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  2. 29 migrants rescued off small boat in trouble in the ... - AOL

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    A coast guard statement said the boat was located about 23.5 nautical miles (27 miles, 43 kilometers) south of Gavdos, a small island off Crete's southern coast, by a passing merchant ship after ...

  3. Battle of Cape Matapan - Wikipedia

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    The battleship Vittorio Veneto firing upon the Allied cruisers during the action off Gavdos. On 28 March, an IMAM Ro.43 floatplane launched by Vittorio Veneto spotted the British cruiser squadron at 06:35. At 07:55, the Trento group encountered Admiral Pridham-Wippell's cruiser group south of the Greek island of Gavdos. The British squadron was ...

  4. Greece's Crete and Gavdos islands see surge in migrant boats ...

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    The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling pressure on ill-equipped authorities and raising ...

  5. Libyan Sea - Wikipedia

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    View of Frangokastello plain and Libyan Sea from Crete. Gavdos is barely seen on the horizon at the right Relief map of Mediterranean Sea Libyan Sea. The Libyan Sea (Latin: Libycum Mare; Arabic: البحر الليبي; Greek: Λιβυκό πέλαγος) is the portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of the African coast of ancient Libya, i.e. Cyrenaica, and Marmarica (the coast of what is now ...

  6. Aegean dispute - Wikipedia

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    The 1700 ton SG-703 Umut of the Turkish Coast Guard rammed into the 460 ton Stan Patrol OPV-090 Gavdos of the Hellenic Coast Guard. [19] No injuries were reported but Gavdos received considerable damage to her port stern side. The incident took place in waters east of the disputed Imia/Kardak. 12 April 2018 Dogfight between military jets. 1 ...

  7. Hellenic Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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    Unknown number of boats still in service for secondary tasks / ΛΣ-102 series Olympic D-45M Coastal Patrol: 13.9: 25 Greece: 1973 - under decommissioning: 5: Unknown number of boats still in service for secondary tasks Olympic D-45 Coastal Patrol: 13.9: 25 Greece: 1973 - under decommissioning: 4: Unknown number of boats still in service for ...

  8. Israel deploys missile boats in Red Sea as Houthis attack ...

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    JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said it had deployed missile boats in the Red Sea on Wednesday as reinforcements, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it had launched ...

  9. Gavdos - Wikipedia

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    Gavdos (Greek: Γαύδος, ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province .