Helen Parr

Could the bombing of Sir Galahad have been prevented?

Aided by documents in the National Archives, Crispin Black challenges the view that the Welsh Guards were to blame for the Bluff Cove disaster

Survivors of RFA Sir Galahad (smoking in the background) are hauled ashore at Bluff Cove. [Alamy]
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  • Too Thin for a Shroud: The Last Untold Story of the Falklands War

    Crispin Black

    Gibson Square, pp. 224, £20

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