Lord Mountbatten Ira Assassination

True story of his death at the hands of the ira in the crown season 4 the crown series four will cover the shock assassination of lord mountbatten while on a family fishing trip.

Lord mountbatten ira assassination. At exactly 1145am on 27th august 1979 the peace of the mountbatten family holiday and the silence over the calm donegal waters was broken with an explosion. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Mountbatten a war hero elder. On the same day as lord mountbattens assassination 18 british soldiers were also killed by members of the ira near warrenpoint in northern ireland.

Members of the royal family at lord. 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. This is the true story of lord louis mountbattens 1979 assassination at the hands of the ira as depicted in the crown season 4. 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.

The body of lord mountbatten is brought ashore after the ira bombing credit. An fbi dossier on mountbatten released in. Mountbatten was sadly wrong. Pacemaker press 23 a young prince charles playing with his great uncle lord louis mountbatten credit.

The provisional irish republican army claimed responsibility for the august 27 1979 murder of lord louis mountbatten 79 earl of burma great grandson of queen victoria second cousin of queen. On 27 august ira member thomas mcmahon managed to sneak onto the shadow v boat positioning then detonating a radio controlled bomb on the vessel on which lord mountbatten and six other friends.