Template:Did you know nominations/Sinking of the Spanish trawler Sonia

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 20:41, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that in 1984 a Spanish fishing trawler sank after receiving gunfire from the Irish patrol vessel Aisling (pictured)? "the Spanish trawler Sonia sank off the Cornish coast yesterday after nearly 600 rounds of ammunition had been fired at it by an Irish navy gunboat" from: {{cite news |title=Irish quiz the crew of shot-up trawler |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/257667271/ |access-date=22 March 2021 |work=The Observer |date=21 October 1984 |page=1|publisher=Newspapers.com|language=en}}

:* Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Fenwick Hutchings

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:20, 23 March 2021 (UTC).

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|comments = Interesting incident. Meets requirements except for the image, which is not approved.

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