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Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat

The Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Campaign in the Falklands/Malvinas War

Series : Latin America@War #21

Author : Mariano Sciaroni, Andy Smith

Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat : The Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Campaign in the Falklands/Malvinas War

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General - Pages : 72 | Images : 94 b/w photos, 7 colour & 3 b/w maps, 7 colour profiles, 8 tables

Paperback - Date of Publication : 15th December 2020 | Size : 297mm x 210mm | ISBN : 9781913336394 | Helion Book Code : HEL1265

eBook - ISBN : 9781915113429

When the Task Force of the Royal Navy started its southbound voyage, as the second major act during the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1982, its commanders assessed the Argentine submarines as the greatest threat.

Even if limited in total size and scope, this threat was so conditioning that the conclusion was that it had to be neutralised at the earliest possible moment in time, otherwise no victory would have been possible.

The British believed that the Argentines would wait for them in the waters of the war zone with two modern and dangerous German-made Type-209 submarines, and a modified US-built submarine dating back to the Second World War.

After locating and engaging ARA Santa Fe during Operation Paraquet, the recapture of South Georgia/Georgias del Sur, the Royal Navy Task Force detected and tracked multiple sonar contacts over the following days and weeks of the Falklands/Malvinas war. Indeed, they ultimately fired no fewer than 31 torpedoes, 49 depth-charges and 21 mortar salvoes at these.

Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat is the story of the crews of 22 warships, submarines, anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, and Nimrod submarine-hunter aircraft, their intensive and advanced training, and combat experiences. This story draws on interviews and official Argentine and British records to tell a story that has never been told before and is richly illustrated with rare photographs and specially commissioned artworks and maps.

 

""This is an absorbing analysis of what it was like to serve during the most intense series of operations since the Second World War. [...] It is an insightful review of the cultural shifts, the impact of almost continuous overseas deployment and the disruption created by ever-changing policies....This brief but very valuable book describes the realities of allegedly “state-of-the-art” anti-submarine activities during the Falklands War in 1982 when Britain’s Royal Navy was still, again allegedly, a global naval power.....Providing an excellent foundation for further analysis of the whole ASW conundrum, this book offers a feast of food for thought." Baird Maritime

"....The great value of this work derives from its attention to details which may remain unaddressed in more land or air-centric narratives....Mariano Sciaroni and Andy Smith’s Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat provides important material, from both the British and Argentine points of view, pertaining to the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War, and in particular the “cat and mouse” anti-submarine game played out in the dark and unforgiving waters of the South Atlantic. Readers may be surprised to hear of the large amount of ordnance used to prosecute potential sub-surface targets, among other details which presents this heretofore neglected aspect of history as a rich tapestry of desperate efforts to stem a worrisome undersea foe......The range of images and the attention to detail they exhibit will prove valuable not only for naval history buffs but also modelers...." The Naval Historical Foundation

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