SYND 15 12 75 HMS BRIGHTON ENGAGES WITH ICELANDIC GUNBOATS

(10 Dec 1975) Scenes aboard HMS Brighton as they engage in confrontation with Icelandic gunboats, whilst protecting British Trwalers in the North Sea
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[@jangreen5618]

My Brother Gerald Evison served on HMS Brighton.

[@davydavo3627]

I think I served with your brother, 12 mess the stokers messdeck 66/69 . Gerry was already onboard when I joined .She was the F106 and we were in the Cod wars, it must have been 66/67, 6 months in the NATO squadron, America, middle and far east, fine ship, good ships company.

[@andro7862]

Don't fuck with vikings.

[@TraustiGeir]

"North Sea"? I highly doubt this encounter took place there... You might want to check your archives.

[@einsiol]

This obviously did not happen in the North Sea, this is at most 370 km of the Icelandic coast, far away from the North Sea.

[@colinwilson7047]

Wanker

[@TraustiGeir]

@@colinwilson7047 Plonker

[@patrickmurphy9266]

it happened in icelandic fishing waters actually.