New scenario for testing: Snipe Incident, 1958
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:51 pm
Hey everyone I've got another small scenario ready for testing.
Description:
The Snipe incident was one of the first confrontations of the Beagle conflict. On May 1 1958, the Chilean navy constructed a lighthouse on the minor rock formation known as Snip islet. As far as Chile was concerned, the islet was not part of the dispute or the ongoing arbitration.
However, on the 10th, the Argentine navy landed on the island, destroyed the lighthouse and replaced it with one of their own.
Between May 21 and 24, after a tense standoff, the Chilean navy dismantled the Argentine structure and recovered the Chilean lighthouse.
On 8 June the Chilean navy returned and built a new lighthouse on the islet.
On August 9 the Argentinian destroyer ARA San Juan sailed from Ushuaia naval base. When the destroyer reached the islet, the ship fired four salvos from it's 120mm guns
at the Chilean lighthouse, destroying the structure. Afterward, 120 Argentinian marines landed on the islet and raised the Argentinean flag. On August 14, a pair of Chilean frigates
loaded with marines, departed fort Rondizzoni with orders to take the islet back. On the way to the islet they were joined by a cruiser and three destroyers.
Historically, the Argentinians abandoned the islet and returned to their base when the Chilean warships approached.
But in this scenario the Argentians stayed. After repeated warnings the ARA San Juan was sunk by the Chilean warships, and the islet was retaken by Chilean marines.
In response the Argentinians broke off all contact with the Chilean government and ordered the Argentian military to take the islet and the disputed islands of Picton, Lennox and Nueva.
Description:
The Snipe incident was one of the first confrontations of the Beagle conflict. On May 1 1958, the Chilean navy constructed a lighthouse on the minor rock formation known as Snip islet. As far as Chile was concerned, the islet was not part of the dispute or the ongoing arbitration.
However, on the 10th, the Argentine navy landed on the island, destroyed the lighthouse and replaced it with one of their own.
Between May 21 and 24, after a tense standoff, the Chilean navy dismantled the Argentine structure and recovered the Chilean lighthouse.
On 8 June the Chilean navy returned and built a new lighthouse on the islet.
On August 9 the Argentinian destroyer ARA San Juan sailed from Ushuaia naval base. When the destroyer reached the islet, the ship fired four salvos from it's 120mm guns
at the Chilean lighthouse, destroying the structure. Afterward, 120 Argentinian marines landed on the islet and raised the Argentinean flag. On August 14, a pair of Chilean frigates
loaded with marines, departed fort Rondizzoni with orders to take the islet back. On the way to the islet they were joined by a cruiser and three destroyers.
Historically, the Argentinians abandoned the islet and returned to their base when the Chilean warships approached.
But in this scenario the Argentians stayed. After repeated warnings the ARA San Juan was sunk by the Chilean warships, and the islet was retaken by Chilean marines.
In response the Argentinians broke off all contact with the Chilean government and ordered the Argentian military to take the islet and the disputed islands of Picton, Lennox and Nueva.
