On May 2 1982, the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror fired two torpedoes at the Argentine warship. 323 men of the 1,093 crew were killed on impact.
- General Belgrano
- Bismarck
- Fascination
- Lusitania
Answer
The correct answer is A) General Belgrano.
More History questions
- On July 30, 1865 along the beaches of California, off Crescent City, a summer storm developed and this ship came across a submerged pinnacle known as The Dragons Teeth.
- Two years after Titanics tragic sinking - In the summer of 1914 - this ship started a journey from Quebec harbor to England. A heavy fog hid the horizon and she was hit by the Storstad, a Norwegian collier. Only 465 of the 1500 people onboard survived.
- This vessel sunk in lake Michigan in 1919, after a fire on board got out of control.
- In a shipwreck known as this, a Chinese merchant ship carrying porcelain sank near an island in South Male Atoll In the 16th century.
- On May 7th, 1915 this famous ship was hit by a torpedo near the shore of Queenstown, Ireland. It sank in 15 minutes.
- During a hot night in August 1658, this ship was wrecked on Maamakunudhoo Atoll, while en route to Bengal. There was a small treasure onboard this ship: eight chests of silver and gold from West Africa.