Bagpipe Network · TodayInCelticHistory.com ▾
Today in
Celtic History
Submit Event
☰ Menu

Historical record

Icelandic Gunboats Fired Live Rounds at British Fishing Trawlers, Many of Them From Scottish Ports, During the Cod War Over Fishing Rights

May 6, 1959

Scotland

Icelandic gunboats fired live rounds at British fishing trawlers, many of them from Scottish ports, during the Cod War over fishing rights

Icelandic gunboats fired live rounds at British fishing trawlers, many of them from Scottish ports, during the Cod War over fishing rights. This May 6, 1959 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Scotland.