If these guys were boarding ships to look for contraband, what kind of navy backup did they have?
This looks pretty curious to me. where was the HMS Cornwall and what class ship is it? If they were in a small boat able to transit the marshes of the waterway, then they should have been armed and able to fend off an Iranian force.
Lots of questions.
Yes, indeed.
The question has to be asked... what was the Captain of Cornwall doing to properly protect his own people??
How were Iranian vessels allowed to converge on and surround the British boats?
Was the Captain told not to provoke any Iranian reaction? How were his hands tied by the politicos?
Pity the Iranians are not working to the same play book.
A robust response, or at least some attempt to protect themselves might have been more in order.
Why are we allowing these mothers to rub our noses in the dirt?