Fleet Air Arm are Coming HMS Hermes-Falklands War 1982

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When Argentina invaded a small group of islands in the South Atlantic, British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher ordered that a task force be sent immediately to recapture the Falkland Islands.
HMS Hermes, a Centaur Class aircraft carrier, was the flagship of the British Task Force for the duration of Operation Corporate. Embarked was hundreds of personnel as well as an airgroup consisting of Sea Harrier V/STOL fighters, Harrier GR.3 ground attack aircraft and Sea King helicopters.
When the Argentines surrendered on 14 June HMS Hermes had played an integral part in the reclaiming of the islands.
After her return home from the conflict Hermes entered into a much needed 4-month refit to her propulsion and electrical systems, as well as a thorough cleaning and repainting. When this was completed in November 1982, she embarked stores and performed work-ups exercises. She then took part in NATO exercises in the North Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea as a commando carrier. In the autumn of 1983 she took part in her last exercise, Ocean Safari, where she reverted to a strike carrier role, embarking 12 Sea Harriers, 10 RAF Harrier GR.3s and 10 Sea Kings. After this exercise, she called into Devonport for a minor refit and thereafter into maintained reserve in Portsmouth.
This video shows rare footage filmed aboard Hermes before and during the Falklands War. The footage has been remastered and environmental sound painstakingly recreated, giving you-the viewer- an excellent glimpse at a warship and her aircraft at war.
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[@jorgemarcelobana61]

Very important historic film ,with the great sacrifice of all the members of the ship

[@militaryaviationtv]

Thank you kindly...

[@PHDarren]

If HMS Ark Royal hadn't been decommissioned or another CATOBAR carrier had replaced it and could operate Buccaneers the Argentinians wouldn't have invaded in the first place. Or maybe if Hermes hadn't been converted and still operated Buccaneers. For those of you who don't what a Buccaneer is it was a very capable long range carrier based strike aircraft, could fly very low and very fast and would have taken out the runway at Port Stanley and any other air defence and ground positions.

[@davymorrison2662]

there would have been 43 squadron also on ark royal witch had f4s

[@ArenBerberian]

Really cool historical vid, thanks for posting!

[@militaryaviationtv]

You are very welcome...

[@Anderson_Militao_de_Santana]

Great Planes, incridible machines and Enginering. Brave and determinated Warriors !

[@steverickman3076]

Not forgetting of course the other Naval Air Squadrons, 737, 815, 829 and 845 & 848.

[@militaryaviationtv]

...and 801, 809...etc...

[@stevenbevis9290]

814 & 820 !

[@martinweber7912]

Bernhardt Memorandum (1910). At the request of the head of the American Department of the Foreign Office, Sidney Spicer, researcher Gastón De Bernhardt prepared a memorandum that condensed the history of the islands and the legal arguments of Great Britain and Argentina. That memorandum served as an internal guide for the Foreign Office until 1938. Bernhardt stated the following: • “The question of sovereignty was specifically excluded from the agreement made with Spain in 1771.” This agreement contained a secret clause by which Great Britain was obliged to abandon the islands, which it did in 1774. • “For 55 years, until 1829 (that is, until 13 years after Argentina's independence was proclaimed), Great Britain showed no interest in the islands.” • “Great Britain began to claim the eastern island only in 1829” (it had never claimed it during Spanish rule; this is the island where Puerto Argentino is located). Spicer Letter (1910). In a letter to De Bernhardt himself, Spicer confessed: “It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the attitude of the Argentine government is not entirely unjustified, and that our action has been somewhat despotic.”

[@murraymusic2633]

Thats a really interesting video, British carrier ops in wartime c1982. Great footage all round.

[@tenkloosterherman]

It was a mistake to axe the Harrier. Do they really think the F-35 can replace this wonderful aircraft?

[@KevinSmith-up1qo]

Harriers British Engineering at its best; still used in the US Navy today….

[@JimNaylor]

RIP Sharkey.

[@qq-uh2mx]

SEA HARRIER IS A AIRCRAFT I LIKE MOST OF HARRIER VARIANTS

[@dkoz8321]

Looking at RAF GR1 and RFAA FRS.1 Harriers land in abysmal weather with two tanks, two AIM-9L, and gunpods, I keep rememebering that under their wings they have 30-40 knots of wind. 20-22 knots from ship's steaming into wind, and weather wind in Atlantic. 30-40 knots under wing for Harrier adds a lot of lift, so it can land with heavier GW then on shore with 5 knots wind. Deck crwss must have gone through a lot of hot coffee and tea, with cold tablets. This looks like miserable working conditions.

