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ARA General Belgrano

1938–1982 · 20th century

ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine light cruiser, built in the United States as USS Phoenix, which survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and was sold to Argentina in 1951. During the Falklands War it was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Conqueror on 2 May 1982, with the loss of 323 lives, nearly half of Argentina's deaths in the conflict.

ARA General Belgrano
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). ARA General Belgrano. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ara-general-belgrano
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The Epoch Institute. “ARA General Belgrano.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ara-general-belgrano.
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