Falklands: Emotional memories of HMS Sheffield's 1982 sinking
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2022
- In 1982, then-22-year-old Chris Purcell has been serving on HMS Sheffield's galley and as a gunner when Argentinian jets attacked the vessel during the Falklands conflict.
Warning: some viewers may find the memories discussed in this video upsetting.
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Hello Chris, I am a Falkland Islander and I was in the Falklands during the war. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for giving our freedom back in 1982.
🥰👍🍺🇬🇧 I worked with the people who liberated you all thank god. God Bess you all and the penguins 😉
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
pero no tendràs nunca 3 estrellas😃
Thank you for telling your story for the sake of history. You have nothing to feel guilty about.
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Please! Please don't feel guilt! You did your bit for Queen and country! Just as my uncles and parents did there bit in WWII! May I say to you thank you for what you did!
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Hi Chris, I understand your pain. Its really important though I think to remember that your friends & colleagues would want you to fully live your life without guilt. I know its easy to say, but we only get one chance with life after all. Wishing you all the best!!
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Other Navy ships in the area detected the incoming enemy aircraft and put up their defences and jammers, and they sent out warnings but the Sheffield was sending a transmission at the time and didn’t get the message.
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Exactly the same way the Ukrainians got Moskva. Using that particular form of comms caused Sheffield to have some of its defences down.
Certainly not a problem with RN vessels now. That it's still a problem for the Russians shows just how awful the technology level of their navy is.
@@hmq9052 There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
@@davidpnewton There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
@@davidpnewton That's somewhat unclear actually. The inspection reports for the Moskva said that both radar systems were inoperable, as was the CIWS. It might have been that they jammed themselves, or it might have been to try to cover up their ineptitude.
Thank you for your service, Chris.
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
God bless you all!!! Thank you for your service ✝️
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
I was in Los Angeles California USA at the time. I remember the dichotomy of feelings of people that I associated with. Those that were Latino/Hispanic were supporting Argentina. Everyone else was supporting UK. I had even framed a copy of the iconic Newsweek cover of the Falklands War (The Empire Strikes Back). Unfortunately I lost that in one of my many moves. This story is sad and moving. I salute those that served and those that didn't come back.
So was i
And now the Democrats are allowing millions of your natural enemies walk into your country...they loathe whites!
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Very sad to see, one of the brave crew remembering his shipmates! And how it affects him like so many other people who suffer. Grateful to hear their memories.
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Mate you have nothing to feel guilty about, you were doing your duty in the worst outcome of your career mate and you should be proud of what you did.
Hey Chris bro, I've some good friends who are shipmates of yours on Shinny Sheff, Ginge Hiscutt, Bones Bartlett, and other friends that were on other ships down South.
Mate I know exactly how the guilt affects you, because I suffer the same effect from service in NI, take care brother,
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
He did his job and so did they. Protected civilians who needed help. That's all that matters in the end. Good people.
Chris, dont feel guilty. Your number wasn't drawn that day from lifes unlucky lottery. Don't mourn them, just remember them as they would for you if the situation was reversed. Being ex-service I was in Portsmouth the night of the 04 May 82 - it was horrible - mainly with the not knowing and no immediate visibility of the casualty lsit. Be strong mate.
I'm reminded of the words of a Tommy who fought in Italy. "We soon learned that our real enemy was not the Germans or the Italians, but fate. Fate, as random and un-caring as army orders. "You and you, dead. The rest of you, on the truck.""
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Hi Percy. it has taken me until now to watch anything to do with the Sheffield, ABR Paul Stoner here, I never talked about it and watching this was hard. Don't know why I am writing this, just felt I needed to say hi. Paul
I have an infinity with HMS Sheffield as my husband served on the Cruiser Sheffield and my daughter served on the Frigate Sheffield, and my friend lost her husband when the Exocet hit, he was a cook in the galley, I was so shocked when the news came on the tv about her which left me feeling totally bereft, so what it must be like for surviving members of her crew must be dreadful, There should be no sense of guilt as the surviving crew were doing their duty and I feel it was so brave of Chris to talk about it, I hope it gave him a sense of peace. Thinking every year on the 4th May about all on the HMS Sheffield, the survivors and those that lost their lives,, I’m an ex Jenny Wren
Chris, it couldn’t have happened any other way my friend.
Remarkable and heart wrenching!
Percy me old mate your still the pride of Yorkshire
Hello uncle Chris , Love you, and admire everything you have done.
I was at the launch of HMS Sheffield. There were some Argentinean naval officers there for the to see the check on progress l, or the keel laying of their ship their ship, the Hercules.
The ARA Hercules, did her Sea trials at Portland with FOST and spent many months at Portland.The UK built 'Hercules' and her sister ship for the Argentinian Navy in the early 80s
If you were brought aboard Hermes, I was someone who ambled through on my way to watch and bought all the Mars Bars and cokes for survivors. I get it.
There is not a single proof of the Sheffield being attacked on May the 4th. !
Thanks for your service Chris, there's nothing to feel guilty about ❤️
Went on board for a 'call round' to these guys in Pompey dockyard day before they set off to spend their Christmas '81 on Armilla Patrol, then met up with them in Gib on their way back. Just recognised a shipmate a I joined up with in that last photo :( . BZ Shiny Sheff never forgotten. .... I think I got those brief details right. Apologies if I haven't.
Proud to have served with this man, he wore his uniform and served his nation in the finest traditions of the Royal Navy, up spirits Percy !👏👍🥃⚓️
I remember this ship being hit.I was only twelve at the time.
As I have seen, in documentaries... wasn't the captain talking to his wife, using up what was supposed to be guarding the Sheffield???
Maybe you should get your facts straight before posting.
never a more just and righteous war in my opinion. rest in peace everyone that paid the ultimate sacrifice.
FUERON ATACADOS EL 1 DE MAYO?
God bless
Regardless the politics.. War is real for some.
According to the captions, it was hit with an Ecstasy missile.
The world would be a better place if we fired off a few of those
Wonder if you knew my cousin Michael 🤔
Exocet Missiles, supplied, prepared and fitted to the A4’s by FRENCH Tecnicians/Armourers!
Oh dear. Get your basic facts right!
The A-4 Skyhawk did NOT carry Exocet. It was the Super Etendard that carried Exocet. Yes Exocet is a French system but why did the Argentines only have five? Partially through extensive French efforts to stop them getting any more.
Oh and how many sides of the war did Type 42 destroyers of Sheffield's design fight on? 2. The UK supplied 2 to the Argentines a few years before 1982.
@@davidpnewton French efforts? Thatcher was the one that threatened to nuke Buenos Aires if Mitterrand did not give her the codes of the Exocets.
@mateowag yes French efforts. The OP is a mixture of lies and utter nonsense.
As for your contribution? Also a lie. Thatcher never made that threat and more importantly never would have made it. She understood the strategic calculus and uses of nuclear weapons. She knew that for small wars like the Falklands nukes are essentially useless as the political fallout of using them is vastly disproportionate to any useful military effect achieved.
Its time to stop torturing your self bro! 👍
CHICLAYO PERU AMÉRICA 🌎 🌎
France is still providing support to Argentina
No british pirate should be able to step argentinean soil and get out alive
Thats the kind of thinking that caused the upset in the first place.
What about the argentine people that live in the uk, do you think that is how we feel. get yourself a education
Malvinas argentinas!!
Falklands is British
U lost the war it’s about time Argentina gave up its getting boring now
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@@keithroberts4559 lol. Its like I will says that the man island belongs to argentina
@@electro1942 Come and get it.