23rd May
0015 Joined up with BRILLIANT going to put SBS on M/V MONSONNEN
0500 MONSONNEN beached, in the area of North arm. BRILLIANT going back to main group, we return to Sky Hawk pass. We have to go through Falkland Sound by ourselves. Daylight comes before we complete journey, I have never seen so many crossed fingers or people doing time-distance problems. In the event we finally get back to San Carlos without any trouble even if we did do 26 knots through the Islands.
1040 Action stations
1107 Air red
1157 Possible low bogies 210° from ARGONAUT
1200 Weapons tight
1201 Unknown 225° - 12 miles
1202 Bootlace 194° mirages closing fast bogies on INTREPID starboard beam identified CAP, boot lace from ARGONAUT 120°
1213 Air yellow
1245 SBS have left the ship
1307 Air red threat North
1310 Low bogies closing 050° - 2 miles from ARGONAUT
1314 Air yellow
1334 CAP has splashed a Puma and chasing another two, Puma (army) shot down by Flight Lieutenant Morgan
1337 Splashed second Puma and an Augusta. Augusta 109 (army) 30mm cannon fire Flight Lieutenant Morgan and Flight Lieutenant Leeming. Third Puma (army) 30mm cannon Flight Lieutenant Morgan.
1411 Fourth Puma (army) 30mm cannon Lieutenant Gedge and Lieutenant Commander Braithwait
1423 Possible unknown 270° - 30 miles spurious
1427 Lynx from ARGONAUT attacked surface contact assessing damage
1455 456 closing weapons tight
1538 Possible air attack
1636 Air red mirages
1639 20mm fired
1640 All guns firing 1 bogie splashed by BROADSWORD, this aircraft knocked off ANTELOPE'S after mast
1642 ANTELOPE reports damage
1658 ANTELOPE reports an unexploded bomb (2000lb) on board. This bomb hit the PO’s mess, killed a steward and wounded two others
1705 ANTELOPE has lost compasses and weapon systems operated by emergency means and she is anchoring at position 26
1706 Fast contacts from 315° - A4s
1708 Round Table 175°
1715 Heads up North
1716 Round Table 030°
1725 225° - 6 miles
1728 possible two bogies splashed by BROADSWORD
1735 Assessed by AAWC possible 3 splashed 1 damaged
1754 Air yellow
1759 Air red - Mirage III racket 270°
1804 310° aircraft engaging - opening North
1809 320° - 18 miles from ARGONAUT bogies closing
1811 170° overland spurious
1813 050°
1815 CAP splashed 1 Mirage a Dagger from Grupo 6 pilot Lieutenant Volponi, Lieutenant Hale got him with a Sidewinder
1820 309° Mirage III strength 2
1827 No CAP at all now bogies 320°
1832 CAP now joining 020° strength 2
1848 Possible hostiles North disregarding
1902 Air yellow
1933 Weapons tight 270°
2052 Assume State 1
2059 Fall out
0015 Joined up with BRILLIANT going to put SBS on M/V MONSONNEN
0500 MONSONNEN beached, in the area of North arm. BRILLIANT going back to main group, we return to Sky Hawk pass. We have to go through Falkland Sound by ourselves. Daylight comes before we complete journey, I have never seen so many crossed fingers or people doing time-distance problems. In the event we finally get back to San Carlos without any trouble even if we did do 26 knots through the Islands.
1040 Action stations
1107 Air red
1157 Possible low bogies 210° from ARGONAUT
1200 Weapons tight
1201 Unknown 225° - 12 miles
1202 Bootlace 194° mirages closing fast bogies on INTREPID starboard beam identified CAP, boot lace from ARGONAUT 120°
1213 Air yellow
1245 SBS have left the ship
1307 Air red threat North
1310 Low bogies closing 050° - 2 miles from ARGONAUT
1314 Air yellow
1334 CAP has splashed a Puma and chasing another two, Puma (army) shot down by Flight Lieutenant Morgan
1337 Splashed second Puma and an Augusta. Augusta 109 (army) 30mm cannon fire Flight Lieutenant Morgan and Flight Lieutenant Leeming. Third Puma (army) 30mm cannon Flight Lieutenant Morgan.
1411 Fourth Puma (army) 30mm cannon Lieutenant Gedge and Lieutenant Commander Braithwait
1423 Possible unknown 270° - 30 miles spurious
1427 Lynx from ARGONAUT attacked surface contact assessing damage
1455 456 closing weapons tight
1538 Possible air attack
1636 Air red mirages
1639 20mm fired
1640 All guns firing 1 bogie splashed by BROADSWORD, this aircraft knocked off ANTELOPE'S after mast
1642 ANTELOPE reports damage
1658 ANTELOPE reports an unexploded bomb (2000lb) on board. This bomb hit the PO’s mess, killed a steward and wounded two others
1705 ANTELOPE has lost compasses and weapon systems operated by emergency means and she is anchoring at position 26
1706 Fast contacts from 315° - A4s
1708 Round Table 175°
1715 Heads up North
1716 Round Table 030°
1725 225° - 6 miles
1728 possible two bogies splashed by BROADSWORD
1735 Assessed by AAWC possible 3 splashed 1 damaged
1754 Air yellow
1759 Air red - Mirage III racket 270°
1804 310° aircraft engaging - opening North
1809 320° - 18 miles from ARGONAUT bogies closing
1811 170° overland spurious
1813 050°
1815 CAP splashed 1 Mirage a Dagger from Grupo 6 pilot Lieutenant Volponi, Lieutenant Hale got him with a Sidewinder
1820 309° Mirage III strength 2
1827 No CAP at all now bogies 320°
1832 CAP now joining 020° strength 2
1848 Possible hostiles North disregarding
1902 Air yellow
1933 Weapons tight 270°
2052 Assume State 1
2059 Fall out
Note, during the middle and morning ANTRIM left GLAMORGAN arrived. In later days Lieutenant Commander Braithwaite would shoot down a puma at Shag Cove House on West Falkland.
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