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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.
General Belgrano originally refers to: Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820), Argentine economist, politician and military leader; ... List of ships named ARA General Belgrano
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]
ARA General Belgrano was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy. The ship was built in Italy, along with three sister ships also for Argentina (Garibaldi, Pueyrredón and San Martín). The vessel was the first to have been named after the Argentine founding father Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820). The ship was laid down ...
On 2 May Conqueror became the first nuclear-powered submarine to sink an enemy surface ship using torpedoes, launching three Mark 8 torpedoes at General Belgrano and the destroyers, [note 2] two of which struck the ship and exploded. Twenty minutes later, the ship was sinking rapidly and was abandoned by her crew.
At least two ships of the Argentine Navy have been named ARA General Belgrano: ARA General Belgrano (1896), was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser launched in 1896 and scrapped in 1953. ARA General Belgrano, was a Brooklyn-class cruiser launched in 1938 as USS Phoenix and renamed ARA 17 de Octubre on transfer to Argentina in 1951. She was ...
Belgrano (1872 ship), a French sail and steam liner; ARA General Belgrano (C-4), an Argentine Navy light cruiser sunk during the Falklands War; ARA General Belgrano (1896), an Argentine Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser