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Famous Shipwrecks of the Deep [Thursday, Period One, 10/21]
The students would find themselves back in the classroom for today's lesson.
Summer sat on the desk in the front of the room and waited for everyone to get settled before she began her lecture.
"The sinking of the Belgrano warship is one of the most dramatic and controversial events of the Falklands War. The Falklands War was fought in 1982, between Argentina and the United Kingdom. over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The islands are located east of Argentina, in the South Atlantic Ocean," she explained. "The war began in April of 1982. On May 2, HMS Conqueror, the British nuclear submarine, fired two torpedoes at the Argentine warship, ARA General Belgrano. The British attempted to retake the the islands with a naval task force and by amphibious assault. Some 300 men were killed on impact, due to the attack. As the formidable Argentinian warship began to sink, one of the most difficult marine rescue operations ever was conducted. The torpedo strike killed 323 of the Belgrano's 1093 crew, nearly half of Argentina's total war casualties."
Summer paused, letting her students process that information.
"The conflict ended on June 14, 1982 and the islands remained under British control. The war lasted a total of seventy-four days and resulted in the deaths of 257 British and 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors and airmen. Three civilian Falklanders also lost their lives in the assault."
It was an unfortunate side effect of war. It was one of the reasons Summer disliked conflict.
"The area where the Belgrano sank is classified as a War Grave under Argentinian law. In 1994, the Argentine government conceded that the sinking of the Belgrano was "a legal act of war". In 1999, Sir Michael Boyce, First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, visited the Puerto Belgrano naval base and paid tribute to those who died," she added. "In February 2003 the National Geographic Society, in conjunction with the Argentine navy, launched an expedition to scour the depths of the South Atlantic for the wreck. After nearly two weeks at sea, in extreme Southern Ocean weather conditions, the expedition was unable to find the ship. Despite the fact the cruiser is thought to be 4km underwater, 180km off the coast of Argentina and in notoriously rough seas, the team hoped its equipment — the same used to locate the Titanic — would quickly find the wreck. Sadly, the wreck still remains undiscovered to this day."
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Summer sat on the desk in the front of the room and waited for everyone to get settled before she began her lecture.
"The sinking of the Belgrano warship is one of the most dramatic and controversial events of the Falklands War. The Falklands War was fought in 1982, between Argentina and the United Kingdom. over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The islands are located east of Argentina, in the South Atlantic Ocean," she explained. "The war began in April of 1982. On May 2, HMS Conqueror, the British nuclear submarine, fired two torpedoes at the Argentine warship, ARA General Belgrano. The British attempted to retake the the islands with a naval task force and by amphibious assault. Some 300 men were killed on impact, due to the attack. As the formidable Argentinian warship began to sink, one of the most difficult marine rescue operations ever was conducted. The torpedo strike killed 323 of the Belgrano's 1093 crew, nearly half of Argentina's total war casualties."
Summer paused, letting her students process that information.
"The conflict ended on June 14, 1982 and the islands remained under British control. The war lasted a total of seventy-four days and resulted in the deaths of 257 British and 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors and airmen. Three civilian Falklanders also lost their lives in the assault."
It was an unfortunate side effect of war. It was one of the reasons Summer disliked conflict.
"The area where the Belgrano sank is classified as a War Grave under Argentinian law. In 1994, the Argentine government conceded that the sinking of the Belgrano was "a legal act of war". In 1999, Sir Michael Boyce, First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, visited the Puerto Belgrano naval base and paid tribute to those who died," she added. "In February 2003 the National Geographic Society, in conjunction with the Argentine navy, launched an expedition to scour the depths of the South Atlantic for the wreck. After nearly two weeks at sea, in extreme Southern Ocean weather conditions, the expedition was unable to find the ship. Despite the fact the cruiser is thought to be 4km underwater, 180km off the coast of Argentina and in notoriously rough seas, the team hoped its equipment — the same used to locate the Titanic — would quickly find the wreck. Sadly, the wreck still remains undiscovered to this day."
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