Lord Mountbatten Bombing

The queens cousin lord louis mountbatten has been killed by a bomb blast on his boat in ireland.

Lord mountbatten bombing. Mountbatten a war hero elder. The attack took place over the. An fbi dossier on mountbatten released in. One of the earls twin grandsons nicholas 14 and paul.

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On august 27 1979 lord louis mountbatten is killed when irish republican army ira terrorists detonate a 50 pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel shadow v. Lord mountbatten was killed from injuries suffered in a bomb explosion in 1979. Lord mountbatten was assassinated by the ira irish republican army during a boat explosion off the coast of mullaghmore county sligo in north west ireland. In august 1979 mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb that was hidden aboard his fishing boat in mullaghmore county sligo ireland by members of the provisional irish republican army.

The bomb had been placed in his unguarded boat the night before his murder. Lord mountbatten death did it happen like shown in episode 1 of netflix show. He had been vacationing in the irish town of mullaghmore throughout the 1970s and. 025 the violence was shocking and the news was grim.

That one of the murdered was lord mountbatten great grandson of queen victoria uncle to prince philip and honorary grandfather to prince charles made the tragedy a public one. Throughout lord mountbattens life and in the years after he died in an ira bombing on august 27 1979 rumors swirled about his extramarital affairs.