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[RollingJ]

⬆️  And?

[Mister M]

6 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

See the post up there ⬆️

 

20 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

About his Uncle being torpedoed in the Falklands? That lie?

 

I'm crap at history but iirc only one ship was torpedoed and that was General Belgrano.

You're right about one thing - you are crap at history.

According to the BBC,  HMS Antelope was torpedoed defending the Falklands:

Falklands and Gibraltar will remain British, Keir Starmer pledges - BBC News

[The_DADDY]

4 minutes ago, Mister M said:

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HMS Antelope was torpedoed defending the Falklands:

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I'm not sure you are right there. I believe it was bombs dropped by planes that sunk the Antelope. 

 

Happy to be proved wrong though.

[Mister Gee]

29 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

There's no need for that.

Both my kids have complex special needs as well you know so I take that personally. 

There’s no need for your lying and pathetic trolling behavior but you do insist.

[The_DADDY]

@Mister M

 

From Google 

 

Two bombs had been dropped by an Argentine aircraft flying at extremely low level on HMS ANTELOPE during the day of 23 May. The bombs, which did not explode, lodged in the engine room of the ship. One detonated while it was being defused. The explosion broke the back of the ship which sank.

 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022139#:~:text=Two bombs had been dropped,of the ship which sank.

[Mister M]

7 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

@Mister M

 

From Google 

 

Two bombs had been dropped by an Argentine aircraft flying at extremely low level on HMS ANTELOPE during the day of 23 May. The bombs, which did not explode, lodged in the engine room of the ship. One detonated while it was being defused. The explosion broke the back of the ship which sank.

 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022139#:~:text=Two bombs had been dropped,of the ship which sank.

Okay so it was bombed rather than torpedoed - do you have evidence that his Uncle wasn't on HMS Antelope?

[The_DADDY]

Just now, Mister M said:

Okay so it was bombed rather than torpedoed - 

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And here's me, crap at history and all that. 

[The_DADDY]

1 minute ago, Mister M said:

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do you have evidence that his Uncle wasn't on HMS Antelope?

I haven't said he was. 

Has Starmer clarified which ship his Uncle was on? 

[Mister M]

3 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

And here's me, crap at history and all that. 

I was going on what the BBC reported

2 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

I haven't said he was. 

Has Starmer clarified which ship his Uncle was on? 

No he hasn't, though some of the media have reported that he was on HMS Antelope

[The_DADDY]

2 minutes ago, Mister M said:

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No he hasn't, though some of the media have reported that he was on HMS Antelope

He might well have been but the fact remains it wasn't torpedoed so he's either made a stupid error or he's lying.