Jon Major, a cook on HMS Ardent, recalls the moment the ship came under attack in the Falklands War. ... Falklands War: Survivor recalls HMS Ardent sinking. 21 May 2022. Share Save. Kevin Shoesmith.

HMS Forth, naval guardians of the Falklands have spoken of their pride of patrolling the Islands at keeping the eternal flame of 1982 burning. As such they joined the Falklands' fortieth ...

Four decades since the Royal Navy ship he captained was sunk during the Falklands War, Admiral Lord West of Spithead still retains a close bond with the families of those who served and were lost ...

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on June 11, 1982 as stories emerge of HMS Coventry', HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope gallantry By Mollie Delahay Published 11th Jun 2022, 04:55 BST ...

Last Saturday marked 40 years since the sinking of the HMS Ardent during the Falklands War. The ship, which at the time was supporting Operation Sutton, was engaged with an Argentinian airstrip at ...

I WAS just one when my father sailed to the Falklands as the captain of the Royal Navy Type-21 Frigate HMS Ardent. My mum waved him off from Plymouth. A month later, on May 21, 1982, his ship was s… ...

This is the news from the Falklands on May 22, on the day HMS Ardent was sunk. News you can trust since 1877. Sign In. Subscribe.

IT was about midnight when HMS Ardent made her lonely run into Falkland Sound. In the hours that followed, her naval gunfire support kept enemy troops and aircraft pinned down at Goose Green and ...

Falklands War veterans are commemorating the 40th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Ardent during the conflict on May 21, 1982. Following a private event this weekend, veterans will gather at HMS ...