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IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk!

Posted By: MJM

IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:07 PM

At 2AM today, a huge blast in the engine room of Iran’s largest naval ship - 33,000 tons- over 200 meters long - biggest in Western Asia exploded & sank!
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Posted By: Pike River

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:08 PM

Hmmmmm......interesting.
Posted By: headache73

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:12 PM

Well.......Bye.....
Posted By: Yes sir

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:12 PM

Should we start a go fund me for them or will Biden just give them one of ours
Posted By: walleye101

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:13 PM

Well, that's unfortunate. I'm sure Israel has a solid alibi.
Posted By: yotetrapper30

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Yes sir
Should we start a go fund me for them or will Biden just give them one of ours


I started to laugh. Then realized it wouldn't surprise me if he did.
Posted By: Redknot

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:19 PM

That is very, very sad....
Posted By: SJA

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:19 PM

HA! you sunk my . . .

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Posted By: hippie

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:21 PM

Huh, it happens.
Posted By: Pike River

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by walleye101
Well, that's unfortunate. I'm sure Israel has a solid alibi.

Waiting over here for Yossi Cohen's response....
Posted By: Grandpa Trapper

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:32 PM

I wonder how many lives were lost with that type of explosion
Posted By: warrior

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:37 PM

Good deal. Would like to know the details. Either gross negligence on the part of the crew or payback by a certain country.
Posted By: Mike in A-town

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 02:51 PM

What type of ship?

Reports say "Iran's largest naval vessel" but size doesn't mean anything as far as purpose goes. If you don't have an aircraft carrier then your largest vessel might be a supply wagon

Mike
Posted By: warrior

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Mike in A-town
What type of ship?

Reports say "Iran's largest naval vessel" but size doesn't mean anything as far as purpose goes. If you don't have an aircraft carrier then your largest vessel might be a supply wagon

Mike


True, but a carrier without a missile frigate alongside is a target. A battle wagon in today's seas is nothing but a vulnerable gun platform without air cover. It's somewhat amusing considering what some of these third world crackpots are calling navies.
Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:07 PM

Interesting. Apparently it had been burning and the vessel was reporting proceedings to the outside world? Hmmmm. And what in the engine room would explode like that? It's doubtful that Iran is reporting the truth, but if their ship sank that's a positive.
Posted By: foxkidd44

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:08 PM

Saudis, Israel??
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:10 PM

Ya just cant get the staff these days. They are having a run of bad luck these days don't they. First misplacing their submarines , having a drone factory go pop and now this. maybe they are just searching for their lost subs
Posted By: Computer Hater

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:10 PM

Submarine torpedo practice???
Posted By: SNIPERBBB

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:14 PM

That's a big fire for a log canoe
Posted By: run

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:14 PM

Definitely something going on. Not sure exactly what is happening.
Posted By: AntiGov

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:39 PM

Nice !!!
Posted By: Trapper7

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:41 PM

I like it! Couldn't happen to a better country!
Posted By: KeithC

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:41 PM

When a countries favorite chant is "Death to America!", I am all for their entire leadership and military dying.

Sadly, obama and biden have given Iran plenty of money to purchase weapons to use against us and our allies, despite their well expressed desire to see us all dead.

Keith
Posted By: wetdog

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:48 PM

Makes one wonder if that ship was loaded with oil that old Joe just bought from Iran
And did you know he bought oil from them back in March?
Posted By: AntiGov

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:50 PM

Too bad the schmoe wasn't on that ship
Posted By: white17

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 03:53 PM

From WSJ this morning.



Iran’s largest navy ship sank early Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire, according to Iranian state media, the latest blow to the country’s vital infrastructure and military assets in recent months.

The Kharg had been deployed to international waters to participate in a training exercise when it caught fire near the port of Jask, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said. The fire had started in the engine room, causing parts of the ship to melt and fall into the sea, state news agency IRNA said.

Rescue workers tried for 20 hours to extinguish the fire but couldn’t prevent it from spreading, Tasnim said, citing Iran’s navy, which added that all of the nearly 400 crewmembers were evacuated safely from the ship.

Other Iranian media outlets broadcast footage from the Gulf of Oman of what they said was the ship burning in the distance.

Neither outlet reported details of the cause of the fire. The government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Kharg was an oil replenishment tanker, built to allow smaller vessels to embark on extended deployments by supplying them with fuel and dry stores at sea, and capable of carrying large helicopters. Its logistics capacity also made it able to carry heavy cargo, such as military equipment, which could make it suspicious in the eyes of its enemies, U.S. Navy Commander Joshua Himes wrote for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2011.

