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Gentlemen, I have an interest in the 1982 Falklands War and would like to know more about submarine operations. Especially, I would like to know the position (and if possible patrol area) of submarines (HMS Splendid, Spartan and Conqueror, plus ARA San Luis) on 1st or 2nd May. Thanks for any help, F...

if PG was able to score a hit at 20000 yards in 2 minutes, I would say that in the 8 minutes of battle (and more than 8 minutes as I don't think they should have ceased fire at 6:00 anyway...), the 2 (undisturbed) British cruiser could have scored more hits, being at 18000 yards (Ellis autobiograph...

You are right that PG was a better ship than County class ones, however by no means she was intended to stay in the line even against an un-modernized Repulse (Adm Scmundt reaction against Brinkmann was very clear in this sense)..... Alberto, sorry if I was not clear, but I did not mean that Prinz ...

In case it was Tovey to order W-W to shadow ONLY, without engaging, then the cover-up was needed for Tovey himself (and not for W-W) as his orders were the wrong ones.....Just see how much damage PG did with 8" guns and imagine how could Tovey explain that he preferred to keep out of the fight...

Hello Antonio, thanks for your answer, I understand better your point of view. There's still something unclear however. If the Admiralty orders were to shadow and flank mark ONLY, avoiding to open fire ( maybe according to the fighting instructions ) than they did it right.(...) So, bottom line in o...

Antonio, I fail to see your point. As far as I know, you are the author of the 'cover up' theory. Please correct me if I'm mistake, but you, not Duncan, blame admiral Walke-Walker for not opening fire. So if you agree with me on the fact that not opening fire made sense, why do you blame admiral Wal...

Capt Ellis too (...)could have been blamed for not having opened fire as well. Antonio, no offense, but I fail to see why Captain Ellis and others should be blamed for not having opened firing. Having not studied the battle in depth, I do not know wether the cruisers were at 10, 12 or 15 sea miles ...

after 6:03 your opponent was still trying to punch you but the referee (the smoke screen) had already placed himself between him and you... Alberto, I may be mistaken but as far as I know, HMS prince of Wales did not have a smoke generator, and the smoke screen you are talking about was probably ma...

The question is and always was, why should Holland be awarded or should be considered as a great admiral / war hero after making gross tactical blunders which caused his defeat, and the loss of one battle cruiser and 1400 souls? It was his wrong decision to lead with Hood and have PoW following clo...

Alberto, I don't know if French Navy was capable to fight by night.

Best,

Francis

In this sense I don't know what was the preparation of the "estimated" Italian navy opponent, the French Marine Nationale regarding night fighting. I know they had no radar and no carrier as well.....therefore I suspect that RM was just measuring herself against the French.....as they did...

Finally with regards to shock to radar systems it was a problem but was, relatively speaking, fairly rare. We did a survey of all the action reports and gunnery exercises for Mark 8 equipped battleships during the war and the average failure rate was 4.7% for a single unit and a 0.22% failure rate ...

Gentlemen, in 1978, Argentina and Chile nearly went to war for the possession of 3 islands of the Canal Beagle. The mediation of pope John Paul II did prevent the war a couple of hours before the hostilities begin. I am looking for details on intentions and deployment of both countries fleets but un...

Gentlemen, thanks for your answers. However, I have other questions if you don't mind. During the landing at San Carlos, the battery of Rapiers was among the first things to be unloaded. The SAM were in position on midday on 21st May, but unfortunately were not operationnal untill the 25th. Do you k...

Gentlemen, thanks for your answers. However, I still fail to understand why the ARA send Santa Fe. The submarine was too old to fight and too slow to reach South Georgia before the RN. From my armchair admiral's point of view, it makes more sense to send surface ships that can unload and leave SG be...