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Originally Posted by Oberon
Umm...
We had a whole class of submarines named after him, one of whom remains the only nuclear submarine to sink an enemy warship. 
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Rgr that Jamie and I'd wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone, not only does it cover the sinking of the Belgrano but also a top secret mission (at the time) Operation Barmaid deep inside Russian territorial waters in which she is tasked with obtaining a towed array from a surface vessel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...on-Russia.html
Secrets Of The Conquerer by Stuart Prebble:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Conq...+the+conqueror
Out of interest....Conqueror was commanded by Chris Wreford-Brown at the time but not my friend who goes by the same name on this forum