Editing Exocet (section)

==== HMS ''Glamorgan'' ====
''[[HMS Glamorgan]]'' was a {{sclass2|County|destroyer|0}} destroyer launched in 1964.  On 12 June 1982 an MM38 Exocet missile was fired from an improvised shore-based launcher as she was steaming at about {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}} {{convert|18|nmi|km|0}} offshore. The first attempt to fire a missile did not result in a launch; on the second attempt, a missile was launched but did not acquire the target. The third attempt resulted in a missile tracking ''Glamorgan''. The incoming Exocet missile was also spotted on ''Glamorgan''<ref name="InskipIan">{{cite book|last=Inskip |first=Ian |date=2002 |title=Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War, 1982 |publisher=Chatham |pages=160–185 |isbn=1-86176-197-X}}</ref> and a turn was ordered to present the stern to the missile.

The turn prevented the missile from striking the ship's side and penetrating the hull; instead, it hit the deck [[coaming]] at an angle, near the port [[Seacat (missile)|Seacat missile launcher]], skidded along the deck and exploded, making a {{convert|10|x|15|ft|0|abbr=on}} hole in the hangar deck and a {{convert|5|x|4|ft|abbr=on}} hole in the galley below.<ref name="InskipIan" /> The blast travelled forwards and down, and the missile body, still travelling forwards, penetrated the hangar door, causing the ship's fuelled and armed [[Westland Wessex|Westland Wessex HAS.3]] helicopter (XM837) to explode and start a severe fire in the hangar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukserials.com/losses-1982.htm|title=UK Military Aircraft Losses: 1982 losses|website=ukserials}}</ref> Fourteen crew members were killed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Inskip|first= Ian |title=Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War |year=2002|publisher=Chatham |isbn=186176197X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1980–89 |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1980-89.htm |access-date=2021-02-13 |website=Naval History Homepage}}</ref>