From 'Bomb Alley' to baptism; REMEMBER WHEN.CHRISTENING christening: see baptism. parties were the order of the day for these Falkland sailors when they returned from the war in September, 1982. According to the Chronicle archives, engineer Malcolm Craig, 21, of Elland Close, Kenton Bar, Newcastle, thought he might never see his baby son David when two 500lb bombs dropped close to HMS Fearless in "Bomb Alley". The warship warship, any ship built or armed for naval combat. The forerunners of the modern warship were the men-of-war of the 18th and early 19th cent., such as the ship of the line, frigate, corvette, sloop of war (see sloop), brig, and cutter. was in San Carlos Water Not to be confused with San Carlos River San Carlos Water is a bay/fjord on the west coast of East Falkland, facing onto the Falkland Sound. Name off the islands when an Argentine Mirage made an unexpected attack and the bombs landed just 10 metres from the ship. In a special ceremony HMS Fearless held the christening ceremony for the three crewmen from Tyneside and County Durham. Pictured with wives and babies are, from left, Malcolm Craig, Trevor O'Neill and Joe Davis. See Ray Marshall's blog on www.tyneofourlives.co.uk |
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