HMS PLYMOUTH FALKLANDS 1982

[RobertM408]

Was the seacat firecontrol on Plymouth GWS20 or GWS22. Was it a pure optical electrical eyeball system and is that why the l9 years olds holding the missile control joystick able to hit 4 or 5 Skyhawks. There seems great dispute about how many kills Seacat actually made in the Falklands but at the time it seemed the simplest seacat fire control on the Plymouth, Yarmouth, Fearless and Intrepid ere the only ones that were efffective.

[clydeferries]

Talks are a tentitive stage to get the Plymouth to Cornwall

[tina6581]

I remember when it came on the news that the Falklands had been invaded by the Argentineans. My first thought was why are the Argentineans invading the Scottish atlantic islands. Then I hoped they would not invade Sky as I had a cousin on the island. I felt so stupid when I found out the Falklands are at the other end of the planet. In my own defence I was only 12 at the time and almost no one had even heard of the place let alone knew where it was.

[type42sheff]

lying birkenhead docks rotting away, absolute disgrace. bronnington next to her listing badly.

[mono14]

i cant believe this national monument is sat rusting away right outside my works in birkenhead. what a disgrace

[NAIAD49]

What is the latest news on the fate of HMS Plymouth?

Anybody know?

[MrTacticalTeabag]

the Royal Navy are patroling The Falklands as we speak, don't piss us off.

[SuperMole666]

god save the queen!

[nice1squirel]

most of you are full of shit. she was a great fightinng ship, in the Falklands,

[grumpmonk]

I remember the Plymouth. I was on the Mohawk F125.. 1975-78. same dockyard (devonport) she was scrapped in 1981. great vid well done Jack

[SKSlcobbz]

mY DAD was on HMS Hermes

[Christacan]

Bring her home to Plymouth please, don't scrap her.

Save HMS Plymouth.

Great video

[bambosj]

I was on the Plymouth when it crashed in the North Sea while playing war games; I think the skipper was on drugs.

[joe4bristolrugby]

hms plymouth had a reputation for drugs back then

[TaffH]

And how would you know that?

[joe4bristolrugby]

Because my next door neighbor used to serve on her and he said that almost everyone was on the weed or the coke

[TaffH]

There were a couple of lads who were caught in a drugs bust, but that was the exception, and not the norm.  When did your neighbour serve onboard?

[joe4bristolrugby]

He was on board from 1968-1985.

[TaffH]

He could not have been onboard from 1968-1985, that was most probably the time he served in the Navy. He would have been onboard HMS Plymouth about 2 years.

[anthonyavfc]

dont forget the british navy had to sail 8000 miles for this war, a little bit further then 450miles!!!!i sailed to the falklands and trust me...its a very long trip!

[tootiredtobeoriginal]

350 miles.

[kelty66]

In our local paper Dunfermline Press it has been mentioned that she could come back to Rosyth as floating museum

[admsitio]

The argentinian pilots fought well, they are very bravery. Sad to see the war. My respecto for the england people and soldiers, but i have to say that "Las Malvinas Son Argentinas"-.

[tootiredtobeoriginal]

Las Islas Falkland son británicos, siempre han sido, siempre lo será.

[elgriego701]

mmm..! no, primero fueron francesas, despues españolas, y despues argentinas. Y ahora la ocupa una colonia de ingleses.

[tootiredtobeoriginal]

Nope, the British were there before the Spanish and it never passed to Argentina.

[tootiredtobeoriginal]

And isn't a colony anymore.

[surmartinfierro]

estas equivocado los ingleses sacron por la fuerza de alli a un gobernador argentino en 1833 saludos

[tootiredtobeoriginal]

Actually no, bit difficult to do that really, as Mestivier was murdered by his own men in November 1832. And no force whatsoever was used in January 1833.

[flashgrim]

According to Wikepedia:-

"On June 8, a lone Plymouth was attacked by Mirage fighters of the Argentine Air Force, and Able seaman missileman Phil Orr managed to shoot down two with her Sea Cat missile system. However, she was hit by bombs and cannon shells, causing considerable damage to the ship. Plymouth returned to Rosyth Naval Dockyards after the war for repair and refit."

[WinchesterRanger]

If you were on board during the Falklands campaign can you confirm the number of aircraft she shot down with her Seacat missile system.

[jamjamjam89]

I dont know how many she shot down during the whole conflict, but my Uncle Phil shot down seven (he was a Seacat missile aimer)

:-)

[TrooperLFC]

seven? wow thats like a quarter of the total downed argie arcraft. was he given a medal or the usual bollox, mention in dispatches. regards

[jamjamjam89]

He recieved The Falklands Commendation Medal.

He keeps a scrap book of what happened during the war. With pictures he took of ships getting attacked, including the Plymouth etc, it really brings it down to earth what happened there looking through the book.

[TrooperLFC]

cheers mate, full respect :)

[dagger377]

its very easy to shoot down planes without ecm missile alert or even chaffs what is difficult is to hit a ship with that plane and harder is to put it out of combat.

[marjack126]

Your Uncle Phil may have *hit* seven aircraft, but the ship definitely did not shoot down that many, in fact the claim that she shot down 2 has been challenged.

[adamfruitcake]

I dont care where she's moored, so long as she's kept as a museum ship. More of those are needed, I for one found it facinating to learn about her by being on board.

[M1S1R]

I saw Plymouth at her last mooring in Birkenhead last year, just a week or so before she closed. It's a damn shame, but at the same time the preservation society looking after her cocked up. They let themselves get ripped off by some fake public relations company. One born every minute.

[Andymelvin006]

Why isn't she moored in Plymouth? Tight fisted short sighted council, that's why!