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@seapowerdesk · 18 Feb 2026 · 09:30

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Seapower Desk @seapowerdesk · 18 Feb 2026 · 09:30

How it happened, because the detail matters:

Gettysburg fought her own engagement well. Fourteen sea-skimmers killed by SM-2 and ESSM. Then Suffren put a torpedo spread underneath her and she had to manoeuvre out of her own defensive geometry.

Two Exocets amidships while turning. Auxiliary fuel fire, electrical distribution to the SPY-1B arrays cut. After that she could not see and could not shoot.

Three hours of damage control. Abandoned at 07:15.

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