The sinking of ''Chian-der 3'' was an incident that occurred on 28 May 1986, when the Taiwanese-flagged trawler ''Chian-der 3'' was detected, tracked, fired upon, set on fire and eventually sunk by the of the

Prefectura Naval Argentina The Argentine Naval Prefecture ( es, Prefectura Naval Argentina or PNA) is a service of Argentina's Security Ministry charged with protecting the country's rivers and maritime territory. It therefore fulfills the functions of other countries' coa ...

, at a location outside the United Kingdom's

Total Exclusion Zone The Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) was an area declared by the United Kingdom on 30 April 1982 covering a circle of radius from the centre of the Falkland Islands. During the Falklands War any ''sea vessel'' or ''aircraft'' from ''any country'' enter ...

, which covers a circle of from the centre of the

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. Two Taiwanese fishermen were killed; four others were injured.

Background

The overlapping of the exclusive economic zone of the Argentine mainland and the Falkland Islands and the British exclusion zone for Argentine ships is used by fishing fleets in order to fish without permission, said the Argentine government. According to an Argentine statement the trawler ''Chi-Fu 6'' was detected fishing in the Argentine zone at 11:45, but she took refuge in the British zone. At 18:25 the trawler ''Chian-der 3'' was spotted again within the Argentine zone of . Despite requests to stop and warning shots being fired by ''Prefecto Derbes'', the trawler escaped and was chased. At 21:05 the Argentine commander stated that he saw that the trawler stopped and emitting smoke from the engine room. He ordered the rescue of the trawler's crew. According to official sources, the trawler was hit by non-explosive rounds. As a result of the incident, one Taiwanese fisherman was killed and four others wounded. Another member of the crew became missing. The Taiwan fishermen's union called it a "barbaric act" and the British government condemned it as "unjustifiable and excessive".

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"Argentina culpa al capitán del pesquero taiwanés y a Londres por el suceso del Atlántico"
'' El País'' (31 May 1986) * Articl
"Un guardacostas argentino hunde un pesquero de Taiwan en aguas reclamadas por Buenos Aires"
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