Chaps, it’s rather pointless having a personal go at cosmiccomet. Perhaps commendably on a predominantly British forum, he is simply expressing the views of an Argentinean. His Government, whether he supports it or not has stated its belief on every occasion that the Islands are theirs. That is something we will have to agree to disagree on, like gentlemen.
There is also no point in quibbling about what were civilian ships and what weren’t. Our merchant ships taken from trade were “militarised”, albeit unarmed. I had a busy Summer destoring and materially demilitarising the Portsmouth/Southampton ones. I had a busy Spring doing the opposite for some of them.