I don’t know much about admiralty law except that it’s complicated and often turns on technicalities. I wonder if a government’s claim to a ship it owns in the sense of I own it under a deed is as strong as that is/was a commissioned vessel in the government’s navy.
Probably the Hessians have a claim as well.
I’d seen Mister T, but never knew he’d been promoted to Admiral, or even been in the Navy...
[see earlier rimshot]