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Word: sobral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...well as the Belgrano, the Argentines announced-mistakenly it turned out-that yet another navy vessel had been lost. According to Buenos Aires, a dispatch ship, the Sobral, had been fired on by British missile-carrying Lynx helicopters as it searched for a downed Canberra bomber crew within the 200-mile zone. The British said that the Sobral and another Argentine boat had been hit and at least one sunk. A day later, the Sobral limped back into the Argentine port of Deseado with eight dead crewmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falklands: Two Hollow Victories at Sea | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

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