Argentine warship fires on Brazil ship, wounding 5 in war games accident
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) – An Argentine warship mistakenly fired on a Brazilian frigate during joint naval exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, injuring five people, officials said Tuesday.
Four Brazilian sailors and an Argentine officer were hurt during live-fire training late Monday night off the coast of Brazil near Cabo Frio, 80 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Navy said in a statement. The accident happened when an Argentine warship fired a shot from one its canons, hitting the Brazilian frigate Rademaker.
The five men were taken to a naval hospital in Rio de Janeiro for treatment. Three sailors were released, while two others remain hospitalized in stable condition. None of the injuries was considered serious, the navy said.
The Rademaker sailed to Rio’s port under its own power. No damage to the ship was visible in aerial images showed by Brazilian media outlets.
The accident is under investigation, the navy said. The statement gave no other details about the accident.
Brazil and Argentina are involved in joint naval exercises, dubbed Operation Fraterno, off the southern coast of Brazil. Both countries stage regular naval exercises as part of mutual military cooperation agreements.
http://www.sundaytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,9353,11554010-1702,00.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/wireless/story/0,8262,1-11554010,00.html
http://www.klrt.com/news/international/story.aspx?content_id=32070477-0DCD-4A28-A600-AFC666FE36D0
By: Tony - 5th January 2005 at 13:28
Good one mate!
😀
By: Ja Worsley - 31st December 2004 at 06:16
IT sure was mate.
A message flashed from the Battleaxes’ aldis lamp “What the heck is a Farris?”
“How do you want me to answer that one sir”.
“Send this” the Captain said “At least we don’t name our ships for our mother-in-laws”
“Good one sir” replied the messenger.
Hahahaha must have read that book a thousand time and I still love it. I love the “Attitude Check” Mike gives in the control tower 😉
For my honeymoon, I’m goingto take my Fiance (well Wife then) to England with a week in Iceland to do the hike from Keflavik to Hvarnsfjord and back just like in the book.
By: wd1 - 20th December 2004 at 06:07
wasn’t HMS Battlaxe – the present-day Rademaker – the brit frigate iin Clancy’s Red Storm Rising?
By: Ja Worsley - 20th December 2004 at 05:58
Man that’s not good
By: Severodvinsk - 12th December 2004 at 20:53
Doesn’t look nice does it? They practically disabled the ship. The guidance radar (for SeaWolf) seems to be completely wasted, so is the SeaWolf launcher… They should be lucky that nothing really blew up!
By: Charlie Echo - 12th December 2004 at 20:34
I would suggest you to put some ironic or joking smiley next to your last statement, to avoid starting any kind of flame war. 😉
Here are some pics of the damage inflicted by the (inert) 40mm rounds:
Damage to chemney, bridge and SeaWolf launchers
Chemney
Bridge
um abraço
By: Jungle Boy - 12th December 2004 at 20:19
The Rademaker when in british service as HMS Battleaxe was hit several times by Argentinians in 1982.
The Argentinians were just trying to finish what they started, but with a 22 year delay.
By: Charlie Echo - 4th December 2004 at 02:37
F-49 Rademaker = ex-type 22 RN
D-13 Sarandi = Meko 360
Some people say it was another warship (ARA P-43 Spiro, Meko 146) that shot the 40mm rounds.
By: Charlie Echo - 4th December 2004 at 02:30
There seems to have been a misfunction in the fire-control radar – it was supposed to shoot at a flying flare, but it locked in the Brazilian frigate.
It was a 40mm salvo. This picture shows the 40mm cannon, it’s the smaller, double-barreled one:
Sign In
December 4, 2004 at 2:25 am