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Tuesday is the second day of the week. The day is named after the ancient Norse god Tyr.
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The Aesir were the principal gods in Norse mythology. They lived in Asgard. Four of the gods were common to the Germanic nations: Odin, chief of the Aesir; Frigg Odin's wife; Tyr the god of war; and Thor the god of thunder. Some of the other important Aesir were Balder, Jord, Heimdall, and Loki.
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In Norse mythology, Tyr was the god of war and athletic sports. Tyr had one hand bitten off by the wolf Fenris, after he put it in the wolf's mouth as a pledge of security when the wolf allowed himself to be bound in a net until the judgement day.
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HMS Juno was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by Thornycroft and launched in 1965. She was armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles; three quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triples . She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 223. In 1976 she was rammed by the Icelandic Gunboat Tyr and in 1985 completed a four year refit at Rosyth for use as a navigation training ship to replace HMS Torquay. She was decommissioned in 1992 and in 1994 was sold to Intershitra S & P.
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