News
Ex Broadsword Oscer Wilde
Ex Broadsword Dickie Davies
8th Mar 2026
Newcastle Scarfs for Falklands Veterans Reunion.Broadsword Shows its friendly edge!
Lieutenant Commander D. J. Mowlam leads the parade through the streets of Chester on Sunday.
The cheerfull crew of HMS Broadsword brought the streets of Chester to life on Saturday. Their ship was adopted by Chester two years ago. so the weekend they were guests of Chester… and they returned the hospitality in full with a dance in the city on Saturday and an open day onboard ship on the Sunday. All the nice girls love a sailor, and some broken hearts are no doubt suffering this week! Some lucky young ladies from Chester were invited to dance away Saturday evening and the crew were adamant that they are “some of the prettiest girls they have seen.” The Mayors secretary, Wendy Heallis, who herself recieved a “thank-you” bouquet, this week, for all her hard work, said the crew were off to the West Indies next, but confided that they would prefer to be staying in Chester. On Sunday the crew played rugby and soccer against Chester rugby club and Chester Nomads. The following day the City beat a team from HMS Broadsword in a golf match, which Broadsword won the previous year. In the afternoon a “mini Olympics” was held at Chester College of Further Education and the College afterwards took th ecrew out to Tiffany’s nighclub. The Mayor of Chester, councillor Roy Lowe, entertained the shi[ps Captain to dinner on Monday anmd lucky youngsters from Dee Banks Special School and Children from Lache First School visited the ship in Birkenhead. The Chronicle Friday 6th November 1981Lynx at sea Aviation News 19th June - 2nd July 1981
Recieved from Sam MacFarlane (Radion Supervisor on HMS Coventry) 21st May 2022
Read out at the AGM today by alan Barry. He had been at wreath laying on the 25th in the past with Sam "Many thanks for the update Alan, it's a shame but will not be able to make it on Sunday due to commitments. I had heard that there is a Merchant Navy service at The Hoe on the 25th and will be very well attended and so our normal 25th of May meeting will not go ahead. Please convey my sincere apologies for not being there but also on my behalf say a very big thank you to your shipmates of Broadsword 82 for my rescue after the demise of HMS Coventry. It was a tough day but we didn't realise that whilst you were pulling us out of the water and landing survivors (including me) on your upper deck whilst you were fighting fires from bomb damage. I would also like to thank you all for the welcome, the kindness, the wee dram in the mess, the steaming boots (one size 9 and one size 10!) and a portion of your after action supper of spag boll before sending us off with three cheers into a landing craft to Fort Austin. Bless you all and have an amazing reunion. P.S. I did manage to get a pair nicks from the laundry on the QEII " Best regards Aye Alan barry
News
Ex Broadsword Oscer Wilde
Ex Broadsword Dickie Davies
8th Mar 2026
Newcastle Scarfs for Falklands Veterans Reunion.Broadsword Shows its friendly edge!
Lieutenant Commander D. J. Mowlam leads
the parade through the streets of Chester
on Sunday.
The cheerfull crew of HMS Broadsword brought the streets of Chester to life on Saturday. Their ship was adopted by Chester two years ago. so the weekend they were guests of Chester… and they returned the hospitality in full with a dance in the city on Saturday and an open day onboard ship on the Sunday. All the nice girls love a sailor, and some broken hearts are no doubt suffering this week! Some lucky young ladies from Chester were invited to dance away Saturday evening and the crew were adamant that they are “some of the prettiest girls they have seen.” The Mayors secretary, Wendy Heallis, who herself recieved a “thank-you” bouquet, this week, for all her hard work, said the crew were off to the West Indies next, but confided that they would prefer to be staying in Chester. On Sunday the crew played rugby and soccer against Chester rugby club and Chester Nomads. The following day the City beat a team from HMS Broadsword in a golf match, which Broadsword won the previous year. In the afternoon a “mini Olympics” was held at Chester College of Further Education and the College afterwards took th ecrew out to Tiffany’s nighclub. The Mayor of Chester, councillor Roy Lowe, entertained the shi[ps Captain to dinner on Monday anmd lucky youngsters from Dee Banks Special School and Children from Lache First School visited the ship in Birkenhead. The Chronicle Friday 6th November 1981Lynx at sea Aviation News 19th June - 2nd
July 1981
Recieved from Sam MacFarlane (Radion
Supervisor on HMS Coventry) 21st May
Read out at the AGM today by alan Barry. He had been at wreath laying on the 25th in the past with "Many thanks for the update Alan, it's a shame but will not be able to make it on Sunday due to commitments. I had heard that there is a Merchant Navy service at The Hoe on the 25th and will be very well attended and so our normal 25th of May meeting will not go ahead. Please convey my sincere apologies for not being there but also on my behalf say a very big thank you to your shipmates of Broadsword 82 for my rescue after the demise of HMS Coventry. It was a tough day but we didn't realise that whilst you were pulling us out of the water and landing survivors (including me) on your upper deck whilst you were fighting fires from bomb damage. I would also like to thank you all for the welcome, the kindness, the wee dram in the mess, the steaming boots (one size 9 and one size 10!) and a portion of your after action supper of spag boll before sending us off with three cheers into a landing craft to Fort Austin. Bless you all and have an amazing reunion. P.S. I did manage to get a pair nicks from the laundry on the QEII "
