Australians repelled Iranian navy - World - theage.com.au
A BBC reporter, quoting sources, said the Australian sailors used colourful language to help hold off the Iranians. Commodore Gilmore said: “As Australians I think we all know our capacity to engage, to defuse by discussion and they indeed did that.
“We might imagine what (language) was there - I haven’t delved into that.
“The important thing to note is that it worked.”