Falklands War - June 2nd 1982 War Diary of Crew member of HMS Yarmouth

2nd June

1100 Joined up with the main group, CARDIFF, BRISTOL, EXETER, AMBUSCADE. ALACRITY, ACTIVE, INVINCIBLE, HERMES, BRILLIANT, BROADSWORD, AVENGER, IRIS REGENT, FORT AUSTIN, SIR TRISTRAM, STROMNESS,BLUE ROVER,UGANDA, NORDIC FERRY AND OLMEDA

1545 Start vertrep with REGENT and FORT AUSTIN

1617 Action stations

1624 fired chaff ‘D’ possible Entendards 223°

1641 Air yellow

1724 Action stations Zippo 4 called (missile release) possible raid from the West Handbrake

1725 Air red

1732 Air yellow

1733 State 1

1739 Fall out

1800 Carry on with vertrep then RAS (L) with OLMEDA