SS Atlantic Conveyor

For the Great Atlantic Conveyor in Oceanography, see Thermohaline circulation.

Atlantic Conveyor approaching the Falklands. On or about 19 May 1982.
History
United Kingdom
NameAtlantic Conveyor
OperatorCunard Line
BuilderSwan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Launched25 August 1969
CompletedMarch 1970
IdentificationIMO number: 6926036
Fate
  • struck by two Exocet missiles on 25 May 1982
  • Burnt and subsequently abandoned
  • Eventually sank whilst under tow on 28 May 1982
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage14,946 GRT
Length695 ft (212 m)
Beam92 ft (28 m)
Draught9,1 m
Propulsion4 steam turbines, 2 propellers
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)

Atlantic Conveyor was a British Merchant Navy container ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence during the Falklands War. She was struck on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors. The ship sank under tow on 28 May, becoming the first British merchant vessel lost to enemy action since the Second World War.

The wrecksite is designated under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.

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