The British Royal Navy changed the uniforms of its sailors – from cotton to polyester – two years before the Falklands War. The sea tested both fabrics on the afternoon of May 4, 1982. HMS Sheffield was hit by an Exocet 70 miles from the islands. The warhead did not explode. It did not need to do so: the rocket fuel did, and the ship was filled with fire and black smoke in seconds. Twenty men died. Many more came out of it with burns, and those …
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The British Royal Navy changed the uniforms of its sailors – from cotton to polyester – two years before the Falklands War. The sea tested both fabrics on the afternoon of May 4, 1982. HMS Sheffield was hit by an Exocet 70 miles from the islands. The warhead did not explode. It did not need to do so: the rocket fuel did, and the ship was filled with fire and black smoke in seconds. Twenty men died. Many more came out of it with burns, and those …