B r o a d s w o r d Association
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A New funtion has been added for submission of photos to the
website.
Photos will be reviewed and added to the Gallery. Click here to
upload photo.
CMEM Dave Potts Chief Stoker 1985 Contributed by Richie
Marchant 09/02/21
New photos added to the 1984 gallery contributed by Richie Marchant
09/02/21
Guard training for Chester 1984 Submitted by Dave Bracken Source Joe Jordan
May 21st 1982 Broadsword passes Norland to drop off landing instructions.
30/06/20
Photo added in Homecoming Falklands Gallery of Broadsword anchored in Plymouth
Sound 22nd July 82 before arriving alongside the next day.
25/06/20
Cenotaph March Past Nov 12th 2019
HMS Broadsword Battle Ensign
flown at the masthead throuout Operation
Corporate
2nd April - 14th June 1982
Presented by Captain WR Canning DSO
MBE, Officers and men
of HMS Broadsword to the WO & SR's Mess HMS Drake on
the 21st Mayb 2019
In Memory of Shipmates still on patrol
'Lest We Forget'
Mini Reunion at Joint Forces HQ Northwood HMS Wildfire 25th May 2019
31/5/19
Alan Barry & Carl Brassington lay wreath on Plymouth Memorial
29/05/19
Broadswords at the SAMA Reunion 2019
29/05/19
More photos from 1984 contributed by Dave Bracken
28/05/19
Broadswords Battle Ensign from 1982 is presented to HMS Drake
Falklands 82, slowing down for RAS approach with RFA Tidespring (Tony Whitley
RFA Tidespring)
08/03/19
Dave Bracken taken on New Islands during 1984 deployment
08/03/19
Limited stocks £3.76ea
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08/03/19
The Buffer of 82 Jim (Dinger) Bell gets a visit
02/01/19
Remembrance Parade 2018 Gallery
Captain William Robert Canning London Gazette 8th October 1982
17/8/18
Photos
from this years Reunion in Bristol Mercure Hotel 18th & 19th May 2018
22/05/18
A short article from Warship World of the life of Tidespring with a few mentions
of Broadsword. (contributed by Nick Page) 30/03/18
Broadsword 1960 photos contributed by MEM Norman Wooley
18/03/18
A view from HMS Active of Broadsword deeply shrouded with ram panels
during Armilla patrol in 1987
17/03/18
Remembrance 2017 photos added
28/11/17
Armilla Patrol handover 1985, photo taken from HMS Jupiter. 3 photos contributed
by Macca added to 85 gallery.
16/08/17
Added to the Broadsword section this document is slowly being added due to its
large amount of pages. 11/08/17
Broadsword pay respects 35 years on. 04/6/17
HMS Wildfire get together
31/05/2017
Spider Webster under port bridge wing tez 82
Phot taken/contributed by Mal
Palin 28/5/2017
Broadsword Devonport April 1989
Broadsword entering Portsmouth April 1987 (contributed by Brian Fisher)
11/09/16
Summer 2016 Newsletter
31/07/16
Contributed by Matterson Marine Collection, Original photographer unknown
Thee photos of Broadsword entering Montreal October 82.
30/06/16
Photos added to the Springtrain 82 Gallery taken by John D Henry
25/06/16
Two photos added to the Accension Gallery
10/06/16
Photos contributed by John Durston added to the 1985 gallery
05/06/16
New photo of Coventry added 31/05/16
New photo of Coventry added to the gallery
28/05/16
Visitor graph added with link to it at the bottom of the left navigation menu. 22/05/16
Chester Reunion May 2016
Video section added for any video that has footage of HMS Broadsword
included. 15/06/16
The
Remembrance Parade list in the events
section has now been modified so that additions to the list are now live on the
site.
We have 36 spaces first come first served. If you cannot attend there is also a form to
remove yourself from the list. 14/05/16
The
shipmates list has now been modified so
that additions to the list are live.
Change of email is also easier by adding
to list and then removing for your old entry.
If you just want to be removed
then click the remove from list form.
08/05/16
Added 18/9/15 Aviation News June
1981 Lynx at sea with HMS Broadsword
Added 16/9/15 A
letter from Captain Norman while at Yarrow
16/9/15 New
picture HMS Broadsword in Plymouth 1980
High resolution scans added to the Yarrows gallery from the Commisioning Book
BROADSWORD No1 Original Limited Edition Artworks by Nick Barwis from
www.jackstaxi.net
BROADSWORD No1 Original Limited Edition Artworks by Nick Barwis from
www.jackstaxi.net
SAMA82 Reunion at The Hilton, Swindon 28/03/15
Remembrance Parade London 2014
Reunion HMS Drake 24th May 2014
HMS Broadsword by YARROW (SHIPBUILDERS) LTD
Hermes Broadsword & Yarmouth at Ascension island
High Resolution images added in the Ardent
gallery. Click to see the picture.
If you have a mouse wheel push the wheel
down and use mouse to move around the zoomed image, or use scroll bars.
RNA Padre, Reverend John (Bomber) Mills sends all good regards to Broadsword
Members
and contributes photos of his father ex Broadsword Leading Telegraphist Joe Mills
Remembrance Sunday 2013 Broadsword Remembers those we left behind
Coventry in her final resting place 300ft below the surface 14 miles off Pebble
Island October 1982
Used by kind permission of DC Thomson & Co Ltd
www.dcthomson.co.uk
HMS Coventry Sinking Remembered | Forces TV
Video of Broadsword arriving home 23rd July 82
Erol Flynn and Fez Parker Birkenhead
Fez Parker and Tanzy Lee Baltimore 82
Jan Cahill, Brum ?, Scouse Carragher, Fez Parker, ? Mombasa 1984
Captain " I can sink to any depth" Biggs, in the background Lt (now
Commodore) David Steele - Porto 1985
Brum, Dave, Stawbs and Sid sat on the 182 torpedo decoy Quarterdeck POS
1983 (Contributed by Fez Parker)
Tanzy San Carlos 1983 (Contributed by Fez
Parker)
PO(S) Pony Moore and AB(S) Fez Parker 1983
(Contributed by Fez Parker)
Fez, Scouse Ball, Spud Hanwell and Sid Bawler
Madeira 1983 (Contributed by Fez Parker)
Charlie, Strawbs, Tanzy, Brum, Debbie
Reynolds, Dave Croft and Spud Hanwell Falklands 83 (contributed by
Fez Parker)
Broadsword rugby team Falklands 83 waiting for
the pongos to turn up to play, they called it off .... too cold!!