81.   Two navy gunboats were also damaged in the fire fight.

82.   It was the second clash involving navy gunboats in the area last week.

83.   Navy gunboats attacked a flotilla of nine Tamil Tiger boats in northern Sri Lanka and killed at least eight guerrillas, the defence ministry said Sunday.

84.   Navy gunboats destroyed a Tamil Tiger guerrilla barge trying to smuggle heavy vehicles across the Jaffna lagoon in northern Sri Lanka Friday, the military said.

85.   Navy gunboats opened fire on a Tamil guerrilla ship carrying a large quantity of explosives off northeastern Sri Lanka Wednesday and the vessel exploded, defence sources said.

86.   President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Wednesday cancelled concessions made to the Tamil Tigers after a truce between the government and rebels collapsed when the insurgents attacked a navy gunboat.

87.   Shortly after seizing the ferry, the LTTE also destroyed two navy gunboats that responded to a distress call from the government-chartered Iris Moana.

88.   Sri Lankan navy gunboats Thursday exchanged fire with suspected Tamil rebel boats in their first major confrontation since a truce took effect two months ago, official sources said.

89.   Tamil Tiger guerrillas shelled army camps in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, a day after sinking two navy gunboats and pulling out of a truces, the military said.

90.   The boat was blown up by a navy gunboat.