Sri Lankan MP Harsha de Silva expressed shock over the US torpedoing an Iranian warship, IRIS Dena, in the Indian Ocean and said that they did what they had to do after getting a distress call.
While patrolling the bay 20 nautical miles offshore from Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Sunday night, the corvette Sukhothai was exposed to heavy waves and scooped up excessive amounts of water, which led to the ship tilting and eventually singing, at 00.12 a m local time.