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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Navy supply vessel sunk in Trincomalee harbor-Under water explosion

Navy supply vessel sunk in Trincomalee harbor


Under water explosion damaged and caused logistic vessel A-520(MV Invincible) to sink while moored at the Ashroff jetty in Trincomalee harbor, at 2.15A.M. today(10) said the Sri lanka Navy.
Navy suspect this explosion done by a LTTE suicide diver.

No lives were lost due to the explosion.

A-520 was a merchant vessel built in 1970's and handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy, following a court order after it was apprehended while transporting 254 illegal migrants off Tangalle in 2003.