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HMS Conqueror (S48)
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<p>HMS <i>Conqueror</i> was a British <a href="/facts/Churchill-class_submarine/yAbTlxoQ"><i>Churchill</i>-class</a> <a href="/facts/Nuclear_marine_propulsion/gVcaF3kF">nuclear</a>-powered fleet <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">submarine</a> which served in the <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> from 1971 to 1990. She was the third submarine of her class, following the earlier <a href="/facts/HMS_Churchill_(S46)/hTSJsN88"><i>Churchill</i></a> and <a href="/facts/HMS_Courageous_(S50)/PQgPUjQ2"><i>Courageous</i></a>, all designed to face the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Navy/t2buEMEK">Soviet</a> threat at sea. She was built by <a href="/facts/Cammell_Laird/Kp6PB0up">Cammell Laird</a> at <a href="/facts/Birkenhead/X4Mhxn0d">Birkenhead</a>. </p><p><i>Conqueror</i> is the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the cruiser <a href="/facts/ARA_General_Belgrano/Us46zaIr"><i>General Belgrano</i></a> during the 1982 <a href="/facts/Falklands_War/k6cCaCnI">Falklands War</a>. </p>