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‘I was basically naked… my skin was totally burned’ “Coventry and Broadsword were anti-aircraft ships set aside to draw attention away from the main fleet, so I can’t say it was unexpected when Coventry was downed”. “But it was essentially a picket ship,” said Brian Short, a Royal Marine bandsman who was onboard the HMS Canberra at the time. An ultra-modern contraption, It was deemed the gem of the Royal Navy’s fleet.
It scuppered numerous Argentine boats, jets, and crucial radio signal apparatus. To distract away from the landings, HMS Coventry and HMS Broadsword were manoeuvred into positions close to the northwest Falklands Sound.īoth ships had onboard surface-to-air and regular missiles intended to shoot down Argentine jets, helping to make Coventry one of the most successful ships during Britain’s campaign. It was a short battle, lasting just 74 days between April 2 and June 14, and was based on conflicting Argentine-British claims to the islands.ĭespite its brevity, 255 British personnel died, a high figure but far smaller than the 649 Argentines who perished.Īt the time, the British military was using San Carlos as a landing bay for military personnel, a port that would prove decisive in its victory. While neither side officially declared war on the other, the Falklands War was Britain’s last physical conflict. READ MORE: Royal Marine veteran's remarkable tale of time spent guarding Falklands POWs “I thought, ‘Ok, this is your lot’, this is where it ends’,” he told .uk. His arm was on fire, and after he put it out, a calm descended on him, time slowed down, and he accepted his fate. He saw a fireball ripping through the controls room, and as far as he was aware, he was alone. The ship was sinking.Ĭhris, momentarily unconscious, came to and began frantically tearing at the electronic wires that had fallen around his body and pinned him to the floor. Three bombs hit Coventry, and soon, gallons and gallons of seawater came flooding in. His ship had already fought off two Argentina raids that day, on May 25, 1982, just off Pebble Island, part of the Falklands Islands, a strip of land occupied by enemy forces. In a matter of minutes, Chris Howe, a 25-year-old Petty Officer on HMS Coventry, went from ordering his shipmates around to lying on the ground trapped in a tangle of wires. MELSERVO systems can be controlled via both EtherCAT and an SSCNET connection.WARNING: This story contains images that some readers may find distressing. This enables performance and type of interface to be designed for the most economical use with applications ranging from simple single axes to scenarios with several synchronised axes. Thanks to the modular design, solutions based on emPC systems are highly flexible and can be easily adapted to suit the customer’s requirements. These modular and compact emPCs are complemented by displays from the scalable emVIEW product range and therefore offer a broad spectrum of application options ranging from simple control systems to systems with integral operator interface.
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