An interesting read of the operations of the SSN HMS Conqueror pre and post Falklands war. Also describing the inept political covering up that followed over who took the decision to sink Belgrano outside of the 200 mile TEZ.
Pre/Post Falklands is revealed as an operation to capture Russian towed array sonar to gain information on their capability. It is conjectured that this is the true operation that was wanted to be kept quiet during the subsequent loss of ships logs.
The subsequent political fall out from this meant that a crew member Narendra Sethia was accused of stealing the logs and supplying a Labour politician with the information needed to question the government (he had in fact just kept a diary that he provided to a trusted person with a view to publishing).
A sub-story is his winning of a libel case against the main papers - something that cannot easily be undertaken if you do not have the financial backing.
Sethia went on to meet survivors of Belgrano in 2000:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/oct/18/argentina.falklands
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