2 May 1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

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1. The checkmate moment of the war

2. ARA General Belgrano (C-4) was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982.

   Originally commissioned by the U.S. Navy as USS Phoenix, she saw action in the Pacific theatre of World War II before being sold to Argentina.

   She was sunk on 2 May 1982 during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine Conqueror with the loss of 323 lives.

   The only ship to have been sunk during military operations by a nuclear-powered submarine.

3. Survived the Japanese but not the British.

4. Thats the problem with using an Tier Vish Cruiser against a Tier15 Submarine.

5. Interresting enough the only time a nuclear powered sub has Sunken anything in anger.

6. Sabaton- Back in Control

7. European aggression but since it’s not Russia it’s all good 😊

8. Pobre gente

9. Militarily a good play. RIP the sailors who weren’t the ones deciding that invading the Falklands was a good idea.

10. She was out oad the 200 mile zone. Still feels like a cheat.

11. What a waste of life.

12. How did the escorts not realise she had been hit?

13. Argentina in 1982: f**k around and find out.

14. Nuclear powered submarines are so OP. The silence, the speed while submerged, the range.

    If your country has a coastline and you don’t have a fleet of them, it’s incredibly stupid to pick a fight with a country who does.

15. Friend of mine worked on the advanced torpedoes for these.

    Apparently the ‘advanced smart’ torpedos fired first didn’t like the cold water, totally ignored the ship and went rogue forcing a self-destruct.

    The bog standard ‘dumb’ torpedoes aimed the old fashioned way worked just fine…👍

16. proof if it was needed that are nation is sovereign and no one messe’s with are corntree .

17. bye bye argentine invadors