Paul Brown

Abandon Ship (eBook, ePUB)

The Real Story of the Sinkings in the Falklands War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2021

This fascinating title offers a new study of the loss of six British ships and an Argentinian cruiser during the Falklands War of 1982.

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Drawing from recently declassified and previously unpublished reports from the official inquiry, Dr Paul Brown details the true story behind the dramatic events that led to the loss of six British ships - HMS Antelope,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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472846426
• Artikelnr.: 61304002

Autorenporträt

Dr Paul Brown is a maritime history author and speaker whose recent publications include Britain's Historic Ships (Conway), Historic Sail, Maritime Portsmouth, and Abandon Ship (Osprey). A member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Britannia Naval Research Association, and Secretary of the Naval Dockyards Society, he is also a consultant to National Historic Ships, the UK's authority on the preservation of historic ships and boats. He was previously a university lecturer and senior university manager, and has lectured at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface 1. Going to War 2. The Sinking
of ARA General Belgrano 3. The Loss of HMS Sheffield 4. The Loss of HMS
Ardent 5. The Loss of HMS Antelope 6. The Sinking of HMS Coventry 7. The
Loss of SS Atlantic Conveyor 8. The Loss of RFA Sir Galahad 9. Lessons from
the Conflict Addendum: After the Conflict Appendix: Honours and Awards
Select Bibliography References Index