《航海》八二年第六期《他们究竟断送在谁手里》一文,从一个侧面介绍了在马岛海战中,英国战舰之所以“不堪一烧”的原因。文章认为,英国从七十年代起,大量采用薄型铝合金建造军舰的上层建筑,以代替传统的重型钢板。而这种铝合金抗冲击力差,熔点低,易碎裂,进裂的碎片又似弹片一样四处飞溅,对舰上人员的安全造成很大的威胁。这确实是参加马岛海战的英国军舰的一大弱点。然而,这些英国军舰的致命弱点还不在于此。要说明这个问题,还是让我们先回顾 The article “Sailing”, No. 6, August 1982, “Who did they hand off?” Introduced the reason why the British warships were “overwhelmed by burning” during the battle of the Falklands. The article argues that since the 1970s, the United Kingdom has extensively used the thin aluminum alloy to build superstructures for warships instead of the traditional heavy steel plates. And this aluminum alloy poor impact resistance, low melting point, fragile, cracked fragments and splashed like shrapnel, causing a great threat to the safety of the ship’s personnel. This is indeed a major weakness in the British warships participating in the naval battle on the island of Falklands. However, the fatal weakness of these British warships is not there. To illustrate this issue, let us first review