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NAVY NEWS, OCFOBER 1982

SURVIVORS RETURN TO THE SOUTH

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tube on board the submarine HMS Onyx when she hit a rock off the Falkland Islands has been removed by experts working in a floating dock at Portsmouth. The patrol submarine returned to HMS Dolphin on August 18 after 115 days at sea. From her conning tower flew a Jolly Roger bearing a dagger emblem - a sign that the boat had carried out a clandestine mission. Her contact with the rock in a poorly-charted area damaged two of her torpedo tubes, jamming a weapon in one. However, while the torpedo remained in the tube there was no danger of an explosion and the boat continued operations.

Buzby ship good news for Force

AMONG the work-horses of the South Atlantic is the 3,tX)_ton British Telecom cable ship Iris, whose marathon service has included the delivery of hundreds of bags of mail and more than 1(X) tons of stores. She left Southampton for the Falklands at the end of April. taking with her from Ascension Island the Royal Marines detachment from HMS Endurance, who rejoined their ship in South Georgia. VALUE No date for the return of the Iris has yet been given, other than an indication that she will be hack "before Christmas." Her retention by the Task Force is an indication of her value to the fleet. With Naval Party 1870 embarked she steamed 20.250 miles up to July 24, delivering 74 bags of mail and 62 passengers to the Task Force.

Liaison Team begins tour

THE Second Sea Lord's Personnel Liaison Team will tour the Chatham area this autumn, starting with HMS Pembroke between October 5 and 7. Comprising Lieut.-Cdr, A. J. Ellis and FCMEM W. G. Fcebery, the team will give a twohour presentation on Service conditions, manpower, pay, pensions and uniform at each venue. Roma.ndef 04 the progranYno ,s October 12-13, HMS Warrior 14. RCHO London: 15. Comcen What~. 19. HMS Forest P.or; 20. ACS Derby: 2..1. RIGS Bwm~; 26. RN Element. Poole. 27-29. HMS Osroy. November 2. HMS President

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TWO SURVIVORS

of ships sunk in the Falklands Conflict are back in the South Atlantic on board the Type 21 frigate HMS Amazon, One of them is AEM(L)2 Falklands. Mick Dilucia of HMS CoyAlso in the Amazon is P0(S) entry, whose picture of the Roger Baker from HMS Antelope. It was hoped that he and ship sinking appeared in the other men from the Amazon September edition of Navy would be able to visit the News, He has acquired a memorial cross erected at Port belated souvenir of the CoySan Carlos for the Antelope and entry - his flying helmet Ardent. which was washed ashore The Amazon, which with after he left the South AtHMS Battlcaxe escorted HMS lantic. It was presented to Illustrious to the South Atlantic, carried with her machine guns him when he returned to the and 36,000 rounds of ammunition captured from the Argen.

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AND IT'S ROUND 2 FOR SHIPS

HMS AMAZON, the last Type 21 to reach the South Atlantic, meets up in mid-Atlantic with the first Royal Navy ship to be involved in the Falklands Conflict - HMS Endurance,

carrying two twin-barrel 30mm guns on either side of the upper deck for defence against lowflying aircraft and missiles, Also boasting new 30mm guns was HMS Newcastle, which led the Glasgow out of Portsmouth harbour, In com-

pany with them was HMS Rhyl on passage for Gibraltar. The Newcastle was refitted in record time for Falklands duty. The two Type 42 destroyers are part of the Third Destroyer Squadron, commanded by the Newcastle's commanding officer, Capt. Anthony Hutton, Most of the Glasgow's ship's company, including command-

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Cornwall Cup When the Alacrity returned in June she was hailed as a "miracle ship." having survived Exocet missile attacks and numerous air and artillery attacks, In August her gunnery

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team were presented with the Cornwall Cup by the Flag Officer Second Flotilla, RearAdmiral R, W. F, Gerken. " Two other veterans of the war, HMS Antrim and the repair ship Stena Seasprcad, are undergoing maintenance in Portsmouth Dockyard and are expected to return to the South Atlantic before Christmas.

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(nearer the camera) and HMS Newcastle leave a misty Portsmouth for the South Atlantic. It was the Glasgow's second stint off the Falklands. Picture: PO(PM) Radar ThompeOn

raised over ÂŁ200 for a Type 21 memorial plaque.

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ing officer Capt. Paul Hoddinott, were returning to the Falklands, The destroyers were joined at sea by the Plymouth-based frigates HMS Alacrity and HMS Phoebe.

Record By the end of August the Amazon had broken her own record for the miles steamed in a month, covering 10.546 miles at an average speed of 151/2 knots. En route she conducted air defence exercises with Sea Harriers from HMS Illustrious and with RAF Buccaneers, An "It's a Knockout" competition

The ship's commanding officer, Capt. Nicholas Barker, described the welcome 'as "an unbelievable experience," Picture HMS ustrtous

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sister-ship HMS Avenger during a mid-Atlantic meeting.

Medway were crowded with spectators and hundreds more watched her berthing with hooters and sirens sounding, Wasp helicopters in formation overhead and fire tenders sending jets of coloured water into the air. Shortly before her triumphal entry, the Minister of State for Defence, Lord Trenchard, was flown out to the ship accompanied by Lord Shacklaton, who has since produced an updated report on the Falklands economy.

HMS GLASGOW and HMS Alacrity, two veterans of the Falklands war, left their home ports on September 6 to return to the South Atlantic. With them were HMS Newcastle and HMS Phoebe. The Glasgow limped hack to Portsmouth on June 19 bearing the scars left by a I ,(XX)lb. bomb which passed clear through her without exploding. But after a round-the-clock, ten-week effort by Portsmouth Dockyard, the Glasgow put to sea repaired, re-equipped. and

tines. The arms were transferred from her homeward-bound

The Endurance returned to her Chatham base on August 20, escorted by hundreds of craft. Both banks of the River

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