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After consultation at Cabinet level, Thatcher agreed that Commander Chris Wreford-Brown should attack General Belgrano. [12] At 14:57 [13] (Falkland Islands Time) [N 1] on 2 May, Conqueror fired three 21-inch Mk 8 mod 4 torpedoes [14] (conventional, non-guided, torpedoes in service from 1927), each with an 805-pound (363 kg) Torpex warhead.
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 by the ...
USS Phoenix (CL-46), was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class cruiser family. She was the third Phoenix of the United States Navy.After World War II the ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was named General Belgrano in 1956. [1]
In 2021, he allegedly kidnapped two members of the Mexican navy in an attempt to secure the release of Oseguera-Cervantes's wife, who had been arrested by the Mexican authorities.
Clive Sheridan Ponting (13 April 1946 – 28 July 2020) [2] [3] [4] was a senior British civil servant and historian. In 1984, he leaked classified documents about the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano in the Falklands War in 1982, which showed that government statements about the sinking were untrue.
2014-05-23: 6 14: Shooting spree Shootings of Sacramento County law enforcement officers: Sacramento: 2014-10-24: 2 2: Shooting of Sacramento County sheriff's deputies Shooting of The Jacka: Oakland: 2015-02-02: 1 Rapper shot 2015 San Bernardino attack: San Bernardino: 2015-12-02: 16 24: Islamic Terrorist attack at the workplace. 2017 Fresno ...
The head of the California National Guard, who has presided over a series of scandals during the last 3½ years, will retire at the end of the month, Gov. Gavin Newsom's office confirmed Monday.
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