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Sri Lanka said its navy rescued 32 survivors after a U.S. torpedo sunk Iranian warship IRIS Dena with 180 aboard. Crews recover 87 bodies from the wreckage.
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.
Cause of sinking not yet known after frigate IRIS Dena sends out distress call about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka.
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 ...
US Navy torpedo sinks Iranian warship as Britain says more chartered rescue flights leave Oman ‘in the coming days’
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed a US submarine sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo, claiming it was the first since World War Two.
An Iranian warship has sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka, with the Sri Lankan authorities saying on Wednesday they had rescued 32 people who were on board and recovered several bodies from the sea. Sri Lankan Foreign minister Vijitha Herath told parliament that the ship, identified as IRIS Dena, had sunk. Sources in Sri […]
Sri Lanka reportedly sent ships and aircraft to rescue 30 Iranian sailors aboard the Iranian frigate - Iris Dena - after a distress call.
A US submarine reportedly sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, resulting in 87 deaths and 32 rescued off the coast of Sri Lanka.
An Iranian warship, the IRIS Dena, was sunk in the Indian Ocean by a US submarine torpedo, resulting in at least 85 Iranian sailors killed. The Pentagon confirmed the strike as part of its campaign against Iran, with 32 sailors rescued and 148 still missing. Sri Lankan authorities recovered 87 bodies as search operations continue.
Sri Lanka sent jets to rescue crew of Iranian ship 'Iris Dena' after it sounded a distress call. Sri Lanka denied that the ship was hit by a submarine attack.