Three Australians were aboard US submarine that sank Iranian ship, PM Albanese says

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SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that three Australian defence personnel were ​on board a United States submarine ‌that sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo in the Indian Ocean, but stressed they did not take part in the attack.

The strike, which occured ‌off ​the southern coast of ⁠Sri Lanka this week, ⁠marked the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo. Sri ​Lankan authorities recovered the bodies of 87 sailors.

(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by ​Michael Perry)