To: spetznaz
A Royal Navy submarine sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War. This drove home to the Argentinians the importance of having submarines in their fleet.
12 posted on
11/17/2018 3:45:58 AM PST by
jalisco555
("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
To: jalisco555
The Belgrano was due to be retired and sent to the US to go on display as she was one of our WW2 cruisers IIRC.The name escapes me.
17 posted on
11/17/2018 4:37:03 AM PST by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: jalisco555
Did you know the cruiser General Belgrano started out as the
USS Phoenix? I didn't until I saw a display case at the VA hospital here in Phoenix.
19 posted on
11/17/2018 4:40:12 AM PST by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
To: jalisco555
To: jalisco555
A Royal Navy submarine sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War.She was ex-USS Phoenix of WWII. We sold her to them in 1951. A light cruiser (6" guns). Over 300 men went down with her.
Bow blown off and sinking.
41 posted on
11/17/2018 6:48:47 PM PST by
Oatka
To: jalisco555
Brezhnev took Afghanistan.
Begin took Beirut.
Galtieri took the Union Jack.
And Maggie, over lunch one day,
Took a cruiser with all hands.
Apparently, to make him give it back
42 posted on
11/17/2018 6:50:56 PM PST by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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