A 1000 pound bomb crashed through Antelopes' starboard side but didn't explode. The Captain was awarded the DSO. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. Mar 1, 2023 9:01 PM by The first phase of construction contracts has been awarded for the worlds first man-made energy island, to be built by Belgium as part of a plan to develop an integrated European offshore electricity grid. After repair Antelope returned to the United Kingdom, where she was based at Portsmouth. by [6], In January 2002, a diving team from the frigate Montrose replaced the naval ensign on Antelope. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. Antelope rescued 44 of the U-31's crew, one of whom died on board, and returned them to the Clyde. They thought we were mad. [6][7], In August 1940, Antelope sailed in convoy to take part in Operation Menace, the attack on Dakar, but after the cruiser Fiji was torpedoed on 1 September 1940, she escorted her back to the Clyde, Scotland. The Maritime Executive. ; Date - by default, your search will show results from the last five years. HMCS Port Arthur was a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. HMS Antelope (F170) was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy that participated in the Falklands War and was stationed at the mouth of San Carlos Water acting as a plane guard when she was attacked by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks on May 24, 1982. Another image shows the separated remains of HMS Antelope, which lies at a 45-degree angle on the bottom of San Carlos Water. Flames flared and died down. Lt Emily Witcher, Clyde's operations officer, said the guardship's crew had been both fascinated and moved by the veterans' accounts of life in the RN in 82. Landing craft buzzed about, ferrying Antelope's crew to safety. In 1986, the site of her sinking was declared a protected place by the Military Remains Act. The full crew list can be displayed for any of the ships. Covering the years 1851-1911, these include lists and agreements for those involved in merchant shipping and ship crews for those at home ports, sea and abroad. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Please review our, List of 6 British Ships Sunk During the Falklands War. As she broke surface, there was a huge cheer from the upper deck of ANTELOPE to be quickly stifled as the U Boat manned her gun and started firing at us. A fourth attempt to defuse the bomb using a small explosive charge actually caused it to detonate, sending a huge fireball into the night sky. 'Some of us are of an age where we might not be able to get down here again.'. On 22nd August 1939, I was appointed to HMS ANTELOPE as Navigating Officer under the Mar 1, 2023 7:21 PM by The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. "Of all our sonar images of 1982 wrecks, we think Antelope is the most remarkable - the 4.5-inch gun is probably still loaded," said Cdr Philip Harper, Enterprise's CO. Destroyer HMS Coventry put up a spirited fight against Argentine aircraft, downing two in company with HMS Broadsword in a trap set for the enemy north of Falkland Sound. HMS Antelope had been on air defence duty at the entrance to San Carlos Bay to protect the beachhead that had been established two days previously when she was attacked by four A4 Skyhawks of the Argentine Air Force. She was guarding the outer perimeter of the Task Force which made her vulnerable to attack. They failed to explode but killed Steward Mark Stephens. There was a blaze and the fire-main was breached in the explosion.. The Maritime Executive, Published [7][16] In 1946, she was sold and broken up by Hughes Bolckow shipbreakers.[7][16]. When she came limping into the bay, it was obvious shed been damaged. A Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer became the first British ship to be sunk during the Falklands War. Atlantic Convoys H.M.S. The bomb on the starboard side was released from the A4 . Staff Sergeant Prescott was killed instantly and his disposal partner, Warrant Officer Phillips lost an arm. 12:56 GMT 19 Dec 2017 By continuing to browse this site, you agree to our use of cookies. USA and escort them to the Clyde. The ship then sailed to sheltered waters and while defusing the bombs, one of them exploded. I suspect that we had far more satisfaction from balancing oneself in the corner of the bridge and taking star sights with ones sextant as the ship rolled and pitched under one and then working out ones