Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine Conqueror S48 sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, killing 323 sailors

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2. Mai 1982

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36.13° N, 5.40° W

Platziert: coordinates of the event it links, Operation Algeciras.

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine Conqueror S48 sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, killing 323 sailors. Operation Algeciras, an attempt to destroy a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar, fails.

Argentine plan to sabotage a British warship in Gibraltar

Operation Algeciras was a failed Argentine plan to sabotage a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War. The Argentine reasoning was that if the British military felt vulnerable in Europe, they would decide to keep some vessels in European waters rather than send them to the Falklands.

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