Nice theory, not true.

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Post #399,039 by pwhysall 2/10/15 6:07:18 PM Reply	Nice theory, not true. Sheffield was all-steel. https://web.archive.org/web/20140408041743/http://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn6.htm#F7
Post #399,041 by scoenye 2/10/15 7:51:07 PM Reply	But that is how it was reported at the time The letter below made it to the NY Times Editor, but I can't recall that information ever coming back into the news cycle in Continental Europe. Things just kept going forward as the conflict developed. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/03/opinion/l-aluminum-s-not-to-blame-for-warship-loss-251244.html It's unfortunate, but understandable, that the fast-paced action of war often leads to erroneous reports of what is actually happening. The continuing circulation of misinformation concerning the sinking of H.M.S. Sheffield and H.M.S. Coventry in the Falkland Islands conflict is an example. A number of media continue to report that H.M.S. Sheffield had an aluminum superstructure. This is alleged to have led to the sinking of the ship after it was struck by an Argentine Exocet missile.
Post #399,063 by a6l6e6x 2/11/15 3:48:31 PM Reply	And no one likes to spoil a good story. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov

interesting $60 per hour to work on steel $120 an hr to work on aluminum - (boxley) - (11) - Jan. 29, 2015, 04:00:03 PM EST

It's quite more malleable; takes more skill not to ruin it. Sounds a bargain. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2015, 12:17:45 AM EST

eh? having made copper etchings as a tad - (boxley) - Jan. 30, 2015, 09:14:39 AM EST

Audi used to make the A8 from aluminum - (malraux) - (8) - Jan. 30, 2015, 09:31:16 AM EST

Also, you can't apply solder or lead to Aluminum. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Jan. 30, 2015, 11:27:40 AM EST

But, there is aluminum brazing. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2015, 08:42:29 PM EST

MIG (MGAW) welding works well on aluminum. - (hnick) - (1) - Jan. 31, 2015, 06:32:45 AM EST

I learned to do that in metalwork at school - (pwhysall) - Feb. 2, 2015, 03:05:17 AM EST

HMS Sheffield - (gcareaga) - (3) - Feb. 10, 2015, 09:35:56 AM EST

Nice theory, not true. - (pwhysall) - (2) - Feb. 10, 2015, 06:07:18 PM EST

But that is how it was reported at the time - (scoenye) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2015, 07:51:07 PM EST

And no one likes to spoil a good story. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Feb. 11, 2015, 03:48:31 PM EST

Nobody EVER expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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