position than the modern navigator who just reads off his position from a few dials on his satellite navigation receiver! The courses covered Navigation, Torpedo and Anti-Submarine, Signals, Submarine and Gunnery and should have lasted over a year but, in August 1939, with the threat of war looming, the courses were stopped, the reserve fleet was mobilised and we were sent to sea as Acting Sub Lieutenants. A sunken tanker is spilling petroleum into the water off the coast of Balingawan Point, Mindoro, in the Philippines' Tayabas Bay. In return every ship and gun returned fire," said Morton. Later that night, experts attempted to defuse one of the bombs but it detonated, fatally damaging the ship in a huge explosion. HMS Antelope was a British A-class destroyer, which was completed for the Royal Navy in 1930. Of one Lynx, six Wessex, and five Chinook helicopters on board, only one Chinook survived (it left the Conveyor a few days earlier). The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. [3], A fourth attempt using a small explosive charge detonated the bomb, killing Staff Sergeant James Prescott instantly and severely injuring Warrant Officer Phillips, the other member of the bomb disposal team.[4]. Staff Sergeant James Prescott of 49 Squadron Royal Engineers (on the right in the photo) 13:08 GMT 19 Dec 2017. The Maritime Executive, Published The bomb did not explode and the Argentine aircraft was damaged by small arms fire. The ship was torn open from waterline to funnel, with the blast starting major fires in both engine rooms, which spread very quickly. Her mast had been bent over at angle from where one of the attacking planes had clipped it. However, one crewman was killed. Type 21 frigate Ardent was hit by several air raids on the first day of the San Carlos landings and sank the next day, taking 22 men with her. On May 25, she and HMS Broadsword took position northwest of Falkland Sound to divert the attention of the Argentine Air Force away from San Carlos. HMS Coventry was on picket duty to engage Argentine aircraft seeking to engage the main Royal Navy fleet in San Carlos Sound when it was attacked repeatedly on May 25, 1982. HMS Antelope was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Rotherhithe on 13 March 1703. Initial budget costs for this class were 3.5 million, with final costs exceeding 14 million. A roll-on/roll-off type container ship was tasked with carrying helicopters and other war supplies for the Task Force heading to the Falklands. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not As the war became total and cruel, we treated future prisoners very differently! A public-private research team has located an exceptional and rare find on the bottom of Lake Huron: the wreck of a 190-foot sailing vessel with all three of its original masts still upright and standing. 13 May 1906 - Launch of Ioann Zlatoust (Russian: ), an Evstafi-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. Darren Boyle for MailOnline Joe Morton, now aged 64, works as a civil servant at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose. I have to admit that those of us who had just completed all our basic training as naval officers would have been very disappointed had war not been declared. It is39 years since Royal Navy frigate HMS Antelope was destroyed during the Falklands conflict, in May 1982. Contents List. The Philippine Coast Guard has rescued 88 passengers from a ro/ro ferry that ran aground on a bank between the islands of Cebu and Bohol on Tuesday afternoon. In these days of satellite navigation and other radio navigation aids which enable one to fix the position of ones ship to within a few hundred yards, without sight of land or stars, it is worth recalling that we had no such aids at the beginning of the war. A major fire broke out, causing ammunition to explode and killing 12 crewmen. The explosion was one of the most iconic and dramatic images of the conflict and is often used in histories of the event. Download File PDF Bomb Alley Aboard Hms Antrim At War . Initial budget costs for this class were 3.5 million, with final costs exceeding 14 million. Others were evacuated with life rafts and helicopters. Three previous attempts to defuse it had failed. We did not even have radar. Knight, A.W.H. Find out more about the site contributors. Antelope served throughout the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of three enemy submarines and in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. She