{"id":37126,"date":"2026-03-06T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/06\/three-australians-were-aboard-us-submarine-that-sunk\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:29:00","slug":"three-australians-were-aboard-us-submarine-that-sunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/06\/three-australians-were-aboard-us-submarine-that-sunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Australians were aboard US submarine that sunk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday \u200bthat three Australian defence personnel were on board a United States \u200bsubmarine that sank an Iranian warship with \u200ba torpedo in \u2060the Indian Ocean, but stressed they did not take part \u200bin the \u200cattack.       The strike, which occured off the southern coast of Sri Lanka this week, \u200bmarked the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel \u200cwith \u200ca torpedo. \u200bSri Lankan authorities recovered the bodies of 87 sailors.       * Albanese told Sky News the Australians were on board as part \u200bof training linked to the AUKUS defence pact between Australia, the U.S. and Britain, designed to help \u200bAustralia acquire and build nuclear-powered submarines.       * No Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran, Albanese said.       * &#8220;These are long-standing third country arrangements that have been \u200cin place for a long period of time,&#8221; Albanese said.       * Australia, a close U.S. ally, \u2060has ruled \u200bout a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday \u200bthat three Australian defence personnel were on board a United States \u200bsubmarine that sank an Iranian warship with \u200ba torpedo in \u2060the Indian Ocean, but stressed they did not take part \u200bin the \u200cattack. 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