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Sinking Belgrano
History of Great Britain
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| | 1982 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 2nd May After the loss of the Belgrano, the entire Argentine fleet returns to port and do not leave again for the duration of hostilities |
| 2nd May The General Belgrano is sunk outside the Exclusion Zone demarcated by the British |
| 3rd May Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano |
| 1982 | Woodwood, Sandy | |
| April Vulnerable to Argentine aircraft, both carrier and land based, missile armed surface ships and submarines Woodward's approval is given to sink any Argentine warships outside Argentine territorial waters |
| 2nd May General Belgrano sunk 30 miles outside exclusion zone by submarine Conqueror on orders of War Cabinet who claim self-defence - 368 Argentines die |
| 1982 | Wreford-Brown, Christopher | |
| 2nd May The nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror, captained by Commander Chris topher Wreford-Brown, sinks the Belgrano |
| 2nd May Wreford-Brown informed the Admiralty 4 hours before his attack that the Argentine cruiser had changed course, but this information was not passed to the Ministry of Defence or Rear-Admiral John "Sandy" Woodward |
| 1985 | Ponting, Clive | |
| Charged with leaking two documents about the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War |
| Had sent information to the Labour MP Tam Dalyell, last July but the jury finds this did not entail, "communicating information to an unauthorised person" |
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