The ship’s sinking follows a string of recent explosions and fires at key nuclear and military sites, as well as attacks on Iranian naval vessels.

While Tehran hasn’t accused anyone of attacking the vessel, the incident comes amid growing tension between Iran and its regional foes. Israel is opposed to ongoing talks to revive the international nuclear deal with Iran, and is pushing the U.S. to do more to contain what it calls Iran’s malign behavior in the Middle East, including support for militias that threaten Israel.


In recent years, a new front in the confrontation between Iran and Israel has opened up at sea. Since late 2019, Israel has targeted at least a dozen Iranian vessels bound for Syria, U.S. and regional officials say, mostly carrying oil that Israel says funds Iranian-backed extremist groups. Israel’s military has declined to comment on the alleged attacks on Iranian ships.

In July, a blaze at Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas damaged seven ships and raised suspicion of coordinated sabotage.

Iran has also suffered devastating accidents. In May last year, an Iranian warship struck one of the country’s naval vessels during an exercise near a strategic Persian Gulf waterway, killing at least 19 sailors.

Iran has also accused Israel of being behind several recent attacks on its nuclear program, including two fires and explosions on its Natanz nuclear facility, in April and last July, as well as the killing of its top nuclear scientist in November. Israel usually doesn’t comment on such allegations.

The vessel that sank Wednesday, a modified OL-class vessel originally built for the Shah in the late 1970s by the U.K., was part of an aging Iranian fleet that has deteriorated over the years under U.S. and international sanctions. It was delivered to Iran in 1984 and had been in commission since.
Posted By: warrior

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 04:21 PM

Sounds like they just took a major hit on any ability to conduct operations at longer range from land based supply.

The stand off range for the good guys just got better.
Posted By: Mike in A-town

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by white17
From WSJ this morning.



Iran’s largest navy ship sank early Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire, according to Iranian state media, the latest blow to the country’s vital infrastructure and military assets in recent months.

The Kharg had been deployed to international waters to participate in a training exercise when it caught fire near the port of Jask, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said. The fire had started in the engine room, causing parts of the ship to melt and fall into the sea, state news agency IRNA said.

Rescue workers tried for 20 hours to extinguish the fire but couldn’t prevent it from spreading, Tasnim said, citing Iran’s navy, which added that all of the nearly 400 crewmembers were evacuated safely from the ship.

Other Iranian media outlets broadcast footage from the Gulf of Oman of what they said was the ship burning in the distance.

Neither outlet reported details of the cause of the fire. The government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Kharg was an oil replenishment tanker, built to allow smaller vessels to embark on extended deployments by supplying them with fuel and dry stores at sea, and capable of carrying large helicopters. Its logistics capacity also made it able to carry heavy cargo, such as military equipment, which could make it suspicious in the eyes of its enemies, U.S. Navy Commander Joshua Himes wrote for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2011.

The ship’s sinking follows a string of recent explosions and fires at key nuclear and military sites, as well as attacks on Iranian naval vessels.

While Tehran hasn’t accused anyone of attacking the vessel, the incident comes amid growing tension between Iran and its regional foes. Israel is opposed to ongoing talks to revive the international nuclear deal with Iran, and is pushing the U.S. to do more to contain what it calls Iran’s malign behavior in the Middle East, including support for militias that threaten Israel.


In recent years, a new front in the confrontation between Iran and Israel has opened up at sea. Since late 2019, Israel has targeted at least a dozen Iranian vessels bound for Syria, U.S. and regional officials say, mostly carrying oil that Israel says funds Iranian-backed extremist groups. Israel’s military has declined to comment on the alleged attacks on Iranian ships.

In July, a blaze at Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas damaged seven ships and raised suspicion of coordinated sabotage.

Iran has also suffered devastating accidents. In May last year, an Iranian warship struck one of the country’s naval vessels during an exercise near a strategic Persian Gulf waterway, killing at least 19 sailors.

Iran has also accused Israel of being behind several recent attacks on its nuclear program, including two fires and explosions on its Natanz nuclear facility, in April and last July, as well as the killing of its top nuclear scientist in November. Israel usually doesn’t comment on such allegations.

The vessel that sank Wednesday, a modified OL-class vessel originally built for the Shah in the late 1970s by the U.K., was part of an aging Iranian fleet that has deteriorated over the years under U.S. and international sanctions. It was delivered to Iran in 1984 and had been in commission since.





Thanks Ken. I had started to read that very article this morning. But I don't have a subscription to WSJ so I never get to read the full article.

