After the carrier-sinking discussion, the panel corrects its earlier uncertainty: HMS Splendid, not Swiftsure herself, was the submarine associated with the hunt for Veinticinco de Mayo. Splendid was the newest boat of the class and went from commissioning and working up to a South Atlantic deployment, showing how wartime demand can compress a peacetime progression. The speakers then compare the build dates and quoted costs of Swiftsure and Splendid, highlighting substantial cost growth within one nominal class. The correction ties a famous unrealized attack to the specific submarine and to the procurement history behind the Swiftsure class.
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Identifying HMS Splendid in the Falklands carrier hunt
A follow-up identifies HMS Splendid as the boat sent after Argentina's carrier and uses her rapid deployment and rising cost to illuminate the later Swiftsure class.