The only nuclear submarine ever to sink an enemy warship, she was paid off and laid up in 1990. Authored By: JR Potts, AUS 173d AB | Last Edited:
HMS Conqueror nicknamed the "Conks" was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Conqueror and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. The class was named after Winston Churchill who served as the British Prime Minister and First Lord of the Admiralty The main aim of these submarines was to counter the Soviet threat by spying on the USSR nuclear submarine movements at sea and shadowing and if necessary attacking Russian ships and submarines if the Cold War got hot.
In the first weeks of the Falklands War Veinticinco de Mayo deployed her aircraft against the Royal Navy task force with some success. Admiral Sandy Woodward, Commander of the British Task Force requested permission to engage.While the situation was being studied in London, in Buenos Aries it was realised that the aircraft carrier, the Veinticinco de Mayo was not yet battle ready and so the Belgrano retreated from her battle position.Despite this, British intelligence was certain that this was simply the beginning of a build up to what intercepted messages had described as a ‘massive attack’ on the Task Force.With the evidence mounting the Admiralty gave permission for the HMS Conqueror to attack and sink the Belgrano and so on May 2The explosions knocked out her electrical system and the poor visibility and failing light meant that she was unable to send out a mayday signal.The Argentine government complained to the United Nations that the sinking of their warship had been a contravention of UN Security Council Resolution 502 which had called for a ceasefire.The public reaction in Argentina was one of shock and as a result the Argentine Navy returned to port and played no further part in the war, likely saving lives and shortening the war.Argentina maintained aerial hostilities, with HMS Conqueror a priority target, however they were unable to locate the submarine, which continued to monitor aircraft as they were launched from the mainland to engage the British.In a 2003 interview the Captain of the Belgrano, Hector Bonzo, accepted that the attack on his ship was legitimate as he had been given orders to sink, ‘any British ship I could find’.Following the loss of the Belgrano the Argentine Air Force were able to sink six British ships and one landing craft before the cessation of hostilities on June 14On the HMS Conqueror’s return to Faslane she flew a Jolly Roger as is Royal Navy submarine tradition following a kill.Commander Wreford-Brown said of the sinking of the Belgrano that the Royal Navy had, ‘spent thirteen years preparing me for such an occasion.
Of the twenty British Navy nuclear powered submarines awaiting final disposal by the Ministry of Defence, the Churchill Class HMS Conqueror has a unique historical distinction.
It would have been regarded as extremely dreary if I had fouled it up’. 2/2/2017
Alistair Slater AB(S) Served from 1986 - 1993 Served in HMS Conqueror. HMS Conqueror nicknamed the "Conks" was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. The orders were to rendezvous Conqueror with the British task force in the exclusion zone around the Falklands, the sail took twenty-one days at flank speed. HMS Churchill (S46); HMS Conqueror (S48); HMS Courageous (S50) Essentially Unlimited She was the third submarine of her class, following the earlier Churchill and Courageous, that were all designed to face the Soviet threat at sea. HMS Conqueror is famous, some would say notorious, for sinking the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano. British Prime Minister Thatcher gave the order and on May 2The action was deplored by some as a provocation designed to escalate hostilities while others saw it as a strategic victory that helped bring the Falklands Conflict to an early finish.The ten-week war began with the invasion of the British Overseas Territory on April 2The Argentine military Junta had set its sights on the archipelago calculating that the eight-thousand-mile distance between it and the However, with the strategic position of the islands close to Antarctica and the possibility that there might be oil reserves in the region, the UK government assembled a task force within days and declared the islands a war zone.The HMS Conqueror set sail from Faslane Naval Base on the 3A week after her arrival the crew spotted the Belgrano Southwest of the islands a little way outside the exclusion zone.The Veinticinco de Mayo was heading toward the Falklands from the North.The British suspected an attempted pincer movement, which would have cut off logistical support routes and weakened the task force.
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The Churchill class was based on the older Valiant class, but featured many internal improvements.
During the Falklands War in 1982, between Britain and Argentina, its crew made headlines around the world when it sank the warship ARA General Belgrano. Conqueror, commanded by Commander Chris Wreford-Brown, was most famously deployed during the Falklands War, setting sail from Faslane Naval Base on the Gare Loch in Scotland on 3 April 1982, one day after the Argentine invasion. The British had assigned HMS Spartan, a nuclear-powered submarine, to track down the 19,900 ton Veinticinco de Mayo and sink her if necessary Veinticinco de Mayo who previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Venerable and the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Karel Doorman. 6 x 533mm (21") bow torpedo tubes (Mark 8 or Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedoes).The "Military Factory" name and MilitaryFactory.com logo are registered ® U.S. trademarks protected by all applicable domestic and international intellectual property laws.
