[Nateman]

It is was the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship (IRIS) Bushehr. An oiler. The Captain turned over the ship to this neutral country to save the lives of his crew.

[MNJohnnie]

Smart Captain. No reason to die from the Mullahs. He has zero chance of success. Notice his crew did not object to this?

[Jacquerie]

Already posted this morning.

[chajin]

The captain of a ship of the Iranian Navy has handed his vessel over to the Sri Lankan government

Well, at least the ship didn't Ceylon, it knew when to quit.

[know.your.why]

[posterchild]

Someday (hopefully soon) this war will end and a (hopefully more free) Iran will need a navy.

[Nateman]

I was at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois when the Falkland war broke out. Being trained eventually for submarine service I obviously followed that battle closely.

On May 2, 1982, during the Falklands War, the British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano. Two torpedoes struck the ship, causing it to sink in less than 30 minutes, Since Argentina had nothing to hunt submarines they kept the rest of their Navy bottled up in port. Without reinforcements Argentina lost that war.

That was the last time a submarine sank a ship until a United States submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday.