ARA Isla de los Estados
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The ARA Isla de los Estados was a 3,900-ton Argentine supply ship that was sunk by HMS Alacrity at the small hours of the 11th May 1982, during the Falklands War, in a surface action north of Swan Islands, in Falklands Sound. Alacrity engaged Isla de los Estados with 15 rounds of her 4.5-inch gun. The Argentine ship blew up after seven hits ignited her cargo of jet fuel and ammunitions.[1] Only two of the 24 men aboard survived; 15 crewmembers and seven servicemen ( from all three armed forces plus the coast guard ) were killed or missing. [2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Mayorga, Horacio A.: No Vencidos. Ed. Planeta, Buenos Aires, 1998, page 320. ISBN 950-742-976-X (Spanish)
- ^ Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Spanish)
Coordinates: 51°42′3″S 59°29′22″W / 51.70083°S 59.48944°W
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