I remember sitting in our living room watching that interview with Capt. Salt on the news, and my mum saying quietly "for God's sake leave the poor man alone"...

I love the metaphor “On a losing wicket.”’ Referencing the game of cricket is so British. RIP HMS Sheffield and Rest in Peace to all the galant crew aboard that day and those who have passed away since.

Astonishing that Capt Salt was required to give this interview after losing his ship and many sailors. He’s obviously traumatised by events.

BBC's Brian Hanrahan & ITN's Michael Nicholson conduct this interview, at a time when Journalists were truly professional, not interupting or asking absurd & irrelevant questions. RIP to both of them and Capt Sam Salt & his lost men, all a credit to the UK.

Well that brought a tear to my eye.

Captain's demeanour. His report on the spot. Who could question such supreme calm and acceptance of reality. It was what it was. No flower no bluster excuse expropriation. My ship(s) had such a manager. We demanded and respected it.

It's 40 years ago today since Sheffield was hit and sunk. As one who served, "Falklands 40" has a new meaning this year as I recall what is as clear now as it was then. RIP those who paid the ultimate price and did not return home and to their families and friends who hopefully have found strength in the passing years to carry on.

Such brave men. God bless them all and the families of the fallen!

Look up the book "Return to Bomb Alley 1982 - The Falkands Deception", by Paul Cardin, which came out in late March 2022. This provides a well-researched, alternate story from the settled record of events that the BBC and others have been keen to push. It would do us all well to reconsider, and not be so easily charmed by the captured, establishment media. I won't explain it all here, save to say I was on HMS Yarmouth, about two miles away from the Sheffield when she was hit. We tried to firefight, but without success. The heat was far too intense. Torpedoes were fired at us by an unknown sub - possibly Russian - and we broke away to pursue it. We returned later to rescue Captain Salt and a small number of his fellow crew members. HMS Arrow recovered the majority of the surviving Sheffield crew. I believe our deeply unpopular Prime Minister desperately needed to turn her situation around after the summer '81 riots, inflation at 18%, a potential rebellion inside her own party, and an approval rating of just 23%, the lowest ever recorded for any UK PM. My book goes into great detail on hers and her ministers' strange, secretive behaviour and movements. Post-conflict, these were soon hidden away for 30 years. With that nicely out of the way, and the dead and injured forgotten, there was an election to fight and an electorate to gaslight via an unseemly onslaught of flag-waving and tub-thumping. For those who believe the Sheffield was deliberately scuttled, think again. We took her under tow to deliver her broken carcass to the tug Salvageman. But some days later, as described here, the weather turned and she began to take on water. She went over and the fella tasked with swinging the axe and cutting the ha.wser in the event this occurred ... simply did his job. Down she went. We needed to stay afloat and carry on prosecuting the fight.

I photographed the HMS Sheffield in Singapore, quite possibly the last US Sailor to see her before she met her disastrous end. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Rest In Peace Shipmates. (GMCS, USN (Retired) '64-'86).

brave captain, brave crew and brave ship. god bless

RIP Captain Salt now at rest with his men , God bless them all . RIP in calm sea's

An independent journalist interviewing a military man after a catastrophic loss and then sent on air on TV in the democratic country that suffered the loss. Another world... unthinkable today on our dictatorial main stream media

RIP in peace Sir.on back on duty with his men now. never forgotten.

I had the morning watch onboard HMS Alderney in the North Sea (Fishery Protection duties) when I heard the news on the radio about Sheffield. I remember well calling the Captain and advising him of what had happened and then the First Lieutenant, completely forgetting that his brother was serving in Sheffield, the silence as I told him seemed to last forever. I was then privileged to serve in the next Sheffield as Operations Officer in 90/91. It is hard to describe how tough it was in 1982 NOT to be in the Falklands, nothing like as tough as it was being down there of course, but still tough.

I was on that ship, it was the worst moments of my life, so many dead and heroic actions

Fun fact about the Torpedoed vessel they mentioned at the beginning, that was the ex USS Phoenix, Brooklyn class light cruiser, veteran of WW2, she was the second one of her class to be lost in combat (the first being USS Helena, which also sank to Torpedoes, except Helena was sunk by the infamous "Long Lance" launched by Japanese Destroyers).

Sad but true😔..

Such a shame a catalogue of mistakes running up to this event allowing this to have happened It's a lovely thing hindsight

Captain Salt seems a real gentleman.

The chefs of the Sheffield all worked with as in Nelson Wardroom/M.galleys. Good young hard working lads. I salute them remember them for ever especially my friend PO. Bob Fagan The supply officer was my DO. on board HMS.Brighton .

