They may be strangers to you.. well, come on, don't be a nob, chalk one up on your tab for the guest :) Also Topic: PeopleRemembrance The peacetime crews of the "Round Table" ships British merchant seamen, operating under Ministry of Defence jurisdiction were joined by British servicemen as signalmen, stevedores and gunners.[7][8]. Our days of being able to project influence through our military are over. Indeed AV, it was Callahans decision to withdraw the SSN patrol from the South Atlantic in 1977 that really got the Argentines convinced we had lost interest in our South Atlantic territories. This is quite something and definitely would have been an effective deterrent. For the landings at Oran three main beaches were selected. ' Peachey, RN), destroyer HMS Vansittart, sloop HMS Aberdeen and the frigates HMS Exe and HMS Swale. Commander Task Group 324.3 and Flag Officer Submarines: Commander Task Group 317.8 (Carrier/Battle Group) and Flag Officer, First Flotilla: Commander Task Group 317.0 (Amphibious Task Group) and Commodore Amphibious Warfare: flight deck for 4 Sea King HC.4 (not embarked), This page was last edited on 25 December 2022, at 07:32. The convoy was escorted by the AA ship HMS Alynbank, sloop HMS Deptford, corvettes HMS Gardenia, HMS Rhododendron, HMS Vetch and HMS Violet. Oliver is a student at the University of East Anglia studying for a PhD in International Security. In 1982, Plymouth was one of the first Royal Navy ships to arrive in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War. Walt Whitman (American, 7176 GRT, built 1942), Crucially it also carried the Gannet AEW system which would have provided and invaluable early warning system. Of course, the loss of the Falklands led to the fall of the junta anyway, so it was really Britains liberation of the islands that paved the way for democracy to return to Argentina. Batory (Polish, 14287 GRT, built 1936), I read that Bulwark was actually examined during the war to investigate if it could be brought quickly back into service and rushed south but its material state was too far gone by that time. The Americans concluded that even Nimitz-size ships would often have been out of limits. , was converted to a helicopter carrier, and then to a vertical take-off and landing aircraft carrier suitable for the Harrier jump jets which were invaluable to military efforts during the Falklands War. Cathay, The debate is what if Ark was still available for the fight not would it have acted as a deterrent more than what we had already. Tadorna (British, 1947 GRT, built 1928), Powerful air support is provided by some of the worlds most advanced aircraft in the most testing of environments. However, a new government reexamined the case and found that only shore-based aircraft was not sufficient to provide the defence needs of our global interests which were East of the Suez. Brunton, DSC, RN), HMS Queen Emma (Capt.(Retd.) R.E. Ralph Carter A Raisin In The Sun, Indirizzo The 14 Phantoms and 14 Buccaneers would have been pressed very hard and the horrendous sea conditions in the South Atlantic might have well made launch and recovery impossible at times.. H. Day, RN), HMS Enchantress (Lt.Cdr. If Ark Royal was still in commission it's arguable if the Argentinians would not have invaded considering it's capabilities. Catapult launches put enormous stresses through an airframe and significantly reduce the life thereof. G.D. Belben, DSC, AM, RN) and the destroyers HMS Laforey (Capt. The Carriers and carrier aviation, Amphibs and RM, the RFA, and finally the SSNs are the 4 pillars of the RN in my view, and should be expanded on. It would have changed things, but I don't think it would have made it that much easier. Following Royal Navy service she was sunk as a target in 1985. Recorder, Group VI, 1st division; Derbyshire, Letitia, Mooltan and Nieuw Zeeland. Grubbie. Harcourt, CBE, RN), HMS Orion (Capt. Disagree Steve. The extra aircraft, range and capabilities afforded by the airwing would allow longer range combat air patrols, the AEE would allow far earlier detection of raids and interception west of the Falklands. Learn more here. Ede, DSO, RN), HMS Stornoway (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.F.R. Renny, DSC, RNR), HMS Vetch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. Wilkinson, RN) and the corvette HMS Samphire (with her repairs completed) departed Gibraltar to join convoy KMS A1. Rear-Admiral McGregor transferred his flag to HMS Tartar. Zebulon B. Vance (American, 7176 GRT, built 1942). KMF O1 then proceeded to the westwards so as to pass the Straits of Gibraltar later. Hampson, RNR), HMS Ronaldsay (T/Lt. Falklands War. HMS Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy with a displacement of 5,440 tonnes. