SS Atlantic Conveyor
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For the Great Atlantic Conveyor in Oceanography, see Thermohaline circulation.
Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War.
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Atlantic Conveyor approaching the Falklands. On or about 19 May 1982. | |
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Name | Atlantic Conveyor |
Operator | Cunard Line |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
Launched | 25 August 1969 |
Completed | March 1970 |
Identification | IMO number: 6926036 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Container ship |
Tonnage | 14,946 GRT |
Length | 695 ft (212 m) |
Beam | 92 ft (28 m) |
Draught | 9,1 m[2] |
Propulsion | 4 steam turbines, 2 propellers[2] |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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She was hit on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors. Atlantic Conveyor sank whilst under tow on 28 May 1982.
The wrecksite is designated under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.[3]