I remembered HMS Sheffield sinking eventually after being hit by a missile in the 1982 Falklands Thing. News reports at the time said the aluminium structure burned due to the heat of the explosion from the nasty Exocet missile the naughty French sold to the naughty Argentinians.
But that was wrong, it wasn’t made of aluminium, apparently. And the missile didn’t seem to have detonated. It was a French missile though.
But! My researching was made worthy by the discovery that the crew of the ship sang ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ as they waited for rescue.
