Revealed For The First Time: How HMS Conqueror Submarine Which Sank The Belgrano Was Sent On Spy Ship Interception Mission Just Weeks Later -- Daily Mail
* HMS Conqueror was tasked with stealing a two-mile string of hydrophones from a Polish-flagged spy trawler
* It didn't emit a signal and was designed to subtly listen to enemy submarines
* The Anglo-Americans wanted to find out how the enemy had managed to develop it
* The crew got perilously close to the trawler to cut through a three-inch-thick steel cable without being seen
The submarine that sank Argentine warship the Belgrano during the Falklands war was involved in a top secret raid to steal a state-of-the-art listening device from the Russians just weeks later, it has emerged.
Details of the daring mission in the Barents Sea, involving the notorious HMS Conqueror, have remained under-wraps for almost 30 years - until now.
The nuclear-powered attack submarine famously sank the General Belgrano on May 2 1982, killing 323 men, the day the Falklands war began.
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Update #1: HMS Conqueror’s biggest secret: a raid on Russia -- The Telegraph
Update #2: Secrets of the Conqueror by Stuart Prebble – review -- The Guardian
My Comment: I wonder if the Russians are only learning about this now?
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