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The Forgotten Few of the Falklands - Bomb Disposal

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The Forgotten Few of the Falklands

On the morning of 23 May, an Army Royal Engineers team removed the fuze from the bomb in ARGONAUT’s boiler room and it was ditched by the ship’s company.  Lt Cdr MEATYARD conducted his own diving survey of ARGONAUT’s flooded Seacat magazine but shortly afterwards, the Type 21 frigate HMS ANTELOPE arrived in the anchorage with two unexploded bombs on board.  Tragically, attempts to render these safe by the Royal Engineers bomb disposal team using a rocket-propelled fuze extractor resulted in the death of Staff Sergeant James Prescott (posthumously awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal) and severe injuries to Warrant Officer (later Capt) John Phillips (subsequently awarded the DSC).  ANTELOPE was wracked by a series of massive explosions and started to burn from end to end, her lightweight aluminium structure melting in the intense heat.

http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/The_Forgotten_Few_of_the_Falklands.htm

 
That would be a hard no

https://en.mercopress.com/2013/01/24/argentine-defence-minister-ashamed-of-the-santisima-trinidad-sinking-in-port

Unless of course some of the Cruise Ship lines are hard up for cash and will take any job....
 
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