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

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Sydney Opera House during a National Day of Mourning for the victims of the December 14, 2025, mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Jeremy Piper

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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)