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Through Fire and Water: HMS Ardent: The Forgotten Frigate of the Falklands

Through Fire and Water: HMS Ardent: The Forgotten Frigate of the Falklands

Higgitt, Mark

Paperback

Australia & OceaniaGeneral World HistoryOther Wars

ISBN10: 1839014652
ISBN13: 9781839014659
Publisher: Lume Books
Published: Nov 18 2021
Pages: 582
Weight: 1.61
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
When HMS Ardent made her lonely midnight run into Falkland Sound, one hour ahead of the British amphibious group that would retake the Falkland Islands, the average age of the 200 men on board was 23.

In the crucial hours that followed, her naval gunfire support kept enemy troops and aircraft pinned down at Goose Green and Darwin. Despite a few scares, it all looked good. Until 5.44pm. At that moment, in the gloom of the gathering dusk, Ardent came under the most concentrated attack of any ship taking part in the landings. She was hit 17 times in 22 minutes and one in four of her ship's company were either killed or wounded. She lost a higher proportion of her men than any other fighting unit in the war. So why has the British public forgotten her name?

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