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Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
It's 40 years today that the ACL vessel 'Atlantic Conveyor' was hit by 2 Exocet missiles.
RIP to all the crew, armed forces personnel and volunteers from the Mersey Dock and Harbour company that lost their lives that day..
https://www.atlantic-conveyor.co.uk/
RIP to all the crew, armed forces personnel and volunteers from the Mersey Dock and Harbour company that lost their lives that day..
https://www.atlantic-conveyor.co.uk/
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
I wonder if they ever found out what she was actually carrying on that fateful day. It did seem a lot of inventory items were 'lost' when she went down ;-)
Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
Without forgetting HMS Coventry and her crew.
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
Frightening that it's 40 years ago!
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
Makes you feel old . . . . Can remember the papers, the evening news reports, the radio . . . . Somehow doesn’t really seem that long ago . . .
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I was serving at RAF Lyneham back then and whilst waiting for transport outside the airmen's mess to work a young sailor asked me if id heard any news about the war? i said " we've just lost the Coventry mate"....he said "oh no my brothers on that"....left me cold i didn't know what to say....
Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
Remembered here on the Severn Valley Railway. Class 40 Diesel 40106 is named in honour of the Ship & Crew.Mark wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:02 amIt's 40 years today that the ACL vessel 'Atlantic Conveyor' was hit by 2 Exocet missiles.
RIP to all the crew, armed forces personnel and volunteers from the Mersey Dock and Harbour company that lost their lives that day..
https://www.atlantic-conveyor.co.uk/
Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
I didn't know that... I always loved the class 40'swelshandy wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 6:32 amRemembered here on the Severn Valley Railway. Class 40 Diesel 40106 is named in honour of the Ship & Crew.Mark wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:02 amIt's 40 years today that the ACL vessel 'Atlantic Conveyor' was hit by 2 Exocet missiles.
RIP to all the crew, armed forces personnel and volunteers from the Mersey Dock and Harbour company that lost their lives that day..
https://www.atlantic-conveyor.co.uk/
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
Three Chinooks and some Wessex were on board, a lot of tents and at least one Atrel cabin for processing photo recce film once ashore.romeo bravo wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 10:45 amI wonder if they ever found out what she was actually carrying on that fateful day. It did seem a lot of inventory items were 'lost' when she went down ;-)
Dunno if true, but... I've been told there was only one copy of the full cargo manifest and that was on board!
The story goes that when that fact leaked out one of the AAC squadrons claimed they all had their mess kits on board in readiness for a celebratory meal when the war ended and as it could not be proved either way, the insurance company paid up. Anyone confirm this please?
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