
US submarine sinks Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka, killing over 100 crew
An Iranian frigate, the Dena, was reportedly sunk by a single US Mk48 torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka, resulting in the loss of at least 101 crew members.
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An Iranian frigate, the Dena, was reportedly sunk by a single US Mk48 torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka, resulting in the loss of at least 101 crew members.

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Sri Lanka reportedly sent ships and aircraft to rescue 30 Iranian sailors aboard the Iranian frigate - Iris Dena - after a distress call.

The Pentagon said the US Navy sunk an enemy warship by torpedo for the first time since World War II. Sri Lanka earlier said it had rescued over 30 sailors from an Iranian frigate in international waters off its coast.

Sri Lankan authorities have rescued 78 injured, several in critical condition The post Alert on the coasts of Sri Lanka: Submarine strikes Iranian frigate, at least 101 missing appeared first on ProtoThema English.

Hegseth: We sank Iran’s flagship – Sri Lankan authorities announced that 32 people have been rescued from the frigate’s 180-member crew, as it was returning from an exercise it had been invited to by India The post The moment the US submarine targets and sinks the Iranian frigate with a torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka (video) appeared first on ProtoThema English.

Sri Lanka rescued 32 “critically wounded” sailors aboard the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank on Wednesday just outside the island’s territorial waters, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said. No information was immediately available on the cause of the explosion that sank the vessel, but Herath told parliament that the injured sailors were taken to a hospital in the island’s south. The 180-crew frigate had issued a distress call at dawn. Sri Lanka’s defence ministry said it was searching ...