Sandy WoodwardApril 1982
Vulnerable to Argentine aircraft, both carrier and land based, missile armed surface ships and submarines Woodward's approval is given to sink any Argentine warships outside Argentine territorial waters
Great Britain · Warfare / Falklands War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Vulnerable to Argentine aircraft, both carrier and land based, missile armed surface ships and submarines Woodward's approval is given to sink any Argentine warships outside Argentine territorial waters
The General Belgrano is sunk outside the Exclusion Zone demarcated by the British. After the loss of the Belgrano, the entire Argentine fleet returns to port and do not leave again for the duration of hostilities
General Belgrano sunk 30 miles outside exclusion zone by submarine Conqueror on orders of War Cabinet who claim self-defence - 368 Argentines die
HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano.
Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano
The British lose the Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield to fire following an Exocet missile strike - 20 die
The Ardent is sunk
British frigate Ardent sunk in San Carlos Water by air attack - 22 die
The HMS Antelope is sunk
The HMS Coventry is sunk. The Atlantic Conveyor is sunk
British destroyer Coventry sunk by air attack - 20 die. British container ship Atlantic Conveyor is abandoned with 3 vital chinook helicopters aboard after an exocet missile hit sets the ship ablaze - 12 die
The Ponting case follows leaked documents about the Belgrano sinking.
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