Spanish Navy Submarine Sinks Old Patrol Ship in Live-Fire Exercise
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A Spanish submarine sank an old ship in the sea.
The submarine is called S-81 Isaac Peral. It belongs to the Spanish Navy.
The ship it sank was called Infanta Elena. It was an old patrol ship.
The submarine used only one torpedo. A torpedo is a weapon that moves under water.
This happened during a military exercise. An exercise is training, not real war.
The exercise was south of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are part of Spain.
The exercise used live fire. This means real weapons, not fake ones.
The old ship was not used anymore. The Navy used it for training.
This shows the new submarine works well.
The Navy wanted to test the submarine's power.
Vocabulary7 words
- submarine
- a ship that can go under the water
- Navy
- the part of the military that uses ships
- patrol ship
- a ship used to watch and protect an area
- torpedo
- a weapon that moves under water to hit a ship
- exercise
- training that is like a real event
- Canary Islands
- islands that belong to Spain, near Africa
- live fire
- using real weapons, not practice ones
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1. An old patrol ship 2. One 3. South of the Canary Islands
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A Spanish _____ sank an old ship in the sea.
The submarine is called S-81 Isaac Peral. It belongs to the Spanish _____.
The ship it sank was called Infanta Elena. It was an old _____.
The submarine used only one _____. A torpedo is a weapon that moves under water.
This happened during a military _____. An exercise is training, not real war.
The exercise was south of the _____. The Canary Islands are part of Spain.
The exercise used _____. This means real weapons, not fake ones.
The old ship was not used anymore. The Navy used it for _____.
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