Four members of the class saw action during the 1982 Falklands war, 3 batch two conversions, HMS "Argonaut", HMS "Minerva" and HMS "Penelope" "Argonaut" experienced 15 air attacks in San Carlos Sound and was hits by a number of bombs and cannon fire, it was stranded for six days, with two bombs lodged in the forward Seacat magazine and boiler room.