Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep
USS Phoenix/Ara General Belgrano: A Ship of Two Nations
Directed by Jason Davidson, Peter RochS1 • E5 Dec 12, 2023 45m
Originally launched in the United States, the light cruiser USS Phoenix survived the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941 and went on to play a vital but unsung role in World War Two. Following the conflict, she was sold to the Argentine government and was eventually renamed the General Belgrano. By 1982, the much-updated cruiser was part of an Argentine naval force tasked with defending the newly conquered Falkland Islands from the British. But she was torpedoed and sunk by Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror, a decision which caused outrage at the time and remains controversial to this very day.
