On this day in 1982, the Sea Wolf surface-to-air missile was used in combat for the first time. The missile was designed in 1967 and entered service in 1979. When the Royal Navy went to war with Argentina over the Falklands, the only deployable vessels equipped with this weapon were the Type 22 frigates HMS Brilliant, HMS Broadsword, and the Batch 3A Leander-class frigate HMS Andromeda.

 

 

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HMS Illustrious fire on the 3rd of April 1986. At 23:30 whilst reaching full engine revs, she suffered a catastrophic gearbox failure which almost saw the end of the vessel’s naval career. Fire raged for 4 hours, being brought under control by her ship’s company

 

 

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70 years ago today USS Nautilus (SSN 571) began her shakedown cruise during which she hit the highest sustained speed for a submerged cruise ever recorded up to that point in history.

 

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On this day 70 years ago, HMS Protector, an RN Netlayer since 1936, began her new service as the Falklands and Antarctic patrol & survey ship. She was scrapped in 1970, but today her namesake, HMS Protector, still surveys the Antarctic as the RN’s only Ice Patrol Ship.

 

 

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