ARA General Belgrano 1982
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | ARA General Belgrano | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1982 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | light cruiser, commission | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | Argentina | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Argentine Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | Falklands War | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | South Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | -55.4000, -61.5333 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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 vessel was the second to have been named after the Argentine founding father Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820). The first vessel was a 7,069-ton armoured cruiser completed in 1896.
She was sunk on 2 May 1982 during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine Conqueror with the loss of 323 lives. Losses from General Belgrano totalled just under half of Argentine military deaths in the war.
She was the first ship to have been sunk during military operations by a nuclear-powered submarine and the second sunk in action by any type of submarine since World War II.
Location
- Recorded position: -55.4000, -61.5333 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: South Atlantic Ocean
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article ARA General Belgrano (revision 1378366055), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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