Secrets of the Conqueror : the untold story of Britain's most famous submarine
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Prebble, Stuart

Secrets of the Conqueror : the untold story of Britain's most famous submarine

Prebble, Stuart

9780571290338

London : Faber and Faber Limited, 2013

x, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 259)
 
Originally published: 2012.

HMS Conqueror is Britain's famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics.

Belgrano (Ship)
 
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations, British
 
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Moral and ethical aspects
 
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
 
Nuclear submarine -- Great Britain -- History
 
Conqueror (Submarine)

Belgrano (Ship)
 
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations, British
 
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Moral and ethical aspects
 
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
 
Nuclear submarine -- Great Britain -- History
 
Conqueror (Submarine)

HMS Conqueror is Britain's famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics.


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