Falklands40: The Loss of HMS Ardent
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What I Remember About the Training and Preparation of Naval Gunsmen
The first of the air attacks started, after the argentinians had realized that this was going to be the landing. We were straddled by a couple of bombs, which hav knocked our top radar over and effectively knocked it off to one side. One bomb went straight through us, bounced in the water and went straight through. And then a series of bomb s hit us. I steamed int the wind at full chat, because that's what you do with fight aground attack aircraft coming in. It was mainly all down aft. My sea cat was blown off, which was the only antier system that actually had any hope of working - but that was blown up in the
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