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Lynx Sea Skua Strikes Hit Argentine Ships in the Falklands
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1982

Lynx Sea Skua Strikes Hit Argentine Ships in the Falklands

Sea Skua attacks in the South Atlantic on 2 May 1982 sank Comodoro Somellera and damaged Alferez Sobral during the Falklands war.

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Sea Skua attacks in the South Atlantic on 2 May 1982 sank Comodoro Somellera and damaged Alferez Sobral during the Falklands war.
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