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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="Griffiths911" data-source="post: 710344" data-attributes="member: 7364">I remember this day well. I was off-watch when action stations was sounded so I went to my off-watch station (spare personnel, Junior rates dinning hall). I stayed there for a while but ended up being the only one left and got scared so I went to the Operations Room. I stood behind George Foster (TI Operator) and watched the attack on radar. We saw the exocet on radar (19nm...I think) and all hell broke loose. Exeter was firing Seadarts which became visible to our gun crews on the upper deck. A young Sub Lieutenant screamed on the intercom "Alarm Missile........" so all the gunners started to fire at flashes on the horizon that was Exeter's Seadarts that were arching towards the Skyhawks (miles away and well out of range of us). After a few moments of totally confusing action which included our radar operators trying to 'lock-up' the exocet and Skyhawks and the gunners firing small arms wildly at flashes on the distant horizon they were told was an incomming exocet. Eventually the captain asked the young officer for a visual update and got the reply "Sir, I don't know what the f*****g hell is going on!". The Captain was very calm and his eyes were 'smiling'. We never did have any chance of engaging any of the inbound aircraft or missile and did not even get our 909 radars on to any targets. It was all over in a very very quickly and I wish I had stayed in the dinning hall.Argentine view of how it went.:----Recuerdo ese dia muy bien. Estaba libre de guardia cuando la alerta sono y por eso fui a mi estacion libre de guardia (personal de reemplazo, el comedor de oficiales Junior?). Estuve un poco por ahi pero termine siendo el unico que quedaba y me asuste, enonces me dirigi al Cuarto de Operaciones. Me pare detras de Gorge Foster (Operador de TI) y mire el ataque en el radar.Vimos el Exocet en el radar (19nm... creo) y ahi se desato el infierno. El Exeter disparaba Sea Darts, que eran visibles a nuetra tripulacion de artilleros en la cubierta superior. Un joven subteneiente grito en el intercomunicador "Alerta de misil" y todos los artilleros empezaron a disparar a los flashes en el horizonte, que eran los Sea Darts del Exeter convergiendo hacia los Skyhawks (a millas de distancia y bien fuera de nuestro alcance). Despues de unos momentos de total confusion, que incluyeron a nuestros operadores de radar tratando de "Lock Up"el Exocet y los Skyhawks y a los artilleros disparando armas de mano salvajemente a los flashes en el horizonte (porque les habian avisado de un Exocet que se aproximaba).Eventualmente el Capitan le pidio a un joven oficial que le diera un informe visual de la situacion y obtuvo esta respuesta: "Senior, no se que carajo esta pasando". El Capitan estaba muy calmado y sus ojos estaban "sonriendo".Nunca tuvimos ninguna chance de interceptar a los aviones o al misil y nisiquiera usar nuestros radares 909 en ningun blanco. Termino todo muy rapidamente y me hubiera gustado quedarme en el comerdor.La vision argentina de como paso: <img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l245/griffiths911/Untitled100.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Cardiff gunners after action:<img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l245/griffiths911/Image_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina