Argentine ship ‘hit’

An Argentinian ship missing near the Falkland Islands may have been hit by a British missile, the privately-owned news agency Dyn said in Buenos Aires today.

Quoting military sources, it said the Isla de Los Estados carried a crew of between 30 and 40 and was making supply runs ‘among the various defensive positions in the islands.’

Argentina’s military high command said last night that radio contact with the vessel had been lost, and that a search was under way.

It said the ship had been carrying out interisland transport services.

British intelligence later reported she had been sowing mines in the waters surrounding Stanley.