![]() ![]() ![]() It could have served both as a tribute to the Royal Navy’s lost warships and crewmen, and as a salute to those brave and skilful pilots of the Argentinian Air Force who were killed doing as they were ordered. While the rights of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (aka Malvinas) is still being argued over, it is sad to note that HMS Plymouth could not be saved as the last remaining warship still in UK hands from that short but violent war. However, after many losses, eventually the British Army and Royal Marines were successfully landed on the Islands at San Carlos and, after a series of bloody battles, they managed to retake the islands. The attrition suffered by the Royal Navy was just about matched by the attrition in the Argentine Air Force. The Falklands War, which was started by an invasion of the islands by Argentine forces commanded by its then ruling military Junta, was a close run thing. In effect, a Turkish scrap yard is now set to do what the Argentine Air Force could not: destroy HMS Plymouth. It is sad to report that the former Royal Navy Rothesay-class frigate, HMS Plymouth, which used Sea Cat missiles to fight off low level air attacks during the Falklands War of 1982 (she was set on fire after four non-exploding bombs hit her just outside of San Carlos Water), is now on its way to be scrapped after failing to attract enough revenues as a museum ship. ![]()
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