Editing Exocet (section)

==== SS ''Atlantic Conveyor'' ====
''Atlantic Conveyor'' was a 14,950 ton [[roll-on/roll-off]] [[container ship]] that had been hastily converted to carry aircraft on her deck. She was carrying helicopters and supplies, including cluster bombs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/the-atlantic-conveyor/|title=The Atlantic Conveyor |publisher= Think Defence|date=20 March 2016|website=www.thinkdefence.co.uk}}</ref> Two Exocet missiles had been fired at a frigate, but had been confused by its defences and re-targeted the ''Atlantic Conveyor''. Both missiles struck the container ship on her port quarter and warheads exploded either after penetrating the ship's hull,<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Chant
  | first = Christopher
  | title = Air War in the Falklands 1982
  | publisher = Osprey Publishing
  | year = 2001
  | location = Oxford
  | page = 55
  | isbn = 978-1-84176-293-7}}
</ref> or on impact.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EC14467A-DFAF-4030-BDFB-9E1AAF00205E/0/boi_atlanticconveyorpt1.pdf |title=Board of Enquiry (Report) Loss of SS Atlantic Conveyor |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012134301/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EC14467A-DFAF-4030-BDFB-9E1AAF00205E/0/boi_atlanticconveyorpt1.pdf |archive-date=12 October 2012}}</ref> Witness [[Prince Andrew]] reported that debris caused "splashes in the water about a quarter of a mile away".<ref name="gh19831112">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NPs9AAAAIBAJ&pg=4110,2766700|title=Prince Andrew talks of Falklands horror|work=Glasgow Herald|date=14 November 1983|page=2}}</ref> Twelve men were killed and the survivors were taken to HMS ''Hermes''. ''Atlantic Conveyor'' sank while under tow three days later.