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<blockquote data-quote="Griffiths911" data-source="post: 1721955" data-attributes="member: 7364">Página 107 Ordeal By Exocet - Ian Inskip:&quot;Friday, 21 May - Mike Barrow's 50th BirthdayAs Mike Barrow entered the ops room he was greeted with a rendition of 'Happy Birthday', a cake courtesy of the chefs and a bottle of bubbly courtesy of his wife. Celebrations did not last long, with action stations at 0130. Our first target was the ridge north of Magellan Cove. To reach it we would have to steam a mile off the clearly visible coast, virtually within rifle range, to lob shells over Mount Brisbane. At 0200, Glamorgan's guns once more shattered the quiet of night.We were not being jammed which meant that the opposition had not expected us in the vicinity. I made full use of 1006, a rare luxury. Apart from firing HE and starshell, we also loaded the guns with chaff charlie, sowing three 'ships' in Bahía de la Anunciación (Berkeley Sound). We hoped these would convince the enemy that other ships were approaching the shore. After firing the chaff, we hauled out to port to avoid entering the minefield, concluding our first circuit.Whilst the gunnery was in progress the MCO and ops room teams had been making a lot of transmissions to simulate activity; one of the PWOs even resorted to reading passages of the seamanship manual on secure voice. On the upper deck, scare charges were being dropped and Verey lights fired. In every possible way saying 'Hello! we are here!'..........&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Griffiths911, post: 1721955, member: 7364"] [I]Página 107[/I] [B]Ordeal By Exocet - Ian Inskip[/B]: "Friday, [B]21 May[/B] - Mike Barrow's 50th Birthday As Mike Barrow entered the ops room he was greeted with a rendition of 'Happy Birthday', a cake courtesy of the chefs and a bottle of bubbly courtesy of his wife. Celebrations did not last long, with action stations at 0130. Our first target was the ridge north of Magellan Cove. To reach it we would have to steam a mile off the clearly visible coast, virtually within rifle range, to lob shells over Mount Brisbane. At 0200, Glamorgan's guns once more shattered the quiet of night. We were not being jammed which meant that the opposition had not expected us in the vicinity. I made full use of 1006, a rare luxury. Apart from firing HE and starshell, we also loaded the guns with chaff charlie, sowing three 'ships' in Bahía de la Anunciación (Berkeley Sound). We hoped these would convince the enemy that other ships were approaching the shore. After firing the chaff, we hauled out to port to avoid entering the minefield, concluding our first circuit. Whilst the gunnery was in progress the MCO and ops room teams had been making a lot of transmissions to simulate activity; one of the PWOs even resorted to reading passages of the seamanship manual on secure voice. [I][B]On the upper deck, scare charges were being dropped and Verey lights fired. In every possible way saying 'Hello! we are here!'.........."[/B][/I] [/QUOTE]

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Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982