The sinking of the ARA General Belgrano: 323 dead, 58 minutes to escape and loyalty to the end

The British attack on the ship was ordered 43 years ago by Margaret Thatcher. It caused almost half of the casualties suffered by Argentina in the midst of the Falklands War.

This Friday, Provincial Senator Felipe Michlig and Congressman Marcelo González participated in the event commemorating the sinking of the ARA Cruise “General Belgrano”, which took place on May 2, 1982 during the Malvinas War, in which 323 Argentine crew members lost their lives. The ceremony took place at the Almirante Brown Termulet, front [...] The entry Senator Michlig participated in San Cristóbal the event – homage to the heroes of the ARA…

The media, in general, have echoed in recent years what has happened. Rescued from the ARA General Belgrano once and from the oblivion another, the young soldiers Felipe Santiago Gallo and Daniel Osvaldo Esturel, they met again “with” many of their peers in a mausoleum of the El Salvador cemetery, disguising, for a moment, that mantle of fog of which the song composed in 1939 with lyrics by Carlos Obligado and music by José Tieri, to which only …

The Ministry of Defence recalled the deceased crew members with an emotional message and an image with their names. It was sunk by England during the 1982 Falklands War.

This Monday will mark the 40th anniversary of the collapse of the ARA General Belgrano, a fact that would mark a before and after in the Malvinas war. 323 crew members lost their lives and 770 managed to survive not only the two torpedo attack, which occurred on May 2, 1982, but also the storm and the low sea temperatures that would test them until their rescue.

The Argentine Navy paid tribute this Friday to the 1,093 crew members of the cruiser ARA General Belgrano, when 43 years of its collapse during the Falklands War. Through its social networks, the naval force published an emotional commemorative video that includes the voice of the veteran warship captain Héctor Bonzo, who commanded the ship at the time of the attack. 43 years after the sinking of the cruiser ARA General Belgrano, the Argentine N…