RN Aircraft Carriers: Centaur Class 1953
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On 19th May 1982, the Special Air Service Regiment suffered a tragic loss when a Sea King helecopter crashed while cross-decking troops from HMS Hermes to HMS Intrepid during the Falklands conflict.
The Sea King had taken off from H.M.S. Hermes at dusk. The Aircraft was slightly over loaded but because it was short fight the pilot reduced his fuel load to lighten the helicopter.
At 300 ft the Sea King started it's decent towards H.M.S. Intrepid. those on board heard a thump, then another from the engine above them. The Sea King dipped once then dived . Within four seconds it hit the water. Some men were killed instantly and other knocked unconscious in the initial impact. Amazingly 9 men managed to scramble out of the open side door before the helicopter slipped below the waves. They were the only survivors.
Rescuers found bird feathers floating on the surface were the helicopter had impacted the water. It is thought that the Sea King was the victim of a bird strike. One theory is at the Sea King was hit by a Black Browed Albatross which has a 8 ft wing span. The SAS lost 18 men on this night. The regiment had not lost so many men at one tine since the end of the second world war. The accident also killed a member of the Royal Signals, Fleet Air Arm and the only RAF casualty of the war.
ROLL OF HONOUR:
A/CPL Raymond Ernest ARMSTRONG
A/SGT John Leslie ARTHY
A/WO1 Malcolm ATKINSON
A/CPL William John BEGLEY
A/SGT Paul Alan BUNKER
A/CPL Robert Allan BURNS
SGT Philip Preston CURRASS QGM
A/SGT Sidney Albert Ivor DAVIDSON
WOll Lawrence GALLAGHER BEM
A/SGT William Clark HATTON QGM
A/SGT William John HUGHES
A/SGT Philip JONES
L/CPL Paul Neville LIGHTFOOT
A/CPL Michael Vincent McHUGH
A/CPL John NEWTON
A/WOll Patrick O'CONNOR
CPL Stephen John SYKES
CPL Edward Thomas WALPOLE
Cpl Michael David LOVE DSM (Fleet Air Arm)
CPL Douglas Frank McCORMACK (Royal Signals)
FLT LT Garth Walter HAWKINS (RAF)
Today we remember them.
John 15:13
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On 19th May 1982, the Special Air Service Regiment suffered a tragic loss when a Sea King helecopter crashed while cross-decking troops from HMS Hermes to HMS Intrepid during the Falklands conflict.
The Sea King had taken off from H.M.S. Hermes at dusk. The Aircraft was slightly over loaded but because it was short fight the pilot reduced his fuel load to lighten the helicopter.
At 300 ft the Sea King started it's decent towards H.M.S. Intrepid. those on board heard a thump, then another from the engine above them. The Sea King dipped once then dived . Within four seconds it hit the water. Some men were killed instantly and other knocked unconscious in the initial impact. Amazingly 9 men managed to scramble out of the open side door before the helicopter slipped below the waves. They were the only survivors.
Rescuers found bird feathers floating on the surface were the helicopter had impacted the water. It is thought that the Sea King was the victim of a bird strike. One theory is at the Sea King was hit by a Black Browed Albatross which has a 8 ft wing span. The SAS lost 18 men on this night. The regiment had not lost so many men at one tine since the end of the second world war. The accident also killed a member of the Royal Signals, Fleet Air Arm and the only RAF casualty of the war.
ROLL OF HONOUR:
A/CPL Raymond Ernest ARMSTRONG
A/SGT John Leslie ARTHY
A/WO1 Malcolm ATKINSON
A/CPL William John BEGLEY
A/SGT Paul Alan BUNKER
A/CPL Robert Allan BURNS
SGT Philip Preston CURRASS QGM
A/SGT Sidney Albert Ivor DAVIDSON
WOll Lawrence GALLAGHER BEM
A/SGT William Clark HATTON QGM
A/SGT William John HUGHES
A/SGT Philip JONES
L/CPL Paul Neville LIGHTFOOT
A/CPL Michael Vincent McHUGH
A/CPL John NEWTON
A/WOll Patrick O'CONNOR
CPL Stephen John SYKES
CPL Edward Thomas WALPOLE
Cpl Michael David LOVE DSM (Fleet Air Arm)
CPL Douglas Frank McCORMACK (Royal Signals)
FLT LT Garth Walter HAWKINS (RAF)
Today we remember them.
John 15:13
βππ―π’ππ±π’π― π©π¬π³π’ π₯ππ±π₯ π«π¬ πͺππ« π±π₯ππ« π±π₯π¦π°, π±π₯ππ± π πͺππ« π©ππΆ π‘π¬π΄π« π₯π¦π° π©π¦π£π’ π£π¬π― π₯π¦π° π£π―π¦π’π«π‘π°β
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The 'Grey Ghost of the Borneo Coast'....Centaur Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Albion pictured in the mid 1950's.
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HMS Hermes pictured on her return to Portsmouth from the South Atlantic after the Falklands War, July 30th 1982.
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Centaur Class, Commando Carrier HMS Albion (The old grey ghost of the Borneo Coast), pictured as she berths at Rotterdam on June 26th 1972.
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Centaur Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Hermes pictured c1967.
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Albion leaving Portsmouth for Malta in July 1958.
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Another view of Albion in The Solent enroute to Malta in 1958
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Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
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Falklands War veteran, Modified Centaur Class Carrier HMS Hermes pictured in 1982.
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