Comments on: Sam Salt HMS Sheffield http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/sam-salt-hms-sheffield/ HMS Devonshire and HMS Leopard Portal Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: robbyg http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/sam-salt-hms-sheffield/comment-page-1/#comment-77 robbyg Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:37:27 +0000 http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/?p=988#comment-77 Soon after the sad loss of the "Shiny Sheff", Captain Salt was interviewed on camera. You could see that he was a broken man, not just for the loss of "Sheffield" but for the men who died with her. You could see he was struggling to keep his bearing and not to shed a tear on camera. I think all who saw this interview felt for him and would have cried with him. A couple of my pals on board "Sheffield" at the time, commented as to what a good skipper he was and was well respected by the ships company. RIP "Sam" Salt Soon after the sad loss of the “Shiny Sheff”, Captain Salt was interviewed on camera. You could see that he was a broken man, not just for the loss of “Sheffield” but for the men who died with her.
You could see he was struggling to keep his bearing and not to shed a tear on camera. I think all who saw this interview felt for him and would have cried with him.
A couple of my pals on board “Sheffield” at the time, commented as to what a good skipper he was and was well respected by the ships company.

RIP “Sam” Salt

]]> By: Phil http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/sam-salt-hms-sheffield/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Phil Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:55:23 +0000 http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/?p=988#comment-55 I was aboard the Glasgow that day and watched as Sheffield burned. A sad day for all and it really brought home to us all that a war was on - friends and colleagues were really dying. Captain Salt was a good man and no blame could ever be put to him for the loss of his ship or our brave colleagues that perished. He was a devoted Captain to the Royal Navy and more importantly to his ship and crew on that day and those that were there know that he did everything to save his ship and shipmates. Obviously, the following years took their toll on Captain Salt and it was a chapter in his life that I am sure was very hard to overcome. It only goes to prove his character and standing that he went on to serve the Royal Navy in even greater roles until his retirement. I hope he can now rest in peace and for his family I give my condolences on the loss of a proud man who was not only a dedicated and brilliant leader of men (it was only men in those days) but a well respected and thought of fellow Sailor. God Bless. A fellow Sailor - Falklands 82' - HMS Glasgow I was aboard the Glasgow that day and watched as Sheffield burned. A sad day for all and it really brought home to us all that a war was on – friends and colleagues were really dying. Captain Salt was a good man and no blame could ever be put to him for the loss of his ship or our brave colleagues that perished. He was a devoted Captain to the Royal Navy and more importantly to his ship and crew on that day and those that were there know that he did everything to save his ship and shipmates. Obviously, the following years took their toll on Captain Salt and it was a chapter in his life that I am sure was very hard to overcome. It only goes to prove his character and standing that he went on to serve the Royal Navy in even greater roles until his retirement.

I hope he can now rest in peace and for his family I give my condolences on the loss of a proud man who was not only a dedicated and brilliant leader of men (it was only men in those days) but a well respected and thought of fellow Sailor. God Bless.

A fellow Sailor – Falklands 82′ – HMS Glasgow

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