- Title: Argentina marks 40th anniversary of Belgrano warship sinking in Falklands war
- Date: 2nd May 2022
- Summary: TIGRE, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA (MAY 2, 2022) (REUTERS) SECRETARY GENERAL OF ARGENTINE NAVY, DIEGO EDUARDO SUAREZ, AND OTHER NAVY OFFICIALS AT 40TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY OF SINKING OF BELGRANO WARSHIP
- Embargoed: 16th May 2022 18:31
- Keywords: Belgrano Falklands Malvinas war
- Location: TIGRE, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
- City: TIGRE, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA001529902052022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: War veterans from Argentina's Falklands War with the British marked 40 years since the sinking of the Belgrano warship on Monday (May 2).
At the National Navy Museum in the city of Tigre, Argentine Navy Secretary General Diego Eduardo Suarez joined survivors and victims' relatives in tribute to the hundreds who died.
On May 2, 1982, 323 Argentine crew members died after two torpedoes were fired from a British submarine during the ten-week conflict.
A naval band played the national anthem and the Malvinas March.
“Today I came here to remember them (people who died during Belgrano sinking), I came to bring my honour, my testimony for all of those who remained at sea and also for my peers who came back. Life has been hard for us, but we've carried on,†said attack survivor Carlos Vicente Servidio.
Over 600 Argentines died in the 1982 war and almost half of them were on the Belgrano.
Its sinking was controversial as Argentina claimed the ship was sailing away from battle and was outside an exclusion zone.
The war is widely seen as a mistake by a discredited military dictatorship ruling Argentina at the time, but the islands remain a potent national symbol and most Argentines support the South American country's claims over them.
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