I don’t have live access to newsfeeds right now, but here’s the latest widely reported update on IRIS Kharg from mid-2021:
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IRIS Kharg, Iran’s largest naval vessel at the time, caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman near Jask in June 2021 after an hours-long blaze. All 400 crew members and trainees were evacuated with no fatalities reported. The loss left Iran without its only replenishment ship, prompting analyses of the strategic impact on Iran’s naval logistics.[4][9]
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Prior to the sinking, Kharg underwent a major refit in the mid-2010s, including boiler overhaul, turbine replacements, and modernization of navigation systems, with Iran claiming domestically built systems were installed. It was deployed to Bab-el-Mandeb in 2018 as part of Iran’s naval groups.[1][3]
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Iranian training/logistics naval vessel IRIS Kharg catches fire and sinks in Gulf of Oman.
www.presstv.irIRIS Kharg was a modified Ol-class fleet replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. Built by Swan Hunter in the United Kingdom and launched in 1977, it was delivered to Iran in 1984. Kharg was Iran's largest naval vessel based on tonnage until the commissioning of IRIS Makran in early 2021.
www.wikiwand.comNew satellite images released Thursday show the sunken hull of what earlier this week was one of Iran’s largest warship, IRIS Kharg an Ol-class replenishment oiler, caught fire on the evening of June 1. The crew battled the fire with only 33 injured and no deaths but could not save the ship. In the end only the sea could extinguish the flames. Kharg burned for hours before slowly listing to starboard and sinking stern-first, within sight of the Iranian port of Jask, according to imagery...
news.usni.orgIRIS Kharg was a modified Ol-class fleet replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island.
www.wikiwand.comعين على القرآن وعين على الأحداث
www.ansarollah.com.ye*Kharg* being moved to floating drydock in August 2015, while she has been berthing at ISOICO shipyard, Bostanu since November 2014. She left the floating drydock in January 2016. During the time, she was undergoing a major refit that included overhaul of her boiler, replacement of steam turbines and changing navigation systems with modernized successors. Iranian officials said the new systems are domestically-built. For the first time since refit, she was deployed in June 2018 to the...
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