[@felixalbertosantamaria7391]

Ahora se entiende el ataque la Aviación Naval Argentina del 25 de mayo de 1982 !! El blanco de los exocets era el HMS Hermes, pero por proximidad fue impactado el Atlantic Conveyor, de similar tamaño. Gracias por el excelente documento histórico !!! Now you understand the attack on the Argentine Naval Aviation on May 25, 1982!! The target of the exocets was HMS Hermes, but the Atlantic Conveyor, of similar size, was hit by proximity. Thank you for the excellent historical document!!

[@militaryaviationtv]

You are very welcome...

[@richardpeachey1103]

Fantastic short film of Hermes on its way to war. I am just reading a book of the SAS and SBS taking back south Georgia and the very start of the conflict and the loss of Troopers in the Helicopter that was moving the troop from one ship to the next.

[@philipcrabtree1679]

You could have completed the story by stating that Hermes was sold to the Indian Navy in 1986 & became INS Vikrant. 809 Sqdn did not exist down south, because when the aircraft were split between the two carriers, they became an integral part of 800&801 Sqdns. I know because I was there throughout the conflict as part of 801 Sqdn

[@militaryaviationtv]

Hi Philip. Glad you like the video, hope it brought back some good memories. With regards 809, yes, you're right in that the squadron split between 800 & 801, but 809 still had a command structure, with Cdr Tim Gedge being consulted with operational requirements of 'his' aircraft. 'Sharkey' Ward and Andy Auld would have meetings with Tim Gedge regularly to discuss how things were going, and if there was any specific jobs to be undertaken.

[@andrewnoonan4044]

Yes, in the end Hermes outlived Invincible....

[@tony9532]

Hi, I saw many of these footages in pieces in the differents documentaries I've seen of this war. I've never seen this footage of the Atlantic Conveyor . The remastering is very good!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

[@militaryaviationtv]

You are very welcome Tony. Glad you enjoyed it...

[@joserafaelzepeda-garza9971]

Superbe ! Beautiful ! The White Man Magic !

[@lawrenceabbott5292]

What about HMS Invincible and the great Sharkey Ward. The man who understood how to use the Blue Fox. He also got Morts to obtain the position of the Argentine carrier. Long live 801 NAS the premier squadron of the Falklands.

[@militaryaviationtv]

Sadly, there is hardly any footage from Invincible, like this footage. The film crews were all moved to Hermes because HRH Prince Andrew was serving aboard Invincible. Sharkey and 'Morts' are legends. Here is a talk by 'Morts' given at Yeovilton a few years ago; kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4XCl5lujbN_qKc

[@user-lb3hd7ip4o]

Funny thing is if their Argentina's Islands how come no Argentina's ever lived There? And America and Europe thought we would not win, but we did. No thankyou to France your missiles sold to Argentina 🤢. My our Boys rest in Peace thankyou 🌹🇬🇧🌹🇬🇧🌹🇬🇧🌹🇬🇧🌹🇬🇧🌹🇬🇧✌

[@thatwormhole1760]

France sold missiles to Argentina before the war, once Argentina took the islands, France stopped selling stuff to Argentina, and cut ties with Argentina, know your facts.

[@user-oz4ph3qn3x]

one should write Rhe fleet air arm is coming and nothing else, comprende ??????

[@militaryaviationtv]

Why? This video focuses on HMS Hermes as part of the wider Task Force.

[@Mikemackem]

Christ, even the pinkies were out painting !

[@militaryaviationtv]

Well, they had to do something useful! 😁

[@steverickman3076]

😂

[@user-sw9xk2lc1w]

Realmente impresionante todo el movimiento en esa campaña para sacar a los invasores de sus hermosas islas. En hora buena para todos ellos. Felicitaciones y bendiciones.

[@martinweber7912]

On April 2, 1982, Argentina took possession of the Malvinas Islands, a territory usurped by the English in 1833. The occupation began a war that would end two months later - on June 14, 1982 - with more than 650 dead. on the Argentine side and more than 250 dead, from the English armed forces. The war was the drowning blow that the dying dictatorship tried to give in order to perpetuate itself in power. Below we reproduce two dispatches from Rodolfo Terragno, who was in London when the conflict broke out and became a correspondent for the conflict for the Diario de Caracas. In the first dispatch, “The ‘humiliation’ plunges Thatcher into a crisis”, dated April 2, Terragno details how the occupation of the Malvinas was experienced in Great Britain and presents the general characteristics of the Malvinas Islands. In the second, “London has known since 1910 that it has no right over the Falklands,” pointing out that since 1910 various officials from the British Foreign Ministry have questioned the right of the United Kingdom over the archipelago.