Word: lloydsman
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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...North Atlantic's chronic wintertime high winds and rough waters, such naval games of chicken were bound to produce collisions. A fortnight ago the confrontation grew more serious. While seeking shelter from a gale two miles off Iceland's coast, the unarmed British ocean-going tug Lloydsman was fired on by the Thor. Iceland says the Thor fired one shot, which struck the British vessel; Britain says the Icelandic boat fired three shots that missed...
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