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It was proven beyond doubt that the Belgrano was heading for the Falklands and not returning to it's home base. Major David Thorp, of our secret signals interception section proved this, as it was he and other Govt agencies that intercepted the Argentine naval communications in late April 1982 ordering the Belgrano and it's escorts to a grid reference within the exclusion zone. It was sank by two torpedoes from HMS Conqueror, a hunter killer sub of her Majesties RN. Well done that crew! The Belgrano 'was outside' the exclusion zone at the time of sinking but she was on a war footing. In recent years the Argentine navy has accepted that the sinking of the Belgrano was a legitimate act of war. When the British lion roars the world knows of it!