Resolution 502 granted the UK's right to put into effect article 51, i.e. self-defence. This was because the Falklands was the UK's sovereign territory. So, yes, according to the UN, the UK was the sovereign power.

My Mother is from Scotland, and my Father is from Argentina. This was a very sad time..fortunately I had the chance the view this from both sides. To all British and Argentines commenting....the war was a mistake, it was stupidity...on both sides really. The islands are of little importance, an idiot dictator pulling strings and Maggie....nuff said. RIP to those on both sides who lost lives, and to their families who lost out the most. At the end of the day...who wins from this?

met the Chief Greenie from Sheffield at Staff College Canberra in 2004 - he gave an amazing recount of what happened on Sheffield.

No mention of the bad luck that the ESM was reportedly switched off to make/receive a SCOT transmission; the incoming Exocet may have been detected otherwise with enough time to turn towards and fire off chaff (which proved to be effective following further Exocet attacks later in the conflict).

And now look at the state of the UK today

No picnic

Think some of you need to show respect, if you wasnt there you cant really comment . if you was there then you would respect for those from both sides who lost their lives .

Sam salt...my old xo on resolution stbd in the 70s...no longer with us RIP ...resurgam

I lost my mate neil good all on that ship

Sorry to bump in.

Argentina has the best drivers without thinking

Sam Salt former Cdre Int at MoD.

But the UK had also sold military equipment to the Argentines, including two type 42 destroyers of the same class as Sheffield.

Saludos al Altantic Conveyor

I seem to recall that just before the conflict over the Falklands (Malvinas) the Argentine leader was facing massive protests regarding his brutal and undemocratic domestic policies. I got the impression, perhaps a false one, that he chose to make war in order to divert attention from his failed domestic policies. Nothing like a war to get people to bury their differences and "rally round the flag!" In lifht of that it seems reasonable to say that the Brittish Navy is without peer, and guarantors of freedom upon the high seas.

"I have to say they (the Argentines) were very brave". John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, 1997. Do you see this a football/rugby match? Do you know what a coward is? Among other things, to talk about war without knowing anything about it. But I guess you know more than Woodward maybe. What a sad comment. Sorry for you, man.

Alas, they turned off al of their sensors to use the Scott system, in those days you could not use Skynet with sensors on

Intact, in most cases, as the delayed fuzes failed to go off.

In a daily basis Argentinians called the bombing over British ships: "to return the bombs", because conventional bombs used by their planes where made in UK. The bombs where freely returned with no extra charge for UK.

This is a case in point why ships shouldn't be made of cheap alloys that burn easily. Once the ship started burning it would have taken extremely advanced firefighting equipment to douse it.

Don't forget that to divide is to conquer and dont fail in the abyss of generalisation both of you.

Having been a WEEO - this Captain seems like he was a smart one.

Ahi les va un Exocet AM39...y..saludos a la Reina..!!!

Yes there was aissile being use during the faikland war it was an ecocet missile made by france look it up in james fighting book on weapons and misdile

Respeto a los ingleses por lo que hicieron en la WW2 , pero con argentina no se juega y se lo hicimos saber muchas veces .

Pedro Ignacio Bean

So how many sailors died on the H.M.S Sheffield ?

It was engineering design flaw in electronics .some sailor was using the phone and it left a gap in radar detection to pick up the missile

UK suffered hundreds of casualties in this war and even was about to lose, by looking down the rival you underrate British soldiers who fought this war as well

Argentine aviators the world's best

Gloria a los pilotos Argentinos que combatieron contra la Royal Navy!

were

btw my father worked on integrating and deploying Sea Dart systems at ASWE in the early 80s, so I guess he had a hand in downing Argentine pilots.

With only a dozen more exocet they were left without a fleet !!

It was said from soldiers ashore them ships were sitting ducks

yet again no ciws

French weapon and English weapon forever cursed to spill each others blood what else can be said here.

A este hombre se le nota el miedo en la cara..

Argie pilots flew 1950s era jets & yet sunk & damaged many RN ships.

Sorry to hear that Argentinians delivered failed bombs, I guess the Exocets arrived in better conditions!

Sunk by incompetence-Some members of the crew were “bored and a little frustrated by inactivity” and the ship was “not fully prepared” for an attack. The anti-air warfare officer had left the ship’s operations room and was having a coffee in the wardroom when the Argentinian navy launched the attack, while his assistant had left “to visit the heads” (relieve himself). The radar on board the ship that could have detected incoming Super Étendard fighter aircraft had been blanked out by a transmission being made to another vessel. When a nearby ship, HMS Glasgow, did spot the approaching aircraft, the principal warfare officer in the Sheffield’s ops room failed to react, “partly through inexperience, but more importantly from inadequacy”. The anti-air warfare officer was recalled to the ops room, but did not believe the Sheffield was within range of Argentina’s Super Étendard aircraft that carried the missiles. When the incoming missiles came into view, officers on the bridge were “mesmerised” by the sight and did not broadcast a warning to the ship’s company.

