Tag: HMS Conqueror

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 19:55 UTC

  Falklands war, a turning point for Margaret Thatcher’s image and political fortunes

  

  When the head of Argentina's military junta General Leopold Galtieri deployed military forces in the Falkland Islands, Britain assembled a task force to sail to the South Atlantic, to the astonishment of people in Britain, and the rest of the world.

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:52 UTC

  Former RN officer tells how the sinking of the Belgrano was coordinated

  

  On the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict, the member of the Royal Navy who was responsible for coordinating the attack on the Argentina Navy cruiser “General Belgrano” spoke to UK-based newspaper “The News,” in Portsmouth and explained the steps that led up to the attack that caused 323 deaths and why it was justified at the time.