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Falklands War: HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (pictured), the only ship ever to have been deliberately sunk by a nuclear submarine in battle.
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Falklands War
1982 undeclared Argentina–United Kingdom war
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HMS Conqueror (S48)
1971 Churchill-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy
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ARA General Belgrano
Argentine cruiser sunk during the Falklands War
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Submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
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