Abandon Ship: The Real Story of the Sinkings in the Falklands War

This fascinating title offers a new study of the loss of six British ships and an Argentinian cruiser during the Falklands War of 1982. Based on new evidence released following freedom of information requests, it tells the full story of these dramatic events for the first time. When Argentinian forces invaded the Falklands in April 1982, the British government responded by despatching a task force to the Atlantic to wrest back control of the islands. The resulting war saw modern weapon systems tested in combat for the first time, to tragic effect. In the aftermath, official documents were released, but many were heavily censored, and others withheld altogether, so that a full understanding of those events could not be gained. Drawing from recently declassified and previously unpublished reports from the official inquiry, Dr Paul Brown details the true story behind the dramatic events that led to the loss of six British ships HMS Antelope , Ardent , Coventry and Sheffield , RFA Sir Galahad and SS Atlantic Conveyor as well as the controversial sinking of the Argentinian cruiser ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror . — ISBN13: 9781472846433