Battle of Delft
| Battle of Delft | |||||||
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| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sri Lanka |
 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12 fast attack craft, helicopter gunships and Kfir fighter jets | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| rebels claim one sunk one damaged |
Government Claims 6 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.[3] After moving in to investigate clashes erupted and fierce sea battle ensued.[4] Both sides claimed victory. The pro-rebel Tamilnet claimed that the Sea Tigers sank one Sri Lankan Navy vessel and the Sri Lankan Navy suffered 10 casualties.[5] However, the Sri Lankan Defense ministry claimed that six Tiger boats were sunk and over 40 Tigers were killed.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Situation Report". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- 1 2 azad. "Heavy sea battle south of Delft". Sri Lanka Guardian. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ↑ TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
External links
[edit]- Gardner, Simon (2007-12-26). "Sri Lanka says sinks 11 rebel boats in sea battle". Reuters UK.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "'Tamil Tigers hit' in naval clash". BBC News. 2007-12-26.
- "Sea clash 'kills 40 Tamil rebels'". CNN.com Asia. 2007-12-26.
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