"Oil supply tanker" huh? Loaded with a bazillion gallons of bunker fuel? Gee, that sucks. Lol

Mike
Posted By: Rat Masterson

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:04 PM

Karma's a B.....
Posted By: run

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:07 PM

Thanks for the article, Ken.
Posted By: Tailhunter

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:11 PM

So sad .... not !!
Posted By: Law Dog

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:14 PM

That’s a darn shame! whistle
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:15 PM

They should have stuck one of them big NO SMOKING signs on the front of the bridge

Does anyone else find it ironic that their largest navy vessel is a tanker ??
Posted By: Law Dog

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Scuba1
They should have stuck one of them big NO SMOKING signs on the front of the bridge

Does anyone else find it ironic that their largest navy vessel is a tanker ??


Bet they stole it anyway.
Posted By: CTRAPS

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 05:57 PM

I'm sure John Kerry was crushed when he heard his Iranian buddies lost their ship.
Posted By: hippie

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 06:06 PM

The tribe in now will probably give them money for two new ones.
Posted By: Redknot

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 06:32 PM

Now one of their oil refinery's is burning...
Posted By: Pike River

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 07:01 PM

Maybe false flags so they can start a war.
Posted By: grumley701

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Pike River
Maybe false flags so they can start a war.


They destroyed there biggest naval ship for a false flag... crazy
Posted By: Providence Farm

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by grumley701
Originally Posted by Pike River
Maybe false flags so they can start a war.


They destroyed there biggest naval ship for a false flag... crazy



It was old. Worse has been done.
Posted By: white17

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 07:59 PM

The LAST thing Iran wants is a war with the US or Israel.

They would prefer their proxies continue their guerrilla tactics in the ME
Posted By: GROUSEWIT

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 10:42 PM

UDT Maybe?
Posted By: BigBob

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:02 PM

What country built the thing?
Posted By: Leary Sink

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:14 PM

“The fire had started in the engine room, causing parts of the ship to melt and fall into the sea, state news agency IRNA said.”

As they say in France, thats no bueno!

Must have been a training case study of “whatever you do, DO NOT do this”.
Posted By: GROUSEWIT

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:26 PM

Where r all the eco dudes??? Come on man!!!

An old freighter full of fuel just dumped in the ocean!!!
Posted By: Jtrapper

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:28 PM

I thought all they had for a navy was some bass tracker boats.
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by Jtrapper
I thought all they had for a navy was some bass tracker boats.


They do have some larger glass bottom boats as well. So they can keep an eye on their air force in the event of a war with Israel.
Posted By: Pike River

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by BigBob
What country built the thing?

Great Britain.
Posted By: Pike River

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/02/21 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by white17
The LAST thing Iran wants is a war with the US or Israel.

They would prefer their proxies continue their guerrilla tactics in the ME

Yemeni terrorist. Now they will have to invade or take more direct action in order to protect their interests. This would be a good flanking move in the region.
Posted By: walleyed

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/03/21 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by Jtrapper
I thought all they had for a navy was some bass tracker boats.


The State of Pennsylvania has a larger navy than IRAN.

In fact, Pennsylvania has the largest navy in the world !!! laugh

You don't mess with the P.A. NAVY !!!!! laugh

walleyed
Posted By: Marty

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/03/21 01:42 AM

mossad operation.

burn bay be, burn.
Posted By: J Staton

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/03/21 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by walleyed
Originally Posted by Jtrapper
I thought all they had for a navy was some bass tracker boats.


The State of Pennsylvania has a larger navy than IRAN.

In fact, Pennsylvania has the largest navy in the world !!! laugh

You don't mess with the P.A. NAVY !!!!! laugh

walleyed

The question is, who's navy is bigger, Canada's or Iran's?
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/03/21 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by J Staton
who's navy is bigger, Canada's or Iran's?


The ships in the Canadian navy are more modern. Both of them
The Iranian navy has more
Posted By: 52Carl

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/03/21 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by Jtrapper
I thought all they had for a navy was some bass tracker boats.

They need a way to refuel all those jon boats.
Posted By: walleyed

Re: IRAN’s largest naval ship has sunk! - 06/03/21 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by J Staton
Originally Posted by walleyed


The State of Pennsylvania has a larger navy than IRAN.

In fact, Pennsylvania has the largest navy in the world !!! laugh

You don't mess with the P.A. NAVY !!!!! laugh

walleyed

The question is, who's navy is bigger, Canada's or Iran's?


My point is the Pennsylvania Navy with it's 100,000 + flotilla
of 16' Foot runabouts would overwhelm the Iranian Navy !!! laugh
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