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.

The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established …

Jun 25, 2021 · Severely damaged, General Belgrano rolled over and sank about thirty minutes after the attack. 770 of the crew were later rescued, but 323 Argentines died.

Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel βelˈɣɾano]), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader.

Jan 24, 2023 · On 2 May 1982 the British naval submarine the Conqueror, fired upon and sank the Argentine light cruiser, the ARA General Belgrano. It is the only time in history that a submerged submarine has sunk an enemy surface vessel in combat, and of all the controversies surrounding the Falklands war, this would turn out to be the biggest.

Jan 7, 2018 · The Argentine Navy ARA General Belgrano (C-4) warship was originally built as the American USS Phoenix (CL-46), the fifth of the Brooklyn-class cruisers, built in the United States and launched in March of 1938.

Manuel Belgrano was a military leader in the Argentine war for independence. After studying law in Spain, Belgrano was appointed secretary of the Buenos Aires official merchants’ guild (1794), a position in which he advocated liberal ideas, particularly in education and economic reform.

Argentina's only cruiser, the General Belgrano, has been sunk by a British nuclear submarine in the South Atlantic. It is the first serious attack on the Argentine navy by the...

Apr 2, 2022 · A 1970s picture of the ARA General Belgrano. In 1955 she joined the Coup d’état which overthrew Juan Peron, and subsequently she was renamed General Belgrano after General Manuel Belgrano the founder of a navigational school in …

At 3:57 p.m. on May 2, 1982, the British submarine HMS Conqueror fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, located approximately 230 nautical miles southwest of the Falkland Islands.