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Assassination of Lord Mountbatten
On August 27, 1979, Lord Mountbatten (pictured) was assassinated off the coast of Mullaghmore, Ireland. Thomas McMahon planted a bomb on Mountbatten's boat, the Shadow V, during Mountbatten's annual summer trip to Classiebawn Castle. He was an Irish republican and volunteered for Provisional Irish Republican Army. The IRA had planned the attack for several months. A bomb team built a device that contained fifty pounds of gelignite. The bomb was detonated and killed Mountbatten less than two hours later, along with his grandson Nicholas and Nicholas's grandmother Doreen. Paul Maxwell, a crew member was killed along with three other passengers. The attacks were condemned by various leaders throughout the world. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher introduced an approach where the government took a more active role in security in Northern Ireland. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): There was no recent article featured with an assassination.
- Main editors: SchroCat
- Promoted: October 20, 2025
- Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of assassination.
- Support as nominator. Interstellarity (talk) 01:35, 19 June 2026 (UTC)
- Coordinator note: @Interstellarity: Please complete this nomination by adding SchroCat as the main editor, identifying the most recent similar article, and preparing a draft blurb that summarises the main contents of the article's lead (not just the first two paragraphs of the article). Example draft blurbs can be found on the other requests on this page or at this month's queue. Z1720 (talk) 01:50, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Z1720: Should be all set. Interstellarity (talk) 09:41, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity: Thanks for completing this. The blurb for TFAs is between 925 and 1025 characters (including the "(Full article)") so there's a little more that can be added. Right now the blurb is at 726 characters (I use this site to calculate the character count). Z1720 (talk) 14:06, 21 June 2026 (UTC)