A really sad end to a British built (or rather designed) warship! Even sadder that the Argentine government had discussed preserving the ARA SantÃsima Trinidad as a museum ship to commemorate the Falklands Conflict (she landed the first Argentine reconnaissance teams on the islands in 1982).
It is a great pity that the British government has not preserved one of the Royal Navy Type-42 Destroyers that fought in the conflict…
…or any other veteran Falklands surface warship! 😡
The Type-42 ARA SantÃsima Trinidad was in reserve and acting as a spares source for the other Argentine Type-42 ARA Hércules.
http://www.thediveforum.com/non-diving-posts/2057-what-waste.html
By: Lincoln 7 - 3rd February 2013 at 10:23
Paul178.
Paul, after the Falklands, I wouldn’t trust the French as far as I could kick that lump of iron in the centre of Paris,Over the years, It may be just me, but I think they have always hated our guts, and always will, I would never trust them.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: paul178 - 2nd February 2013 at 21:05
Kick off with what Jim? They still owe Mercedes Benz for a shed load of G Wagons they got on tick 30 years ago.. You can’t fight a war without money or credit We are bestest buddies with the French at the moment,so no exocets for them.The Yanks arn’t going to help them.So who would be daft enough to side with them apart from a few tinpot South American Countries that are all talk and bluster.
By: Lincoln 7 - 2nd February 2013 at 20:34
Paul178.
Steady on Paul, that remark could just be what they want to kick off again.Naughty boy, should know better at your age.:D;)
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: paul178 - 2nd February 2013 at 20:01
Come on folks they are just re enacting Belgrano Day!
By: Lincoln 7 - 2nd February 2013 at 09:35
TonyT.
:D:D
Nice one.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: TonyT - 2nd February 2013 at 01:39
It wouldn’t suprise me if they removed the sea cocks for spares.
By: Creaking Door - 1st February 2013 at 15:49
As it’s destined as a diving wreck presumably they will just refloat her, then resink her!
No, it was never destined to be an artificial-reef; the diving website was just the one I found that had the best photographs.
Why did it capsize? Well, presumably lack of maintenance.
She would never have gone to sea again and was just being used for spare parts for the other Argentine Type-42 destroyer. I doubt if she even had a permanent crew so the fact that she was slowly flooding probably went unnoticed for days if not weeks. By the time anybody did notice the source of flooding would have been metres underwater in some inaccessible machinery-space; difficult to find let alone plug.
Modern warships tend to be pretty top-heavy so she started listing and eventually…..over she went!
By: Lincoln 7 - 1st February 2013 at 13:15
So thats where the SAS were, last seen, opening the scuttlng cocks.:)
Guess it cost too much to maintain, I know of a few Lightships that were turned into floating restaurants, but after a few yrs were left to rot away, as they cost far too much to maintain.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: hampden98 - 1st February 2013 at 12:17
Wonder why it capsized?
As it’s destined as a diving wreck presumably they will just refloat her, then resink her!
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