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2021-06-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Largest ship in Iranian navy catches fire

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-06-02 01:37|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Not the permanently docked plywood one?

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-06-02 06:25|| 2021-06-02 06:25|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Kharg sank a few hours ago.

https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1399987033662181378?fbclid=IwAR20YGt_oZEjdWkPcq-1borkMifm5fHX8Un-Lt9WIARGiWA9xBzD3oJ8nUM

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-06-02 06:55|| 2021-06-02 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't tell me. They were refitting it when the fire broke out? Hired the same contractors the US Navy uses?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-06-02 07:24|| 2021-06-02 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4
Pig Roast on the aft deck get out of hand ?

Posted by Big Oppressor of the Giants2659 2021-06-02 09:32|| 2021-06-02 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5

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Breaking — Iranian Navy’s largest ship sinks…

The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Posted by Chuckles Crash8178 2021-06-02 09:54|| 2021-06-02 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 ....Consider this - Kharg was able to refuel two ships at a time and VERTREP a third. Makran - their 'floating base' currently underway out-of-theater and likely headed for Venezuela - could underway refuel one (albeit with a field expedient refueling rig) and VERTREP another. Between the two, that's a pretty respectable capability.

Except that Kharg is on the bottom and Makran is a looooooooooong way from home. So until Makran gets back, the Iranian navy is tied to its ports; they have no strategic mobility in their own home waters whatsoever.

And if anything happens to the Makran....

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-06-02 10:49|| 2021-06-02 10:49|| Front Page Top

#7 There is an old Titanic joke about Iceberg and Goldberg that might be reused here.

Posted by Airandee 2021-06-02 12:12|| 2021-06-02 12:12|| Front Page Top

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