[Eurotwit]

BBC: UK sailors captured at gunpoint HMS Cornwall The sailors and marines are from HMS Cornwall Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces, the Ministry of Defence says. The men were seized at 1030 local time when they boarded a boat in the Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, which they suspected was smuggling cars. The Royal Navy said it was doing everything it could to secure the release of the sailors and marines who are based on HMS Cornwall. They were said to be carrying out a routine patrol in Iraqi waters. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6484279.stm

[Jeff Head]

...and where was the HMS Cornwall when this was going down? She is a batch 3 Type 22 frigate that is heavily armed and very capable frigate with a helo and should have easily been able to take on and take out any approaching Iranian gunboats.

HMS Cornwall