| Battle of Delft | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force (Close air support) | Sea Tigers | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12 fast attack craft, helicopter gunships and Kfir fighter jets | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| rebels claim one sunk one damaged |
Government Claims 9 boats sunk and 40 dead, rebels claim 4 dead | ||||||
The Battle of Delft was a naval battle on December 25, 2007 and part of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The Sri Lankan Navy claimed that it received reports of a boat cluster moving off of Delft Island. After moving in to investigate clashes erupted and fierce sea battle ensued. Both sides claimed to have victory. The pro-rebel Tamilnet claimed that the Sea Tigers sank one Sri Lankan Navy vessel and the Sri Lankan Navy suffered casualty. However, the Sri Lankan Defense ministry claimed that 6 Tiger boats were sunk and over 40 Tigers were killed.
References[edit]
- ^ [1] Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Gardner, Simon (2007-12-26). "Sri Lanka says sinks 11 rebel boats in sea battle". Reuters UK. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01.
- "'Tamil Tigers hit' in naval clash". BBC News. 2007-12-26.
- "Sea clash 'kills 40 Tamil rebels'". CNN.com Asia. 2007-12-26.