Salazar attempted to limit this, and in October 1941, Germany sank a Portuguese merchant ship, the first neutral ship to be sunk in World War II . A German U-boat torpedoed a second Portuguese ship in December.
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Both Japanese destroyers were lost with nearly all hands ( there was only one survivor, from " Hayate " ), with " Hayate " becoming the first Japanese surface warship to be sunk in the war.
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A shaman was to capture the spirits of the " devil of capitalism " _ Bush _ along with those of APEC's 20 other leaders, and encase them in a pot to be sunk in the Ping River.
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Winslet chipped a bone in her elbow during filming and had been worried that she would drown in the 17m-gallon water tank the ship was to be sunk in . " There were times when I was genuinely frightened of him.
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Although the British had expected 10, 000 killed or wounded in the first week of fighting : only a seventh of that number became casualties; the navy expected 300 ships would be sunk in the action, but they lost 12.
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Greenpeace's vessel, the Altair, is shadowing the giant Brent Spar platform that Shell U . K . Exploration and Production is having towed to 150 miles ( 240 kms ) northwest of Scotland to be sunk in the north Atlantic.
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If the enemy were able to effect a landing in strength, the forts would be demolished by explosives ( as would the harbour quays and railway ), a blockship would be sunk in the harbour channel and the Haulbowline oil refinery set on fire.
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Shell U . K . Exploration and Production would only say that the Brent Spar, a loading buoy now in disuse, would be sunk in 1 1 / 2 miles ( 2.4 kms ) of water " later this week ."
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One of six carriers to participate in the Pearl Harbor attack, " Zuikaku " was the last of the six to be sunk in the war ( four in the Battle of Midway and " ShMkaku " in the Battle of the Philippine Sea ).
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Hauled off the beach again, the bow was towed far out to sea to be sunk in 12, 000 feet of water, but shelling from a Navy destroyer couldn't sink it, and a Navy sub had to be called in to finish the job with a torpedo.
