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  • collier, SS River Clyde, which was run aground beneath the fortress so that the troops could disembark directly via ramps to the shore. The Royal ...
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  • on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet went aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles had to abandon the effort and withdraw his ...
    38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
  • command of USS Philadelphia, Bainbridge ran aground on the Tunisian coast on December 29, 1803, and he and his crew were imprisoned by the Dey for more ...
    35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
  • Spain. Nineteen days later, the Santa Maria ran aground near the present site of Cap-Haitien; Columbus was forced to leave 39 men, founding the settlement ...
    36 KB (5,245 words) - 15:26, 7 June 2024
  • by December 5. Here, the Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas morning 1492, and had to be abandoned. He was received by the native cacique Guacanagari ...
    38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
  • by Russian naval officers after the ship ran aground in Russian territorial waters) so intercepted German naval radio communications could usually ...
    56 KB (8,672 words) - 09:48, 22 September 2023
  • |casualties2=4 midget submarines sunk, 1 midget submarine run aground, 29 aircraft destroyed, 55 airmen, 9 submariners killed and 1 captured}} ...
    60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
  • was sold to the Russians, but proved unstable, ran aground and was scrapped. [[Image:Peral1888.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The torpedo armed Peral submarine ...
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  • to wait until April 27, because Ulster Prince ran aground in shallow waters close to Nauplion. Because of this event, the Germans realized that the evacuation ...
    73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
  • of 1989. On March 24, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, releasing 11 million gallons (42 million liters) of crude oil into ...
    74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
  • The Granma ran aground in a mangrove swamp at Playa Las Coloradas, close to Los Cayuelos, on December 2, 1956. Fleeing inland, its crew headed ...
    103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024

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