Forty years ago, British troops were advancing towards ... The raid was fought on 31 May 1982 during the Falklands War, between the 1st Assault Section Argentine Special Forces from 602 Commando ...
May 2 marks the fortieth anniversary of the first and only sinking of a warship by a nuclear submarine. By successfully sinking the Armada de la República Argentina’s (ARA) light... Britain’s ...
Unlike HMS Conqueror which sank the Argentine cruiser ARA Manuel Belgrano, Spartan did not fire in anger during the Falklands war, though she did provide valuable reconnaissance to the British ...
The last British submarine known to have severed a cable was HMS Conqueror in 1982. Fresh from firing the missiles that sank Argentina’s Belgrano in the Falklands War, it cut an acoustic array trailed ...
Whatever your opinion on the moral rights and wrongs of the Falklands War ... The resulting war would see British and Argentinian forces involved in the biggest naval conflict staged since ...