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan. Even Thatcher asked if Ark could be used in 82 but was told she was too far gone with scrapping well underway. The ship entered HMNB Devonport, and was subsequently decommissioned on the 14th February 1979. Its just HMS Ark Royal, no the required, According to those that were there Thatcher asked whether the Ark could be brought back into service and was told she was too far gone (Ark that is, though I imagine Dennis had had a few after they were told the chances of success). Group V; Alcinous, Alphard, Charles H. Cramp, Chatanooga City, Delilian, Recorder and Zebulon B. Vance. Harper, RNR), HMS Hoy (T/Lt. It's certainly an interesting hypothetical and it isn't as clear-cut as you might think. However, another interesting fact was that breaking up of Ark Royal took until 1983. Agnew, CB, RN) departed Gibraltar to join convoy KMF O1. Covers this near enough and up to modern day. Ark Royal was .unreliable despite being not particularly old so the danger of system.failure would be high. She would have needed another large refit which would have taken several years given her condition in 1979. Perhaps the argument would have been better put that the withdrawal from East of Suez leading to the cancellation CV-A01, was erroneous, as that in itself set in-train the intentional run down of conventional navel aviation? Oxborrow, DSC, RN). [exactly which ships of the escort went on with this part of the convoy will have to be researched further.]. Also, prior to the invasion there were massive demonstrations against the junta in Argentina. For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War. The harrier with the ski jump gave the Royal Navy a critical edge. Lochmonar (British, 9412 GRT, built 1924), Benalbanach (British, 7153 GRT, built 1940), St. Essylt (British, 5634 GRT, built 1941), A.C. Whitcombe, RNR), HMS Mull (Lt. J. Plomer, RCNVR), HMS Rysa (T/Lt. Empire Confidence (British, 5023 GRT, built 1925), We have a surface fleet of 50plus DD/FF and a fleet of SSN a significant amphibious force and 2 VSTOL Carriers. The primitive radar technology was ill-suited for picking out fast, low-flying targets hiding in ground or sea clutter. L.B. Better news for RN carrier aviation too. Do not forget HMS Eagle, a newer ship than Ark Royal. J.H. City of Worcester, Scott, RN) departed Gibraltar to join the convoy. Simpson, RNR) and HMS Rysa (T/Lt. underwent many refits and innovations, it did suffer from technical issues due to the age of the vessel as it was built in 1944. Mark Twain, LCU F4 was one of four landing craft assigned to HMS Fearless with 4 Assault Squadron Royal Marines, designed to land commandos and their kit ashore which they did from the moment the campaign to re-take the Falklands began with the landings at San Carlos on May 21. Yarde-Buller, RNVR), HMS Gardenia (T/Lt. Island nation that operates a just in time supply chain for just about everything. But it is haunting to know that this is the last spot that anyone saw Foxtrot 4. O.R. It was a mistake for the Ministry of Defence, despite the technical and mechanical difficulties which beset HMS Ark Royal, to have scrapped her unnecessarily. Community Hospital Eportal, G. Blessas). [1] For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War. Firth, MVO, RN) and RHS Vasilissa Olga (Lt.Cdr. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan.. She was launched on 9 July 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later. Ocean Wanderer, Maron, Island nation which now depends on communications cables too easy to cut. Find the contacts you need for recruitment, media enquiries and more. There was also one subsidiary beach, ' R '. Divers, RNR), the landing ships HMS Glengyle (Capt.(Retd.) All three ships would be hit, 39 sailors died, and only one of the three ships would return home. They were escorted by the M/S trawlers HMS Fluellen (T/Lt. Invincibles deck ws too short and dangerously narrow. There is nothing at the site no wreck on the sea bed. ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London. G.L.D. Macharda, Fraser, RNR) and the M/S trawlers HMS Hoy (T/Lt. H.J. They were escorted by the sloop HMS Stork and the corvettes HMS Pentstemon and HMS Samphire which then went on with the ships for the ' Charlie sector '. Bennetts, RN), HMS Bramham (Lt. E.F. Baines, DSO, RN), HMS Cowdray (Lt.Cdr. C.R. Clarke, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral C.H.J. Williams, RNR) departed Gibraltar to join convoy KMS A1. Group VIII, LST HMS Bachaquero (A/Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) P.G. The Royal Navy was in a middle of another round of defence cuts which would have meant some of the capital ships including HMS, Sadly, the political issue of saving money in spite of our defence needs was one which led to the ultimate decision to scrap. The fact that its"self recorded by the Author" does not suprise me one bit. Ocean Volga, assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT784 as Rhyl Flt/446, until c Jul 1983. Churchill, RN) and HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Could keeping HMS Ark Royal have prevented the Falklands War? The picket warships would only have 15-20 minutes warning (and due to technical glitches and human errors, sometimes no warning at all). Sharkey's way is the right way. Exceller, This is very much a what if question, that has possibly been posed by other scholars. As one operator recalled: "While close to the coast