Longcast 1982

January 1982 01 - 10 Dormant Leave 11 - 17 Recovery Time 18 - 24 SMP 25 - 31 AMP (Pre Deployment) February 01 - 07 AMP 08 - 08 Ammunition Ship, Sail for W/T and System Calibrations 09 - 10 W/T and System Cals. Passage to North Sea 11 - 12 Squadron Ops in North Sea. Passage to Rosyth (ETA 121120) 12 - 14 Rosyth weekend 15 - 16 JMC 821 Harbour Phase 16 - 20 JMC 821 Work up Phase 21 - 26 JMC 821 Ocean Phase 26 - 28 Rosyth Weekend March 01 - 02 Rosyth - Post JMC Debrief 02 - 04 Passage to Devonport in company BATTLEAXE, ARETHUSA 04 - 10 Devonport (9 - Ammunition Ship) 10 - 11 Weapon Training Plymouth areas 11 - 17 Devonport 17 - 24 Exercise Springtrain en route Gibraltar 24 - 29 Gibraltar - Exercise Springtrain Harbour Phase 29 - 31 Exercise Springtrain Mediterranean Phase April 01 - 02 Exercise Springtrain 02 - 06 Visit Naples 07 - 26 Passage to Indian Ocean via Suez. Visit(s) en route. 26 - 30 Armilla Patrol. May 01 - 31 Armilla Patrol. Visits to be arranged. June 01 - 04 Armilla Patrol. Visits to be arranged. 05 - 24 Mombasa for AMP 21 - 30 Armilla Patrol. Visits to be arranged. July 01 - 04 Armilla Patrol. Visits to be arranged. August 01 - 13 Passage to UK (Visits en route?) 13 - 13 Arrive devonport 13 - 31 Devonport. Leave, AMP. Navy Days. September Leave and AMP October, November, December Programme unknown. Possible COST etc.

Armilla Patrol 82

Armilla patrol in the Persian Gulf was to be Broadswords depoyment from the end of April to the begining of August. Visits on the way and on the way back with an annual maintenance period in Mombassa in the middle of June. Everyone was looking forward to a business as usual deployment with hard work and hard play.

Rosyth, JMC Squadron Ops in North Sea

HMS Invincible seen in Rosyth either on the weekend 12th- 14th February harbour phase 15th - 16th or weekend 26th - 28th. With lots of hard work during harbour phase, work up phase and ocean phase everyone was unaware of what was to come in the near future. Photo taken from Broadsword after launcher deck.