dec
Liverpool .
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2nd Dec
Plymouth .
       
       
       
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