BobClay
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Sadly the loss of the Atlantic Conveyor was quite a blow for the Army. They lost a lot of their equipment which made their job of crossing the islands much tougher.
An old ship I sailed on when I first joined Canadian Pacific, the G.A. Walker, was carrying 26,000 tons of AVGAS for the RN. They kept her way out in the southern Atlantic, well out of range of Argentina, sending out RFA replenishment vessels (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) to top up and then fuel the carriers and aircraft. Nobody onboard complained about not being mentioned or being unsung .. carrying that amount of AVGAS you definitely don't want to be noticed !
When she came into Port Stanley she anchored nearby, and we sent across a huge stock of beer we'd loaded for her, that was more than enough acknowledgement they wanted for their efforts.
PS. The G.A. Walker crew were a bit baffled when an Army Chinook carrying a huge rubber bowser turned up at their anchorage and begged for some of their cargo. A product tanker delivers its cargo via huge pipes lined up in a deck manifold. I heard however they did figure something out and told the chopper to drop the bowser on the deck and come back later, which they did. I suspect a few rules were bent in order to do that.
An old ship I sailed on when I first joined Canadian Pacific, the G.A. Walker, was carrying 26,000 tons of AVGAS for the RN. They kept her way out in the southern Atlantic, well out of range of Argentina, sending out RFA replenishment vessels (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) to top up and then fuel the carriers and aircraft. Nobody onboard complained about not being mentioned or being unsung .. carrying that amount of AVGAS you definitely don't want to be noticed !
When she came into Port Stanley she anchored nearby, and we sent across a huge stock of beer we'd loaded for her, that was more than enough acknowledgement they wanted for their efforts.
PS. The G.A. Walker crew were a bit baffled when an Army Chinook carrying a huge rubber bowser turned up at their anchorage and begged for some of their cargo. A product tanker delivers its cargo via huge pipes lined up in a deck manifold. I heard however they did figure something out and told the chopper to drop the bowser on the deck and come back later, which they did. I suspect a few rules were bent in order to do that.
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