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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

HMS Andromeda.

 On this day in1975, the Frigate HMS ANDROMEDA was involved in 1st collision of 56 between British and Icelandic ships during the third and final cod war. The Cod Wars concluded the following year with the UK conceding a 200 mile zone to Iceland in order to retain the GIUK gap (Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom) for NATO. 

In 1975, during the Third Cod War, the Icelandic gunboat Týr rammed Andromeda on 28 December, damaging her guardrail and a chaff launcher. On 7 January 1976, Andromeda was involved in another ramming, this time with the gunboat Þór. Both warships were damaged, with Andromeda receiving a 12 feet (3.7 m) dent as a result of this collision, and had to return to Devonport for repairs.




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