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1866 Battle of Callao 1885 Battle of Cut Knife, Canada 1940 Norwegian Minesweepers Djerv & Dristig scuttled to prevent capture. French Destroyer Bison and Destroyer HMS Afridi bombed/sunk off Norway 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War begins. Trawler HMS Alberic sunk in a collision with Norwegian Destroyer St. Albans in the Pentland Firth. Destroyer HMS Jersey sunk by mine at Malta. Armed Yacht HMS Nyula sunk in a collision off the Tyne. KM Trawler Vp-808 bombed/sunk north west of Borkum 1942 Naval Yacht USS Cythera sunk by U-402 off N. Carolina. River Gunboat USS Mindanao bombed/scuttled off Corregidor. Cruiser HMS Edinburgh sunk by Z-25, and Z-27 sunk by HMS Edinburgh in the Barents Sea. Polish sub Justrzab damaged by Norwegian Destroyer St. Albans and Minesweeper HMS Seagull and scuttled. U-74 sunk by Destroyers HMS Wishart and Wrestler south east of Cartagena. 1943 USCG Patrol Boat 58012 sunk by engine room explosion off Mass. R.N. MTB 311 sunk by mine off Algeria. U-465 sunk by RAAF Sunderland in Bay of Biscay. 1944 Destroyer USS Parrott rammed by SS John Morton while backing out of a slip at Norfolk, Va., hull bent beyond repair and scrapped post War. U-674 sunk by Swordfish northwest of Narvik and U-959 south east of Jan Mayen. 1945 Russians announce fall of Berlin. Cruiser Adm. Hipper & 17 U-Boats scuttled. Trawler HMS Ebor Wyke sunk by U-979 off Iceland. Frigate Ojika sunk by sub USS Springer in the Yellow Sea. 1964 Escort Carrier USS Card sunk at Saigon, probable V.C. bomb. raised, repaired, returned to service. 1982 Sub HMS Conqueror sinks Argentine Cruiser Gen. Belgrano 2011 Osama Bin Laden killed |
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