Submarine warfare has been in a lot of movies over the years like CRIMSON TIDE but I was wondering has there been any real life underwater battles since WW II...
Has there been a real life SUBMARINE battle since World War II?
- Thread starter Mutara Nebula 1967
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The Kursk. 
From what I can tell, only two submarines have sunk enemy warships in combat since 1945. In December 1971 the Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor torpedoed and sank the Indian frigate Khukri. And, as already mentioned, HMS Conqueror sank the Argentinian warship General Belgrano during the Falklands conflict.
The Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (formerly USS Diablo) may have been sunk by depth charges from the Indian destroyer INS Rajput in November 1971, which would make it the only submarine sunk by enemy fire since 1945. Though the Pakistanis dispute this: they say that the Ghazi was sunk by the onbaord detonation of its own mines or torpedoes, rather than by enemy fire.
I have to say--there is a surprising amount of information on Wikipedia about the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
The Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (formerly USS Diablo) may have been sunk by depth charges from the Indian destroyer INS Rajput in November 1971, which would make it the only submarine sunk by enemy fire since 1945. Though the Pakistanis dispute this: they say that the Ghazi was sunk by the onbaord detonation of its own mines or torpedoes, rather than by enemy fire.
I have to say--there is a surprising amount of information on Wikipedia about the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
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