HMS Conqueror remembers Belgrano sinking

[wotsnext]

It is 30 years since a British submarine sank the Argentine navy cruiser, the General Belgrano.
More than 300 sailors were killed in what remains one of the most controversial actions of the Falklands War.
The crew of the submarine sent by the UK, HMS Conqueror, has held a reunion to remember what happened.
The BBC's Allan Little reports.

BBC Video ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17926365

[Flagg]

It was a shame all those Argie sailors had to die.....but it was a war...started by Argentina...and decisively finished by UK Forces.


A Memorial to the sailors serving their country is a fantastic idea.....hopefully it acts as an effective reminder and deterrent to the current and future Argentine governments to not repeat the horrible mistakes they've made in the past...especially with Trafalgar and Astute Class subs lurking anywhere and everywhere.

[CJvR]

I have never seen what the controversy is supposed to have been in the Belgrano sinking. It is as if some think the Exclusion Zone meant that the war was supposed to stay inside the zone rather than the zone meant as a warning to keep non-participants out.

[happyslapper]

I have never seen what the controversy is supposed to have been in the Belgrano sinking. It is as if some think the Exclusion Zone meant that the war was supposed to stay inside the zone rather than the zone meant as a warning to keep non-participants out.

Nor has the Belgrano's Captain, or any military historian who isn't Argentine or a sympathiser of neo-bolivarian politics.

It's an appalling waste of life, just the same as those souls lost on Coventry, Sheffield, Sir Galahad, Isla de Estados, and all the other vessels.
The controversy, as is so often the case in anything Falklands related, has been hammered into the minds of Argentines by successive corrupt and agenda'd government. Currently CFK, possibly the squat little bastard Maximo Kirchner will be next.

[wotsnext]

Thirty years ago, during the Falklands War, British ship HMS Sheffield was hit by an Argentinian missile.
Twenty crew were killed and the burning vessel was abandoned.
In all, 255 Britons died in the Falklands conflict, with many more physically injured. Countless others are still living with mental wounds.
"I'll never forget the day we were hit", remembers Brian Jones, who was just 21 when HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17892242

We didn't get it all own way.

[armored_diplomacy]

Nor has the Belgrano's Captain

/ discussion. Period.
If that honorable man, who was actually the last to leave the ship, had that opinion, al the rest is senseless BS.

The controversy, as is so often the case in anything Falklands related, has been hammered into the minds of Argentines by successive corrupt and agenda'd government. Currently CFK, possibly the squat little bastard Maximo Kirchner will be next.

X 20000
but prepare to be called apologist

[exPrivate]

What`s wrong with the Belgrano sinking? It was a war and probably the sinking of that ship and the withdrawal of Argentine navy in its mainland bases saved even more lives on both sides.