Yellow Fleet
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yellow-fleet-203-13872740
title:
Yellow Fleet
text:
From 1967 to 1975, fifteen ships and their crews were trapped in the Suez Canal after the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt. The stranded ships, which belonged to eight countries, were nicknamed the Yellow Fleet after the desert sand that coated them. During the war, Egypt blocked both ends of the canal to prevent its use by Israel. Scuttled ships, sea mines, and other debris continued to block transport through the canal until the wake of the Yom Kippur War, after which the blockade was lift
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ships trapped in Suez Canal as a result of the Six-Day War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fleet
date created:
2007-10-09T16:20:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T04:30:28Z
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13
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16