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Falklands Exhibit Index - Malvinas ndice Exposicin

• Neil Meets Mariano Falklands Peace Mission Mission Complete 2012
• San Carlos Hilton a Stage Play about the Falklands War

• Pablo Carballo Argentine A-4 Skyhawk Fighter Pilot
• Aircraft of the Falklands War
• British & Argentinean Ships of the Falklands War
• HMS Intrepid British Navy Ship
• Pictures of Tigre and Casa Rosada, John Di Petrillo
• Battle Story of the Falklands
• The End of the Falklands - Malvinas  War
• Maps of the Falkland Islands
• Falkland Islands, Malvinas War Books
• Free Videos of the Falklands, Malvinas War

• About The Wilkinsons
• The Wilkinson's in London
• Paintings by Neil Wilkinson
• The HMS Brazen
• Neil Wilkinson's Official Facebook Page
• A New Falklands War Jet Fighter Simulator
• Falklands War, Malvinas Art Paintings
• Mariano's Airplane, built by Adam Coleman
• US Navy Ships

• Hilton San Carlos una obra de teatro acerca de la etapa Guerra de las Malvinas

• Pablo Carballo Argentina A-4 Skyhawk piloto
• Aviones de la Guerra de las Malvinas
• Britnicos y argentinos Los buques de la Guerra de Malvinas
• HMS Intrepid Marina Britnica Barco
• Fotos de Tigre y la Casa Rosada, Juan Di Petrillo
• Batalla Historia de las Islas Malvinas
• El fin de las Malvinas - Guerra de Malvinas
• Mapas de las Islas Malvinas
• De las Islas Malvinas, Malvinas Libros de la Guerra
• Videos gratis de las Malvinas, la Guerra de Malvinas

• Acerca de The Wilkinsons
• El Wilkinson en Londres
• Las pinturas de Neil Wilkinson
• El HMS Brazen
• Guerra de las Malvinas, Malvinas Pinturas de Arte
• Avin de Mariano, construido por Adam Coleman
• Los buques de la US Navy

  Queen Elizabeth on the HMS Brazen 1986 

Neil Wilkinson meeting Her Majesty the Queen
onboard HMS Brazen back in 1986,
The Brazen was my next draft after the Intrepid and while serving on her, we had the Queens' son, Prince Andrew onboard as our helicopter pilot, so we did a visit to London and the Queen and Princess Diana came onboard and I met her, she was charming and everything you would expect from a Queen.  In 2007 I was honored to be invited to Buckingham Palace, to the Queens garden party

A note from the Webmaster:  Please take a good look at this picture, Neil is talking and Queen Elizabeth is listening very intently.  She has a legitimate smile and she is enjoying what he is saying.  She is a good lady.  

  The HMS Brazen 1986 

We had the Queens's son, Prince Andrew onboard the HMS Intrepid as our helicopter pilot he was there and he played as much a part as we all did when we were ready for battle.

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   Prince Andrew   

Prince Andrew in Naval Uniform Returns from the cruise aboard the Brazen, at Portsmouth Docks

The Brazen went out to the Gulf in 1983 and 1985, it is called Armilla patrol and it was getting tense even back in the 80's.

  Seawolf Missile HMS Brazen 1985 

  Seawolf Missile HMS Brazen 1985 

 they agreed to long term loan of all the recovered shipwreck items to our local museum to the delight of the curators who up until that time only had a piece of rusty sword blade. I have almost completed a book titled, “The History of H.M.S Brazen, From the 10 Gun Cutter to the Modern Frigate” The last chapter deals with the Modern frigate

The Brazen sloops Commander, James Hanson was directly related to our royal family through descendancy, I have a painting of him. I have a huge amount of material in relation to the Brazen sloop, Captain Richard Cobbold, Brazen F91s commander who I believe was commander when Neil served with the ship, came to Newhaven in 1985, he was presented with a Painting of the sloop and a book about the Brazen sloop, some of which I compiled from original records, he visited the Brazen memorial at our town where he laid a wreath. I think this all could be productive for the world to see the history of H.M.S Brazen from the little cutter of the 1700s through to the Modern Brazen frigate. I have attached an image of the saving of the only survivor from the Brazen sloop wreck, his name was Jeremiah Hill and an image of Captain Richard Cobbold (1985) being shown the area where the Brazen was wrecked.
With kind regards
Brian.

I have been reading about Neil and viewing the footage of the meeting with the Argentine pilot, how emotional that must have been for both men. I can relate to that, back in the misty past of 1976 I served with the Sultan of Oman's air force at Seeb base, we had Hawker Hunters, Charlie 130s, Bell helicopters, Caribou's, Short Skyvans and Rapier missiles, unfortunately 6 of our guys were shot dead on the beach whilst having a barbeque by Adoo terrorist Arab

Photo from Brian Barnes
  Captain James Hanson, Commander of the HMS Brazen Sloop.

  He drowned along with the rest of his crew of which there was only one survivor of H.M.S Brazen sloop seconds from disaster, when she hit the Ave rocks close to Newhaven on January 26th 1800. 

Photo from Brian Barnes
  HMS Brazen Monument of 1910

Photo from Brian Barnes
  Loss of the HMS Brazen 

You may need to look at this picture several times, but it shows the HMS Brazen laying on the shore and being battered by the waves as it breaks up and sinks in the heavy surf.

What are Sea Fencibles?  During the Georgian war with France, the idea of a home guard was raised, the Sea Fencibles were created to defend Britain's shore from foreign invasion, they were local townsmen who mostly were fishermen with a seafaring knowledge, they would practice for one day per week, drilled in the use of cannon and musket, by enlisting voluntarily they were exempt from the press gang who were allowed to forcibly take people from the streets and taverns for use in the Royal Navy. The Volunteer Coast Artillery were enlisted in the same way but were issued with a uniform, both the Sea Fencibles and Coast Artillery were involved in the Brazen wreck incident.

Photo from Brian Barnes

   HMS Brazen Sounding Weight 

Photo from Brian Barnes
  Loss of the HMS Brazen 
 A Woolwork Picture

Hi Jeff,
Here is an image of a woolwork picture, these were created by hand, they commemorate certain events, this one shows the H.M.S Brazen sloop trapped on the rocks, her mizzen mast broken and in the water, flying the ensign upside down as a signal of distress, this was created shortly after the disaster, possibly by a local who saw the shipwreck, the background is very similar to how it's viewed today with the cliff of Old Nore just to the right and Seaford cliff head to the far right.
With kindest regards
Brian Barnes.

Photos from Brian Barnes
  36 Pounder Guns in Brighton England

This image is of the battery of 36 pounder guns at Brighton, this was manned by the Sea Fencibles, 20 of these men came from Brighton with Captain Andrew Sproule to try and rescue the HMS Brazen sloops crew and after the shipwreck helped recover and bury their bodies, they also assisted with the salvage of the wreckage. The top image is of 1830, just as it would have looked at the time and the lower image is of 1850.