Plymouth commemorative plaque for Falklands’ conflict Royal Navy vessel
The Commanding Officer of one of the Royal Navy Devonport-based frigates lost in the Falklands conflict has unveiled a commemorative plaque in Plymouth, reports the Herald from Plymouth.
Captain Nick Tobin, who was the Commanding Officer of HMS Antelope during the campaign, was involved in the ceremony which marked the formal opening of HMS Raleigh's new accommodation blocks.
Four new blocks, named Antelope, Ardent, Sir Galahad and Conqueror, have been built at the Torpoint-based Royal Navy training establishment as part of a major upgrade of facilities. The blocks have been named after units which were part of the UK Task Force sent to recover the Falkland Islands in 1982.
The site's new commemorative plaque is mounted on a stone brought back from the Falkland Islands. As part of the ceremony, Capt Tobin presented the original crest recovered from the bridge of HMS Antelope to officers at HMS Raleigh.
The crest was recovered 48 hours after the ship had been sunk.
Ardent and Antelope blocks are home to the trainees of Corporate Squadron who are undergoing their professional training within the Defense Maritime Logistics School, the Royal Navy Submarine School and the Royal Navy School of Seamanship.
Conqueror block is the new base for the National Sea Cadet Training Centre and Sir Galahad will be used to accommodate sailors returning to HMS Raleigh for career progression courses. Each mess deck has its own utility area, common room and bathroom facilities.
Veterans who served on the ships and the submarine were also invited to attend the ceremony at HMS Raleigh, along with Sea Cadets from the Training Ship (TS) Ardent from Bollington, Cheshire.
Type 21 frigates HMS Antelope and HMS Ardent were both victims of enemy air attack during the Falklands conflict in May 1982. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Vessel Sir Galahad was classed as a landing ship logistics.
The ship was hit by bombs and badly damaged while unloading soldiers from the Welsh Guard on 8 June 1982. A total of 48 men lost their lives.
HMS Conqueror, a Churchill class submarine, controversially fired the torpedo which sank the Argentine cruiser, General Belgrano, causing the greatest single loss of lives of the 74 day conflict in the South Atlantic.
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- That happens when you invade someone else territory!!!
That happens when you invade someone else territory
Just as a matter of interest, are gdr, NicoDin and you the only yatterheads left?
which meant almost no more losses. Very clever done or...
And by the way, the british dont know the meaning of “fair game”.
Three times Argentinian press/television/news reported a british carrier (Hermes or Invincible) severely damaged and sunk. Glorious victory!!
however the british crew did not take notice! Though they were finished (3 times!), they continued the game.Fair game??
Jorge if your nation want to colonialise ,better be sure you have a very strong navy/armada.
Just ask the british , the have experience, and you can also ask Portugal and Spain, they too have experience, in particular according to colonisation in the western hemisphere.
Colonisation in the XXI century??? Pathetic....
You are lame, we defended what's our with our own people after the bad decision of going to war. Obious defeat with several guests like USA & CHILE among others...NICE! a world power allied with other powers to fight against a great nation like Argentina allied with small countries. In the end, ARGENTINE COURAGE prevailed.
great commet of a 12-year old boy/girl. Congrats you do demonstrate the falkland's thought. Then, they say they hate Hitler! Irony everywhere!
“Argentinian courage” . Somehow i like you, because i like people with sense of humour.
Your air force did their very best, and the paid dearly, and deserve respect. The other parts of your army forces better hope their “efforts”
very soon will be forgotten.
They had one advantage. They were able to run faster than the British
forces... Unfortunately most of them ran backwards (away from battle zone)!!
Remember juanweather! It is well documented (pictures/movies/eyewitnesses) on the www what happened in Falkland Islands.
What comes next?? Conquest of the desert was a “Glorious Victory”?
- So?????? You could have sent me a greeting letter for my birthday, idiot!!!!
There was no shortage of provisions - the military leadership was entirely to blame and it was not just incompetence that caused it. It is utterly baffling why it happened.
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