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ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, an aircraft carrier that served in the Argentine Navy. It was the second aircraft carrier incorporated into the Argentine Navy. Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Venerable, it was later sold to the Netherlands and then to Argentina in 1968. The ship played a role in the Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas) as part of Task Force 79. It was the last aircraft carrier operated by any Latin American navy. Due to high maintenance costs, the carrier was eventually decommissioned and sold for scrap in India in the 1990s.

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In 1975, the Leander-class frigate, HMS ACHILLES, collided with the Greek tanker Olympic Alliance in the Dover Strait. The 5-year-old frigate was recovered to HMNB Devonport for repair. She remained in service until 1990, when she was sold to Chile.

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After carrying out intelligence work and maritime and air patrols, and the expertise of tactical personnel, the Panamanian Naval Air Force seized 11,562 packages of drugs that were being transported in a tugboat southwest of San José Island, Central Pacific, bound for Central America and Mexico.

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HMS Tyne and HMS Cattistock held Remembrance Day service while at anchor together in Scapa Flow, close to the wreck of HMS Royal Oak, sunk by a German U-Boat in 1939, with loss of 835 sailors.

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After USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, it was bought by a company that needed to move the ship with an 81′ beam through the 80′ wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighting down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees.

Project 705 Lira, also known by its NATO reporting name, the Alfa-class nuclear attack submarine, specifically the K-64 during trials. This class of submarine was known for its unique design, including a revolutionary titanium hull and a powerful lead-bismuth liquid metal-cooled reactor. The use of a liquid metal reactor allowed for a smaller reactor size and very high speeds, with the submarines primarily used as interceptors.

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