8 January 1976: A British naval frigate involved in a collision with an Icelandic gunboat in the Atlantic
Britain has protested to the Icelandic Government in the strongest terms after the heaviest collision at sea since the present cod war began on November 14. The crash involved the flagship of the Royal Navy taskforce, the frigate HMS Andromeda, and the 920-ton gun-boat Thor, of the Icelandic Coastguard.
Related: Iceland v Britain: the cod wars begin – archive, September 1958