Formerly light cruiser USS Phoenix but sold to Argentinia after World War II, the renamed General Belgrano was controversially torpedoed during the Falklands Conflict.

In The Royal Navy, HMS Exeter has become synonymous with bravery and sacrifice but her luck didn't last. Severely damaged by an enemy shell, she was sunk in shark-infested waters.

The German warship Bismarck terrified British naval planners - and with good reason. In 1941, the battleship destroyed the Royal Navy's most famous cruiser, HMS Hood.