Conqueror (S 48)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
| Fate: | Paid off at Devonport on 2nd August 1990. Now sitting in 3 Basin at Devonport awaiting decommissioning |
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Commanders
| 1982: | C Wreford-Brown | ||
| 1994: | Lieutenant Commander | James Burnell-Nugent |
Carried out Tigerfish trials in 1978.
As of 2004, she was the only nuclear powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the cruiser General Belgrano on the 2nd May 1982 during the Falklands War.
The periscope of the submarine can be viewed in the Royal Navy's submarine museum in Gosport, Portsmouth along with the Captains cabin and the main manouvering room panel.
Events
| 05-12-1967 | Laid Down |
| 18-08-1969 | Launched |
| 09-11-1971 | Completed |
| 06-04-1982 | HMS Conqueror sails for the South Atlantic from Britain. She would later sink the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano. She is the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes |
| 02-05-1982 | HMS Conqueror became the only nuclear powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War. |
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