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unusual facts about ARA ''General Belgrano''



Argentine Military Cemetery

By far the greatest loss of life in the war was in the sinking of the Argentine Navy cruiser ARA General Belgrano, with 321 members of crew and 2 civilians on board at the time, with most of these going down with her.

Buenos Aires Midland Railway

Today the line as far as General Belgrano is part of Línea Belgrano Sur which has been operated by UGOFE since 2007.

International parrot trade

Several True Parrots from the Ara genus (Great Green Macaw, Blue-throated Macaw, Scarlet Macaw, Military Macaw), are all protected under Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Puente Alsina railway station

As part of the privatization of the Argentine railways in 1990’s the private company Metropolitano was granted a concession to operate the service, part of the Linea Belgrano Sur, as far as General Belgrano, from 1 May 1994.

Rubén Capria

Rubén Oscar Capria (born 6 January 1970, in General Belgrano).

Sandy Woodward

Possibly the most well know single incident is sinking of the ARA General Belgrano.


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