Re: Various Disconnected

[Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@eng.Sun.COM>]

Hi Rick,

You are right. The Argentinians did sink a few ships. They were sunk
from bombs and missles from planes. As far as I know no sinkings happen
due to weapons fired from Argentinian submarines.

Near Liverpool, England there is a ship turned into museum that was in the
Falklands campaign. It took a 500 pound bomb into its anti-submarine mortar
bomb magazine. Had the bomb had the correct fuse the ship would of been blown
to bits. As it was the British were able to defuse the bomb.

>From what I gathered from the museum the Falklands war was a near thing
in the British eyes. If the Argentinian navy got involved they might of lost.

Regards,
Ray

P.S. That museum also had a British submarine (S class?) and a WWII German
U-boat. They salvaged the U-boat off the bottom so is rusting badly due to
salt corrosion.

> Ray Keefer wrote:
> 
> >  The Brits didn't sink any subs and
> > the Argentinians were able to shoot a few fish but no ships sunk.
> 
> Hello Ray and All . . .
> 
> I believe that a British ship made mainly of Al2 was sunk or severely
> damaged by a surface hugging missile.  Apparently it started quite the
> design rationale "battle" within navy circles.  Fire control was virtually
> impossible.
> 
> Any comments on the burning characteristics of Al2?  Not really Psubs
> material, but, I had to ask.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Rick Lucertini
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> (Vancouver, Canada)
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