Attentat terroriste

RFA Fort Victoria bombing: RFA Fort Victoria

6 sept. 1990 · 54.62° N, 5.90° W

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6 sept. 1990
Type
Attentat terroriste
Coordonnées
54.62° N, 5.90° W

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RFA Fort Victoria bombing: RFA Fort Victoria, launched three months earlier at Harland and Wolff's shipyard, is boarded by an IRA unit in Belfast who plant bombs on board, one of which explodes, causing considerable damage.

RFA Fort Victoria bombing

IRA bomb attack on RFA Fort Victoria

The bombing of RFA Fort Victoria took place on 6 September 1990, when a unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) planted two bombs aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the vessel had been launched four months before. One of them exploded in the engine room, causing flooding and serious damage.

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