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Warships
1990 U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait

1987 U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf

1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany

1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese

1917 3 British warships come close to Holland

1914 Turkish warships storm Black Sea

1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships

1889 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die

1885 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar

1885 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar

1871 Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns

1863 5 Russian warships welcomed in New York City

1703 Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships



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