Accident

Atlantic Conveyor lost with three Chinooks; Bravo November survives

May 25, 1982

On 25 May 1982 an Exocet fired by an Argentine Super Étendard struck the container ship Atlantic Conveyor, destroying three of the four British Chinooks aboard. The fourth, Bravo November, was airborne; it helped evacuate the ship and landed on HMS Hermes, earning the nickname "The Survivor".