Sinking of Chian-der 3

51°30′S 64°42′W / 51.50°S 64.70°W / -51.50; -64.70 (Sinking Chian-der 3) 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 Mantilla-class patrol vessel PNA Prefecto Derbes of the Prefectura Naval Argentina, at a location 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) outside the United Kingdom's Total Exclusion Zone, which covers a circle of 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) from the centre of the Falklands Islands.

At 18:25 the trawler Chian-der 3 was spotted again within the Argentine zone of 200 nautical miles (230 mi).

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.

[2] The Taiwan fishermen's union called it a "barbaric act" and the British government condemned it as "unjustifiable and excessive".