"Worthy is dying for your country and honor", ... "Worthy is the hatred with which sank the pirate ship those bastards" memoirs of an Argentine pilot. Incalaperra = pirates

ale89220 jackie901 People in Britain we had serious problems too and so in Southamerica. Margareth T overconfidence brough this to the nation,later she'll told to "shut up" by members of the parlament for defending General Pinochet,no so clever the iron lady. So if i may say that was a bad move, both sides lose lifes more than a bloody ship,war plane or werever. There was a documentry about 2 man who survive the ordeal and both of then don't feel proud,they don't even praise their own army.

y el Sheffield donde está? ??? jajajaja

Oh, come on. Say thanks to US again

@Eddieposted All the royal navy ships, damage or fish food.

Vamos Argentiba carajoooo!!!!

You guys had many men of honor within your navy. James "Sam" Salt was the exception.

Una guerra colonial. El pensamiento ingles es tan monárquico y colonial, que aún no entienden lo que pasó y lo que significa Malvinas.

Indigenous population can vote in Argentina and move freely. Can Argentines moves freely to Malvinas or vote there.. I don't think so, see the difference?

Sam Salt was the cause, no one but him! He shut down all of the sensors so he could talk on Skynet, in a bloody war zone. What a twat

Argentina!

you quoted "illegally invaded the territory that belonged to another sovereign power", but according to UN was UK this "sovereign power" ? UN said that both parties should sit down and talk to solve the problem, Argentine agreed, UK refused, so who is not following UN rule?

Pity about about the dead,but this os perfid Albión.

Shows how crap and non prepared we actually are. Still have have the same excuses now.

believe me, I do not worry about you. Uh, checking my profile? I hurt? Sorry. The Argentines put a fight (particularly the Air Force). Do you know what was VERY humiliating? To back off from Suez (like the UK did) because the USA ordered (I repeat: ORDERED) to do it. "Yes, Sir, Yes, USA, I will leave".

Excelente!!!!! Malvinas, no fucklands.

Justin pity yo u seré not aboard

Can Brits vote in Argentina? No. Can Argentines vote in British territory (the Falklands)? No.

and your empire went with the Jolly Roger raised in 1833

And there were Welsh Argentines and English Argentines fighting the Evil Empire.

the flaw is switching off the radar to chat with hq. in war this is seen as a sin for this unacceptable to stop radar to defend attack which saw it happened. it is against the rule in war defend against surprise attack which happen. hope lesson has been rectified nothing of such farce willl seen personal killed.

Nice sinking but didn't stop your arse being kicked out of the Falklands in record time, did it.

Does not change the fact that the Empire continues to decline everyday. God save your queen.

anti fighter

empires should respect international law. unfortunately that will never happen.

expelled from our own land.. the uttermost sign of colonialism. shame on your empire and its mercenaries.

the English pirates bit the dust in Malvinas

if you built a ship without anti fight missile with alluminium and glass fibre ecc ecc economize in a war ship? result 28 sailors died. .type 21 22 23. .built economize. .Royal navy pay a high prize. .God save the Queen

when Argentine recovered Falklands, kelpers were offered to hold a double citizenship, that way they would be able to vote

VIVA el EXOCET!!! VIVA el SUPER ETENDARD!!!

good french engineering

The Malvinas are in our continental seaground, and Argentina was established in 1816, when we declared independence from Spain, and our constitution is from 1852, not 1860 and it was not the foundation of our nation it was just the final federal version of our previous constitution. So if you are going to support you imperialist and pirate governmente policy, you should give a look to some history books. Of course that in your country only rich people can have a decent education.

Nelson Mandela is a great man, one of the biggest personalities of our times. But seeing your post, I understand now how something so terrible and tragic like the Stephen Lawrence's case could have taken place. OK. I let you then with your racial hate.

The real facts: 01 May: HMS Sheffield was hit by Argentine Air Force MV Dagger bombs. Days later it sank. 02 May: Due to this attack, british decided to sink General Belgrano cruise. 04 May: An exocet from Argentine Armada Super Etendard was launch and hit HMS Hermes .

Actually, no so fast as when the British were ORDERED by US to leave Suez.

Argentina's GDP per capita is lower than that of Kazakhstan. Basically, Argentina is doing worse than Borat.

It's cheap for a nation to claim that an island which existed and was inhabited by the uk before Argentina even existed specially after Argentina tried to take the Falklands like nazis which I seem to remember that's where they all fled. Ask Israel

Oh captain never went down with his ship,,,