{"id":1146,"date":"2021-08-05T12:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T11:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmscoventry.co.uk\/d118\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2021-08-05T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T11:57:07","slug":"reunion-2022-broadsword-and-damiens-paddle-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmscoventry.co.uk\/d118\/reunion-2022-broadsword-and-damiens-paddle-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion 2022, Broadsword and Damien’s paddle results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A round-up of three news stories. First of all, details for the 2022 Reunion<\/a> are now live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, a bit of news about the former HMS Broadsword – our partner in the “Type 64” combo in the Falklands. She is finally going to be retired, being decommissioned on 10th August 2021<\/a>. Sold in 1995 to the Brazilian Navy and renamed F46 Greenhalgh (after Ensign Jo\u00e3o Guilherme Greenhalgh, a Brazilian hero and martyr). She has served in the Brazilian Navy ever since, with remarkably few changes. A long career for for a distinguished warship – let’s hope she can be preserved as a museum ship, though given the state of Brazil’s economy, it’s not very likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, your webmaster completed his 125 mile paddle challenge on 25th May in memory of those still on patrol, with a final short paddle round the edge of Whale Island to HMS Bristol – the last intact participant from the Falklands Taskforce still in the UK (sadly now up for disposal by scrapping). The MyDW challenge actually ended on 6th June so I kept on paddling after my personal May 25th finish, to see just how far up the leaderboard I could get in terms of mileage. I was the 21st person over the 125 mile mark, and really chuffed to say I got to 192.5 miles in total, which put me 10th out of the 100 people who did the challenge. I’m no super fit racer and I was in a heavy river cruising kayak so I’m really pleased with that – and even more pleased that I exceeded my \u00a3500 fundraising target by a huge margin – raising a total of \u00a3945.91<\/strong> for Combat Stress<\/a> – so thank you ALL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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