Word: sheffield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...midsection exploded as efforts were being made to defuse it (see photograph at right); a destroyer, H.M.S. Coventry, sunk by bombing; and a supply vessel, the Atlantic Conveyor, disabled and abandoned. The Conveyor was hit by the same type of Exocet missile that sank the British destroyer H.M.S. Sheffield four weeks ago. Including another frigate, H.M.S. Ardent, sunk on May 22, Britain said it had lost five ships in the struggle to regain the islands, but Argentina claimed Royal Navy losses were higher than that...
...llar's efforts were helped by the fact that both London and Buenos Aires were sobered by the sinking two weeks ago of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, with 321 fatalities, and the British destroyer Sheffield, which lost 20 men. Britain had backed away from a demand for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Argentine troops from the Falklands. In their talks with Pérez de Cuéllar, the British also indicated that they would accept a temporary U.N. administration of the Falklands...
...believed to be. That would give the British naval task force a land base for its vertical takeoff Harrier fighters. The plan also calls for the placing of radar on high ground on West Falkland to prevent a recurrence of the surprise Argentine air attack that destroyed the Sheffield...
...hostilities continue for any lengthy period, the Argentines are expected to run into problems of their own, including shortage of spare parts for warplanes, ammunition and high-technology missiles like the French-built Exocet that smashed the H.M.S. Sheffield two weeks ago. Argentine military suppliers, such as France and West Germany, have embargoed further shipments to the country. Some of the slack will be taken up by neighboring Brazil, which has its own burgeoning arms industry but cannot supply the most sophisticated weapons. Some military observers in Argentina believe that the Soviet Union has offered weaponry and other forms...
...with the British task force were no better off. A New York Times correspondent reported from the converted passenger liner Canberra that troops aboard were relying on the BBC for news of the conflict since their officers did not fill them in, even when the Sheffield went down...