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Battle of Delft

Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War

Date	December 25, 2007
Location	off Delft, Sri Lanka
Result	Disputed

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

Government Claims 12 dead one boat damaged,

rebels claim one sunk one damaged

Government Claims 9 boats sunk and 40 dead,

rebels claim 4 dead

Sri Lankan civil war

Main topics

Mass graves

Massacres

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Eelam War IV

Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV

Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV

Other: 1st Point Pedro; Galle; 2nd Point Pedro; Palali raid; Colombo raids; Anuradhapura; Delft; Coast of Jaffna; Naval anti arms smuggling operations

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Eelam War IV

Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV

Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV

Other: 1st Point Pedro; Galle; 2nd Point Pedro; Palali raid; Colombo raids; Anuradhapura; Delft; Coast of Jaffna; Naval anti arms smuggling operations

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

Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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.

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