Help with a SeaWolf Query

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (Navaleye) — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:21:57 GMT

Tony Norman was her CO. He later went on to become an admiral.

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (taschoene) — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:51:31 GMT

Per David Brown, Battleaxe was in Exercise Spring Train along with Broadsword and was pretty much stripped to provide spares to her sister who was headed south. Brown says she went into a scheduled availability that was cut from 15 weeks to 10 but is silent on her duties after that. Max Hastings says Battleaxe did not deploy due to shaft trouble, which could be a...

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (jemb) — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:03:25 GMT

I recall a few years ago, the boards discussed this and it was mentioned she was in refit. Somebody pointed out this was a bit disappointing as she'd only been commissioned in 1980, 2 years previously.

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (drunknsubmrnr) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:11:01 GMT

A large part of Maritime Command was sent to sea to backstop the RN in 1982, just like we did for the USN twenty years earlier.

Kevin

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (Jimlad1) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:55:26 GMT

IIRC the RNZN deployed a frigate to the gulf to cover for the RN.

Other vessels were needed as a strategic reserve back home - partly because the cold war was still likely to get rather hot back then - also because if it all went t*ts up, you didnt want to have all the very expensive bits of your navy on the bottom of the ocean!

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (drunknsubmrnr) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:52:10 GMT

The RN had a certain number of ships "promised" to NATO, and they were required to be deployable in the North Atlantic. Other NATO allies filled in for the RN for some of those ships, allowing them to deploy for the Falklands, but the allied ships took some time to show up.

Kevin

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (hulahoop7) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:35:09 GMT

Yeah, that's obviously a consideration. But couldn't the Type 12's take those tasks while the better ships got on with the hot fighting. Battleaxe eventually came South with Lusty, so she was obviously available.. so strange.

I can only conclude that it either wasn't thought through well or that once again the UK underestimated the threat.

Re: Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (Shinysheff) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:02:43 GMT

I presume we needed Battleaxe and other ships to maintain North Atlantic patrols in case the Soviets took advantage of the situation.

Help with a SeaWolf Query

feeds@yuku.com (hulahoop7) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:53:10 GMT

Does anyone have information to show how many SeaWolf systems were available to the RN in 1982 - so excluding those in deep refit- and how many actually made it South?

It does seem to me that some totally incapable ships were sent into the action, whiltst more suitable boats were kept at home. For instance, why send Plymouth, and not Battleaxe?