This year commemorates the 42nd anniversary of a historic event in naval warfare: the sinking of a US-origin warship by a British nuclear-powered submarine. On May 2, 1982, the British Churchill-class HMS Conqueror made history by becoming the first nuclear submarine to sink an enemy vessel when it torpedoed the ARA General Belgrano (formerly known as USS Phoenix … Continue reading 1st Nuclear Submarine To Sink Enemy Vessel: How British Navy ‘Conquered’ US-Origin Warship & Created History