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Exocet Attack on Sheffield

Name: Exocet Attack on Sheffield – Argentina factsheet records
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Argentina · Warfare / Falklands War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1982Date range

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Chronological records

1982

Augusto Cesar Bedacarratz4 May 1982

South Atlantic · Warfare / Falklands War

Launches an AM39 Exocet during the mission that fatally damages HMS Sheffield.

Names involved

Augusto Cesar Bedacarratz

Provenance

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