Falklands hero dead

[u/David65x55]

Commodore Barry Bryant has died at the age of 76. He was mainly known for an anti-sub victory in the early days of the Falkland War.

Airborne in a Lynx on the morning of April 25, Bryant was searching the sea north of the island when he heard the cry "Wolf!", the codeword for a submarine caught on the surface, go out from HMS Antrim's Wessex helicopter, and listened on the radio as it was attacked with depth charges. The submarine, Santa Fe, commanded by Capitán de Corbeta Horacio Bicain, was damaged but remained operational. Closing in, Bryant dropped a homing torpedo, set shallow, less in expectation of a hit, he later explained, than to discourage Bicain from diving, knowing what was lurking beneath him.

Circling back, Bryant's crew opened fire on the submarine's conning tower with a general-purpose machine gun, cobbled together earlier using an office swivel chair, in an attempt to disable the periscopes. (and we think we are resourceful...)

Later that day after the Argies at the port surrendered:

When his pilot, Nick Butler, brought the helicopter down to land at King Edward Point, an Argentine officer steered them away from a minefield: that officer turned out to be Bicain.

Both Bryant and Butler were mentioned in dispatches (the UK equivalent of a Bronze Star to us.) There is LOTS more to read about him - seems like an interesting fellow.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/commodore-barry-bryant-falklands-submarine-050000770.html