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Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

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Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by Mark » Wed May 25, 2022 9:02 am

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/
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by romeo bravo » Wed May 25, 2022 10:45 am

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 ;-)

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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by seven » Wed May 25, 2022 11:18 am

Without forgetting HMS Coventry and her crew.
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by The Phantom » Wed May 25, 2022 11:44 am

Frightening that it's 40 years ago!

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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by garyscott » Thu May 26, 2022 10:34 pm

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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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by Stug298 » Fri May 27, 2022 6:06 am

seven wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 11:18 am
Without forgetting HMS Coventry and her crew.
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....

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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by welshandy » Fri May 27, 2022 6:32 am

Mark wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 9:02 am
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/
Remembered here on the Severn Valley Railway. Class 40 Diesel 40106 is named in honour of the Ship & Crew.

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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by Mark » Fri May 27, 2022 8:01 am

welshandy wrote:
Fri May 27, 2022 6:32 am
Mark wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 9:02 am
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/
Remembered here on the Severn Valley Railway. Class 40 Diesel 40106 is named in honour of the Ship & Crew.
I didn't know that... I always loved the class 40's
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Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years

Post by 22A » Sat May 28, 2022 2:17 pm

romeo bravo wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 10:45 am
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 ;-)
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.
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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