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...
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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...
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General Belgrano Belgrano (disambiguation) General Belgrano Department (disambiguation) Belgrano II Base, Antarctica List of ships named ARA General Belgrano...
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ARA General Belgrano: ARA General Belgrano (1896), was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser launched in 1896 and scrapped in 1953. ARA General Belgrano...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of ARA General Belgrano)
was led by the Second World War-vintage Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano; although old, her large guns and heavy armour made her a serious...
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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...
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Brooklyn-class cruiser (redirect from General Belgrano-class cruiser)
navies in 1951, where they served for many more years. One of these, ARA General Belgrano, formerly Phoenix, was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982. The...
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ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was named General Belgrano in 1956. General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the British...
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in a task force north of the Falkland Islands, with the cruiser ARA General Belgrano to the south. The British had assigned HMS Splendid (S106), a nuclear-powered...
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was the most famous of the class, sinking the Argentinian cruiser ARA General Belgrano during the 1982 Falklands War. As of 2022[update], this is the only...
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ARA General Belgrano, which was sunk during the Falklands War, was named after him, as was the earlier 1896 ARA General Belgrano, and Puerto Belgrano...
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Clive Ponting (section General Belgrano papers)
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...
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British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. 1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six...
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destroyers, on 19 September 1955. She was accidentally rammed by her sister General Belgrano (former USS Phoenix) during an exercise on 15 March 1956, which resulted...
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Commander N.D. Wood Churchill-class submarines HMS Conqueror - sank ARA General Belgrano Commander C.L. Wreford-Brown HMS Courageous Commander R.T.N. Best...
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ARA Santa Fe was an Argentine Balao-class submarine that was lost during the Falklands War. Built by the US during the Second World War, the ship operated...
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Diana Gould–Margaret Thatcher exchange (category 1983 United Kingdom general election)
sinking of the Belgrano, an Argentine warship, during the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina. ARA General Belgrano, a cruiser, sank...
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ARA Narwal was an Argentinian fishing trawler, equipped for ELINT purposes during the Falklands War and captained by Asterio Wagata. The ship had been...
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participated on the unsuccessful attempt to find the sunken cruiser ARA General Belgrano along with a National Geographic team on the vessel Seacor Lenga...
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1972 along with her sister-ship ARA Comodoro Somellera from Mayport, Florida on 6 March 1972 and arriving to Puerto Belgrano on 18 April. In the early hours...
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south of Buenos Aires. It is named after the brigantine General Belgrano (named after Manuel Belgrano) which sounded the area in late 1824. Home of the Argentine...
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Conqueror attacked and destroyed the Argentine Navy's cruiser the ARA General Belgrano. For the Falklands patrol he was awarded the Distinguished Service...
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the Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano with two Mark VIII** torpedoes during the Falklands War. This is...
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political activist. In 1986 he co-founded the Belgrano Action Group after the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano by the Royal Navy during the Falklands War...
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successful attack in Gibraltar. Later that day, the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was attacked and sunk by the British attack submarine HMS Conqueror...
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April, and the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror had sunk the cruiser ARA General Belgrano on 2 May, the Argentine fleet retired to port for the duration of...
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to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the cruiser ARA General Belgrano with two Mark 8 torpedoes during the 1982 Falklands War. The main...
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Postal Fin del Mundo Post Office) Isla Redonda (Mástil de Crucero ARA General Belgrano) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams were instructed...
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flag to recognise her successful attack on the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War. HMS Conqueror's Jolly Roger, now in the...
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light cruiser (British-built) ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser, designed for training naval cadets. General Belgrano class (US Brooklyn class) Maipu-class...
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