with a rough sea, and perhaps with electronic countermeasures jammers in use, it could be hard work to keep a workable picture.". C.A. All forces sailed on 10 June to be off Pantellaria on 11 June 1944. Mary Slessor (British, 5027 GRT, built 1930), There former HMS Fearless and 4th Assault Squadron landing craft officer Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thurstan cast a biodegrable poppy wreath into the cold South Atlantic after a service on the flight deck led by RAF padre Philip Johnson, and attended by the patrol ships crew. Of course, if Britain has committed to keeping carrier capability then it may well be the AEW.7 instead which was to have a rotodome much like the E-2 Hawkeye and subsequently significantly improved capability. This is very much a what if question, that has possibly been posed by other scholars. Assuming AR is in good nick, then the struggle in the air very likely would not have happened. Warwick Castle (British, 20107 GRT, built 1930) and Letitia (British, 13595 GRT, built 1925), N. Hunt, RNVR), HMS Eday (T/Lt. Empire Mordred (British, 7024 GRT, built 1942), Manchester Port (British, 7071 GRT, built 1935), failure to learn from the past, increases the chances of those mistakes happening again, the two world wars and the fact that submarines could have starved the u.k into submission, the same threat applies today. I could be wrong, but I thought John Nott was Minister for Defence at the time. Convoy C ' was made up of landing ship HMS Misoa (Lt.Cdr. Sobo, When did the US military officially adopt tank names? Ark Royal could have stayed further away in calmer seas, but this puts more presure on an already limited airwing. Unless this about lessons we shouldnt forget this is just another counter factual. W.Y. There weren't enough Gannets to cover every possible approach to the amphibious force in San Carlos Water or the carriers NE of the islands. Hopecrown (British, 5180 GRT, built 1937), C.G.V. However one realty remained that governed everything. St.J.R.J. Duchess of Bedford, Colthurst, RN), AA ship HMS Alynbank (A/Capt.(Retd.) Andrew, RN), HMS Clacton (A/Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) Marnix van St. Aldegonde (Dutch, 19355 GRT, built 1930), Or have a friend or loved one who is? Of course, the capability of ship aside, the very fact of their existence in your Armoury, has a deterrent value all of its own. I remember the look sees on Bulwark and Tiger and Blake. Ardeola (British, 2609 GRT, built 1912), When trying to get aboard, the pilot can find he spot he is trying to land has become thin air or very hard deck. But the large landing craft also saved many lives. The following Merchant Navy ships were requisitioned, as Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT). ' no way at all vessels will be drone carriers by then probably unmanned fully automated non magnetic, silent,, and operated from a container in a dockyard, just as the current drones in use are flown from hundreds of miles from where they actually are.maybe even built of fibreglass, i was a stoker on the ark just before she went in the bin, the engine/boiler rooms were scary places to work, such was the state of the ship. The lack of early warning for the task force was a real problem and Im not sure whether having phantoms instead would have made much difference. Warwick Castle. Trentham, RN), minesweepers HMS Brixham, HMS Bude, HMS Clacton, HMS Felixtowe, HMS Polruan (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) Landman, RN), sloops HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. The ships were later taken over by the Italians. It would have provided an additional 120nm range over the SeaKing AEW. As despatch vessels, carrying mail between the Task Force and Ascension Island. Delilian (British, 6423 GRT, built 1923), Ocean Viceroy (British, 7174 GRT, built 1942), When you need at least two on station, two on their way back and two getting ready to go, you have six aircraft constantly tied up at the least and thats only for one CAP station. Hamer, RN), HMS Largs (Cdr. Interesting when you look into the political and strategic aspects that as early as 1966, the UK Defence White Paper had planned to scrap the British Aircraft carriers in the early 1970s, leaving Britain without an aircraft carrier capability. Historically, the Task Force had a patchy and perilous early warning systems. Around 1900A/7, The remainder of convoy KMF A1 split into two sections, one for ' A Sector ' (Apple Sector) and one for ' B Sector ' (Beer Sector). Orbita (British, 15495 GRT, built 1915), High-tempo operations could have rapidly worn down aging aircraft and raised the risk of operational accidents. Nichols, USN), USS Leedstown (Cdr. the boiler explosion that had prompted bulwarks retirement had never been even surveyed. They were escorted by the light cruiser HMS Aurora, destroyer HMS Wivern, corvettes HMS Gardenia, HMS Vetch and the motor launch HMS HDML 1139. Argentinas junta were making threats against the Falklandsagain trying to draw attention away from domestic problems. They could get offloaded to a land based airstrip and would be useful in giving extra air support to the troops but that might be too risky as all the jets, fuel and munitions would be exposed. W.A. Buccaneers flew low over Belize City to reassure residents. Strathnaver (British, 22283 GRT, built 1931), It would certainly render the need.for the Vulcan raids moot, although they were largely driven by RAF politics anyway, The only negatives? H.G. A.T.G.C. We wouldve been far better off retaining HMS Eagle, she was in a far better state than the Ark. 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By 1978 Ark was incapable of making distilled water , needed for boilers and catapult launches , such were the state of her evaporators, she required the three RFAs that accompanied her to go alongside and RAS distilled water. The Ark was a nightmare to keep operational her whole career. Ameristar Council Bluffs Promotions, Gary Delaney Net Worth, Is Richard Cory A Real Person, Bus ireann Galway, Tracing Shadows Activity, Stfx Nursing Scholarships, Vaadi En Tamilselvi They were escorted by the AA ship HMS Palomeres, destroyer ORP Blyskawica, escort destroyers HMS Lamerton, HMS Wheatland, HMS Wilton, minesweepers HMS Acute, HMS Alarm, HMS Albacore, MS trawlers HMS Hoy, HMS Incholm, HMS Mull and the motor launches HMS ML 238, HMS ML 307 and HMS ML 444. Bulwark and either Tiger or Blake, not sure which, where up the trot at Guz. 2,744 t, used as casualty ferries (hospital ships). The big advantage in the story was the gannets though the phantoms did have issues when the seas were too rough to launch. Of course, the small Gannet force would also have been terribly fragile. She sank on the 10th May 1982. AR being also capable of providing AEW via the Gannet gives the task force anywhere from 100-200 miles (about 10 or 15 minutes) warning about incoming raids. Alphard, Like all other Royal Navy warships of the time, was part of the NATO fleet which patrolled to 'discourage aggression by Russia and the Soviet Block' during the Cold War. This is the place for you, Everyones experience is unique, but find out what lifes been like for others here, Everything you need to know about joining the Royal Navy, in one place, instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser, Defence review will forge a growing Navy with expanding horizons. Then there was the weather. Mooltan (British, 20952 GRT, built 1923), The force for ' A Sector ' was made up of HMS Karanja and the Marnix van St. Aldegonde and Viceroy of India. Plus if we look after them theyll almost certainly last 50 years. A.B. Modern day list of ships supposedly lost by the British in the Falklands War, still showing Invincible and Hermes as considered or possibly sunk or damaged the old myths die hard: Here a more recent Argentine photograph from the press shows an impressive attack against HMS Penelope with the caption A greeting to your Queen: 2nd division, Empire Confidence, Lycaon and Theseus. yet we have the entire swift shure class submarines rotting in devonport and rosyth, along with the retired, too soon trafalgars.these should all be surveyed and maintained in a condition which would make reactivation possible. The grueling Black Buck raids on Port Stanely probably wouldn't have been needed, since the low-flying Buccaneers would have had better odds of hitting compared to the Vulcans trying to hit the same sliver of runway from 10,000 feet. Once your force of twelve F-4s is reduced to ten, or eight, or six serviceable airframes it all starts to look a little more tenuous.". He never lived to collect it. This is seen in the case of the Centaur class aircraft carrier HMS Hermes which did see successful action in the Falklands, and it could arguably be the case, that its very survival along with the HMS Invincible was the reason the War in the Falklands was victorious for the British. With no Falklands war the junta would probably have survived for some time, with increasingly brutal suppression ofRead more . We (in 1982) are a major NATO nation, a nuclear power with multiple tactical nukes as well as Polaris. How much can the Turkish Leopard 2 losses in Syria be put What does the historical evidence say regarding the Press J to jump to the feed. HMS Plymouth was a Royal Navy Rothesay -class frigate. Northey, DSC, RN). Ainslie, DSC, RN). HMS Rhyl was a Rothesay-class or Type 12I anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy, launched by Lady Macmillan on 23 February 1959 and commissioned in October 1960. Following Royal Navy service she was sunk as a target in 1985. C.R. ' Stanhill, This range extension might even allowed for attacks on airfields in Argentina itself (a scheme that was actually considered for land-based RAF Buccaneers from Ascension). Jean Jadot (Belgian, 5859 GRT, built 1929), Likely in wartime boosted up a bit. Protecting our nations interests: guardian, diplomat and humanitarian force for good. His book is a great read, but its also heavily biased. Lacon, DSC, RN) departed Gibraltar to join convoy KMF A1 and relieve HMS Achates, HMS Antelope, HMS Amazon and HMS Wivern. W.G. 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