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ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from until . The ship began to list to port and to sink towards the bow. Twenty.
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So my wife assumed I was going out to the North Atlantic. At that point, little did he know he would not see his family again until July 3 when the Conqueror returned home flying the Jolly Roger to signal its kill.

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We were the Cold War warriors, so we were either going to have peace or the third World War with the Russians. After rapidly storing up enough food and supplies to last three months, Conqueror slipped out of Faslane on April 4 for a fast passage south that took 12 days. Argentina had invaded a little-known territory 8, miles away from home. The Falklands War had begun.

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I remember one of the officers came to me privately and complained. Just days later, Conqueror made an impact in the South Atlantic which would stun people in both Argentina and Britain. By the following morning, the three ships could be clearly identified in the periscope.


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What followed was a tense hour cat-and-mouse game as Conqueror silently followed the warship on the fringes the war zone. It says sink the Belgrano. They discussed tactics and decided to use three Mark 8 torpedoes.

THE SINKING OF THE GENERAL BELGRANO

The submarine will go to action stations at to conduct a Mark 8 attack against the cruiser Belgrano. Accept More information. My Account. Search by author, title or keyword Toggle navigation.

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Product was successfully added to your shopping cart. The sinking of the Belgrano was one of the most dramatic moments of the Falklands conflict. For many it signalled Britain's entry into the war and it has been seen as a politically motivated decision deliberately designed to take the country irrevocably into the fight. Now Mike Rossiter - with unprecedented access to sailors from the Belgrano and HMS Conqueror - gives us a dramatic and definitive retelling of the events that led up to the sinking.

With all the pace and tension of a thriller, Sink the Belgrano takes us inside the battle for the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the famous, and controversial, Sun headline 'Gotcha! Details The sinking of the Belgrano was one of the most dramatic moments of the Falklands conflict.