The three Repeat Valiant-class submarines, sometimes known as the Churchill class, were nuclear-powered fleet submarines which served with the Royal Navy from the 1970s until the early 1990s. HMS Conqueror. | Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com
In the first weeks of the Falklands War Veinticinco de Mayo deployed her aircraft against the Royal Navy task force with some success. Admiral Sandy Woodward, Commander of the British Task Force requested permission to engage.While the situation was being studied in London, in Buenos Aries it was realised that the aircraft carrier, the Veinticinco de Mayo was not yet battle ready and so the Belgrano retreated from her battle position.Despite this, British intelligence was certain that this was simply the beginning of a build up to what intercepted messages had described as a ‘massive attack’ on the Task Force.With the evidence mounting the Admiralty gave permission for the HMS Conqueror to attack and sink the Belgrano and so on May 2The explosions knocked out her electrical system and the poor visibility and failing light meant that she was unable to send out a mayday signal.The Argentine government complained to the United Nations that the sinking of their warship had been a contravention of UN Security Council Resolution 502 which had called for a ceasefire.The public reaction in Argentina was one of shock and as a result the Argentine Navy returned to port and played no further part in the war, likely saving lives and shortening the war.Argentina maintained aerial hostilities, with HMS Conqueror a priority target, however they were unable to locate the submarine, which continued to monitor aircraft as they were launched from the mainland to engage the British.In a 2003 interview the Captain of the Belgrano, Hector Bonzo, accepted that the attack on his ship was legitimate as he had been given orders to sink, ‘any British ship I could find’.Following the loss of the Belgrano the Argentine Air Force were able to sink six British ships and one landing craft before the cessation of hostilities on June 14On the HMS Conqueror’s return to Faslane she flew a Jolly Roger as is Royal Navy submarine tradition following a kill.Commander Wreford-Brown said of the sinking of the Belgrano that the Royal Navy had, ‘spent thirteen years preparing me for such an occasion.
Of the twenty British Navy nuclear powered submarines awaiting final disposal by the Ministry of Defence, the Churchill Class HMS Conqueror has a unique historical distinction.
It would have been regarded as extremely dreary if I had fouled it up’. 2/2/2017
Alistair Slater AB(S) Served from 1986 - 1993 Served in HMS Conqueror. HMS Conqueror nicknamed the "Conks" was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. The orders were to rendezvous Conqueror with the British task force in the exclusion zone around the Falklands, the sail took twenty-one days at flank speed. HMS Churchill (S46); HMS Conqueror (S48); HMS Courageous (S50) Essentially Unlimited She was the third submarine of her class, following the earlier Churchill and Courageous, that were all designed to face the Soviet threat at sea. HMS Conqueror is famous, some would say notorious, for sinking the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano. British Prime Minister Thatcher gave the order and on May 2The action was deplored by some as a provocation designed to escalate hostilities while others saw it as a strategic victory that helped bring the Falklands Conflict to an early finish.The ten-week war began with the invasion of the British Overseas Territory on April 2The Argentine military Junta had set its sights on the archipelago calculating that the eight-thousand-mile distance between it and the However, with the strategic position of the islands close to Antarctica and the possibility that there might be oil reserves in the region, the UK government assembled a task force within days and declared the islands a war zone.The HMS Conqueror set sail from Faslane Naval Base on the 3A week after her arrival the crew spotted the Belgrano Southwest of the islands a little way outside the exclusion zone.The Veinticinco de Mayo was heading toward the Falklands from the North.The British suspected an attempted pincer movement, which would have cut off logistical support routes and weakened the task force.
We do not sell any of the items showcased on this site.
The Churchill class was based on the older Valiant class, but featured many internal improvements.
During the Falklands War in 1982, between Britain and Argentina, its crew made headlines around the world when it sank the warship ARA General Belgrano. Conqueror, commanded by Commander Chris Wreford-Brown, was most famously deployed during the Falklands War, setting sail from Faslane Naval Base on the Gare Loch in Scotland on 3 April 1982, one day after the Argentine invasion. The British had assigned HMS Spartan, a nuclear-powered submarine, to track down the 19,900 ton Veinticinco de Mayo and sink her if necessary Veinticinco de Mayo who previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Venerable and the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Karel Doorman. 6 x 533mm (21") bow torpedo tubes (Mark 8 or Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedoes).The "Military Factory" name and MilitaryFactory.com logo are registered ® U.S. trademarks protected by all applicable domestic and international intellectual property laws.
The three Repeat Valiant-class submarines, sometimes known as the Churchill class, were nuclear-powered fleet submarines which served with the Royal Navy from the 1970s until the early 1990s. HMS Conqueror. | Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com