Very true, but back to the point I was making. Had then placed the cruiser in the harbour at the point of invasion or had it have got through..........

Hence it was sunk.


Mind you I guess SB or the Navy divers could have stuck something on it.

The 'mighty' Belgrano was a bit of pure theatrics...it was also a training vessel and had a large percentage of conscript 'sailors' in its crew...it was the latin naval equivalent of a posing pouch. As for mooring it in Stanley, it would have had to have been there from day one and become a target for air strikes as a priority.

On a lighter note, I hope Pools never get drawn away to Port Stanley in the first round of the Cup!!!

PS Wasn't there a French team that once had to play in the south Pacific against a French Colonial island, which had been allowed to enter the French Cup?? Or am I imagining this??

I know Madeira play in the Portuguese league halfway across the Atlantic, and Tenerife are in the Spanish League, so it's not a new concept!!!

Now wouldn't that be fun!

Putting Crab Air aside (RAF flight) The only way to fly is via Santiago and Ushauia. Santiago is a fantastic city and we could camp out en masse at Mr Head's place if he's got it yet. Ushauia is worth a visit too for the best views on the planet bar none.

I'm not sure where 4000 Poolie could camp out in Stanley though and the three or four pubs would be a big crowded.

How about that big barn with the bomb damage?? It'd be just like the Millhouse Lounge.

hey..the Belgrano is a bit like Darlo's new ground...an extravagant irrelevance full of misplaced bravado, arrogance and misguided expectations and never, ever gonna fill it's inteneded role.
Mind you, it was a bit of a bargain, but why buy something so large you're gonna struggle to man...?

That 'big barn' is 70 odd miles away at Ajax Bay, San Carlos. The front end is better known as 'The red and green life machine'

Any pubs and/or bewers??

Only Dolly and her many many sisters.

I've had all them.