now rests about 80 feetbelow sea level in San Carlos Bay in the Falklands, several hundred miles from Argentina's eastcoast. Coventry lies 300 feetdown 13 miles north of Pebble Island, an expanse of water as bleak and blustery now as it was 35 years ago as a dozen survivors of the destroyer found on a pilgrimage to the site with HMS Clyde. [7] On 13 March 1943, she was escorting the ocean liner Empress of Canada, when the liner was sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci. After initial damage control efforts, Antelope proceeded to more sheltered waters so that two bomb disposal technicians from the Royal Engineers could come aboard and attempt to defuse the two unexploded bombs. [7], In August 1944, Antelope returned to the United Kingdom. John Le Miller; rank/rating, Mate; age, 57; place of birth, Rothersay; previous ship, same. HMS Antelope (F170) MOD 45140138.jpg 3,763 2,935; 1.15 MB. Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww2dbase HMS Rodney entered British Royal Navy service in 1927. HMS Antelope HMS Antelope (F170) A Type 21 Frigate was protecting the entrance to San Carlos Bay when she was bombed by Argentine Skyhawks on May 23. [3][4][nb 1], In 1941, one of the 4.7 in guns and the aft bank of torpedo tubes was removed, with a 3in (76mm) anti-aircraft gun replacing the torpedo tubes and an enhanced anti-submarine armament, which included 70 depth charges and the ability to drop patterns of 10 charges. The Maritime Executive. Find out how you can use this. representing the transition from Numerous projects have been the Age of Sail to the Age of Steam. HMS Antelope was blown to pieces 40 years ago while taking part in the action to liberate the Falklands. Charity Registered in England No. After darkness fell, two Royal Engineers, Staff Sergeant James Prescott and Warrant Officer John Phillips were still on board trying to defuse one of the bombs. Looking back now, he said: Those images will stay with me forever. Antelope then joined the 12th Destroyer Flotilla based at Greenock, Scotland. After nearly two years in the Mediterranean Fleet as a Midshipman, I was appointed to training courses in Portsmouth for promotion to Sub Lieutenant. It is no longer possible to leave messages here. Ardent was bombarding an Argentine airstrip from the nearby Falkland Sound when she was attacked by at least three waves of enemy aircraft. Like her sister ship HMS Nelson, all of her primary guns were unusually placed forward of the superstructure. But after all that happened, it was still worth it. The Navy had expanded so fast as war threatened that there were only a bare minimum of qualified officers in each ship and, for several months, we had to keep watch and watch ie: four hours on watch, four hours off. Channel Convoys HMS Antelope, pennant number F170, was the second of eight Type 21 frigates for the Royal Navy. Three bombs tore the heart out of Coventry as they struck on the port side, causing her to sink in minutes with the loss of 19 men. Two days later, while on air defence duty at the entrance to San Carlos Water, protecting the beachhead established two days before, she came under attack by four Argentine A-4B Skyhawks of Grupo5. Ships built in 1975. (later Captain R.T. White D.S.O. HMS Antelope was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy that participated in the Falklands War and was sunk by Argentine aircraft. Categories: Falklands War. The Maritime Executive. The second pair of Skyhawks attacked minutes later from the starboard quarter. Then one of the Skyhawks was hit by gunfire from Antelope and crashed into the ships mast. Antelope was ordered on 6 March 1928, and was laid down at Hawthorn Leslie on Tyneside on 11 July 1928. Crew Roster | HMS Penelope CAPT (SG) John Rebori, KCE, QBM, CBM, RMN CDR Rachel Nevins, KCE, QBM, CBM, RMN CPO Kate Regina, KE, DCG, CGM, QBM, RMN Commanding Officer Executive Officer Ship's Bosun HMS Penelope (BC-585) Flag Deck Name Grade Billet CDRE Zach Perkins, MC, CR, ME, CGM, RMN XO First Fleet; Staff Intelligence Officer, First Space Lord British Naval Documents, 1204-1960. Remembering The Fallen: On this day in 1982, HMS Antelope, a Type 21 frigate, became the third warship to be lost in the Falklands War. Watch: The Falklands War explained in three minutes. Others were evacuated, while the ship was then towed out to the sea and scuttled to become a war grave. 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