The Pride Of Iran’s Fleet, The Kharg, Catches Fire and Sinks – IOTW Report

The Pride Of Iran’s Fleet, The Kharg, Catches Fire and Sinks

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The largest warship in the Iranian navy has caught fire and sunk in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, local media reported.

The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support warship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran.

The blaze began around 2:25am local time and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometres south-east of the capital, Tehran, on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. More

Mean while, a different Iranian vessels, the IRINS Makran carrying high-speed missile boats is apparently headed to Venezuela. Here

21 Comments on The Pride Of Iran’s Fleet, The Kharg, Catches Fire and Sinks

  1. The rowboat sank, both seamen were lost, as they didn’t know how to swim.

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  2. “support warship”… The largest ship in the Iranian fleet is a “support warship”. What does that even mean?

    No, wait. Apparently, the largest ship in the Iranian fleet is a “training ship” Whatever that means.

    Do better, journos. Go beyond the pap handed to you by the Iranian government.

    And I’m glad to know that our navy is not the only one to have ships mysteriously burn up dockside.

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  3. Not Good news.

    Biden will sell them The USS Missouri.

    No big deal. It’s just a used boat that the navy doesn’t use anymore.

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  4. @kcir- yep. Strange that there isn’t more Iranian things mysteriously on fire too. I’m wondering why we haven’t seen much activity in the form of protests or blame or outrage from the Iranians. Usually they are quick to point at us or Israel when something goes awry. I’m hoping more spontaneous combustion events occur there. A nice devastating fire in their nuclear sites would be a real head scratcher.

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