Battle of Point Pedro (2007)
| Battle of Point Pedro | |||||||
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| Part of Eelam War IV | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda | Colonel Soosai | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several patrol boats and helicopter gunships | 24 patrol boats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
40 killed (alleged) 9 patrol boats sunk (alleged) | ||||||
The Battle of Point Pedro was fought on June 19, 2007 off Point Pedro during Eelam War IV, the final state of the Sri Lankan civil war. Several Sri Lankan Navy patrol boats were attacked by 24 patrol boats of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) Sea Tigers, but with the help of Mil Mi-24 gunships of the Sri Lanka Air Force the attackers were driven off with the purported loss of 9 patrol boats and 40 LTTE members.