Talk:Kestrel disaster/@comment-1689960-20190320110935/@comment-1824272-20190320225714

The Vulture and Buzzard were sunk by an enemy submarine in combat. The Kestrel was sunk by other accidental means and that's what made it a disaster.

...is what the Osean government would tell them for the next ten years. Remember that the details of the Kestrel and its operations were kept quiet.