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Battle of Point Pedro (2006)
	Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War
	; The MV Pearl Cruise II was at the center of a sea battle between the SLN and the Sea Tigers in May 2006
Date	May 12, 2006
Location	off Point Pedro, Jaffna
Result	Sri Lankan Navy victory
Belligerents
Sri Lankan Navy	Sea Tigers
Strength
several gun boats,; one troop transport	15 boats
Casualties and losses
17 killed, 1 boat sunk	54 killed, 5 boats sunk

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The Battle of Point Pedro was a naval battle that occurred on May 12, 2006 near Point Pedro^[2], Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Navy was attacked by a group of Tamil Tiger boats. A group of SLN attack boats was escorting a troop transport, the MV Pearl Cruiser which was carying 710 soldiers for the city of Jaffna which had been under siege for the previous six years. About 15 Sea Tiger, including suicide boats, boats were engaged in the battle. One navy and five Tiger boats were sunk. The navy boat was sunk by a LTTE suicide boat. The SLN suffered 17 sailors killed while the Sea Tigers had 54 reported dead. The LTTE boats didn't manage to get to the troop transport.^[1]

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[jamaica-1] ttp://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060512/int/int2.html

[2] ttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/srilanka.violence/index.html

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 |date=May 12, 2006
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 |caption=The MV Pearl Cruise II was at the center of a sea battle between the SLN and the Sea Tigers in May 2006
 |place=off [[Point Pedro]], [[Jaffna]]