page_title: ARA Santísima Trinidad (D-2)
section_title: Argentine Landings
hierarchical_section_title: ARA Santísima Trinidad (D-2) / Operational history / Falklands War / Argentine Landings
context_page_description: ARA Santísima Trinidad is a Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy, the only one of her class built outside Britain. She participated in the 1982 Falklands War. In January 2013 the ship capsized and sank at her moorings in the Argentine naval base of Puerto Belgrano due to lack of maintenance, being refloated in December 2015. The navy plans to turn her into a museum ship.
context_section_description: Santísima Trinidad was the leading ship of the Argentine landings on the Falklands on 2 April 1982. Both the navy and the army commanders of the operation were on board. A team of 84 amphibious commandos and 8 tactical divers landed at Mullet Creek at midnight in 21 Gemini boats lowered from her deck. The wireless message demanding the surrender of the British Governor, Rex Hunt (governor), along with the Royal Marines detachment on the islands was also radioed from the destroyer.
caption: Map showing position of Santísima Trinidad during the landings
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