its been 25 years!
 

All remember the Gen Belgrano and the souls lost with her

Remembered...With grim satisfaction.

Good old days of the RN.

RIP all the poor souls lost on her.

RIP

The irony is though, the Belgrano was sunk with WWII era ordnance

Appropriate for a WWII era ship though.

In actual fact that is why (because she was armour plated) unlike modern naval vessels :yep:

Yes, I believe they were Mk.8 straight running torpedoes. Three were launched and two hit the target.

Nemo

"Gen Belgrano" ?:doh:

I think it s sad actually. She was an allied warship long time ago. I think there is a sad think in selling warship to other country after wartime.

.....and sadder still that she is opposing the very ally she once was on the side of :arrgh!:

And tonight it sleeps with the fish. At least it didn't die under a cutter's torch.

Serves them damn right, what did they think was going to happen when they invade British Sovereign territory.

On that note, Hi everyone!:arrgh!:

Yeah, going down with 320 people is definitely preferable :-?

Yeah baby! You got that right! It's a start.

Welcome aboard kaleun Nostromo :arrgh!:

its always a shame of such beauty, and her history.

:arrgh!:

Thank you! It bugs me when people don't link

Your welcome kaleun :arrgh!:

The real shame is that many soldiers perished for their country only because someone decided that an action was needed to distract people's attention from the internal affairs. The RN and the Argentinian Navy guys did what they had to do. In General Belgrano only the military government of Argentina should have gone down with it by then, not so many young sailors who were just doing their duty:down: