What was Argentina thinking when they sent the General Belgrano to attack the British fleet in the Falklands war, considering the maximum range of her guns was only thirteen miles? - Quora
![Vintage photographs of battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers.: Argentine Navy light cruiser ARA General Belgrano (formerly USS Phoenix). Vintage photographs of battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers.: Argentine Navy light cruiser ARA General Belgrano (formerly USS Phoenix).](http://i.imgur.com/fm93j6S.jpg)
Vintage photographs of battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers.: Argentine Navy light cruiser ARA General Belgrano (formerly USS Phoenix).
![File:US Navy 070502-N-4021H-082 USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Victor Cooper, and fellow Pearl Harbor officers pay homage to a memorial dedicated to the Argentinean ship ARA General Belgrano.jpg - File:US Navy 070502-N-4021H-082 USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Victor Cooper, and fellow Pearl Harbor officers pay homage to a memorial dedicated to the Argentinean ship ARA General Belgrano.jpg -](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/US_Navy_070502-N-4021H-082_USS_Pearl_Harbor_%28LSD_52%29_Commanding_Officer%2C_Cmdr._Victor_Cooper%2C_and_fellow_Pearl_Harbor_officers_pay_homage_to_a_memorial_dedicated_to_the_Argentinean_ship_ARA_General_Belgrano.jpg)
File:US Navy 070502-N-4021H-082 USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Victor Cooper, and fellow Pearl Harbor officers pay homage to a memorial dedicated to the Argentinean ship ARA General Belgrano.jpg -
Why is the light cruiser ARA General Belgrano often described as a battleship? Was this deliberate propaganda to try and alter the perception of its sinking or was it a simple mistake
![last moments of the Cruiser ARA General Belgrano after being hit by the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands war. May 2 1982 [893x591] : r/WarshipPorn last moments of the Cruiser ARA General Belgrano after being hit by the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands war. May 2 1982 [893x591] : r/WarshipPorn](https://preview.redd.it/oj6e5ida7b041.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=814d47532f28b8fd6962bbee755d8013a53f4964)