Veterans mark Falklands anniversary by visiting dock they returned to after war

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I am still working here,” he laughed, “48 years later.” The now production engineer said during the Falklands War he worked in the dockyard’s fabrication bays, producing mostly ammunition lockers. It’s very gratifying to see, as we begin the Falklands 40th anniversary period here in Scotland, that we are quite rightly focusing on the significant efforts of our colleagues who worked in the Rosyth dockyard at the time Brigadier Andy Muddiman Speaking about the condition of the Plymouth on return to Rosyth, the veteran said: “We had a lot of damage, we had a big ‘steel plaster’, if you like, on our funnel where the bomb had gone through, so it was quite something to see the reshaping of the ship.” He added: “There will be a lot of remembering as we go on through the next couple of months. Commenting on the day, Brigadier Andy Muddiman ADC Royal Marines, Naval Regional Commander Scotland & Northern Ireland said: “It’s very gratifying to see, as we begin the Falklands 40th anniversary period here in Scotland, that we are quite rightly focusing on the significant efforts of our colleagues who worked in the Rosyth dockyard at the time. “As much as it was the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who fought the war, they couldn’t have done that without the extremely important preparation.” Sean Donaldson, managing director at Babcock Rosyth, said: “Rosyth Dockyard employees played an important role in the national effort, supporting some of the fleet at the outbreak of the conflict, including the conversion of five trawlers into minesweepers.