Tanker News – ADVANTAGE SWEET seized by Iran – 27.04.2023
On Thursday 27th April, 2023 around 1315 hrs local time the US Naval Forces Central Command reported that the Marshall Islands flagged (MHL) tanker ADVANTAGE SWEET was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman after the tanker issued a distress call during the seizure. The […]
Casualties – Iranian Navy Replenishment Tanker caught fire and sank – 02.06.2021
The largest ship in the Iranian navy IRIS KHARG 431 caught fire and later sank in unclear circumstances today, Wednesday 2nd June in the Gulf of Oman. The fire blaze started around 0225 hrs according to the Fars News Agency with efforts to save the ship failed and she sank off the Iranian port of […]
Naval News – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Launch Aircraft Carrier Warship – 19.11.2020
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have added a warship capable of carrying aircraft, missile launchers and drones to her naval fleet, state media said on Thursday 19th November, at a time of high tension between Tehran and Washington. Tension between Tehran and Washington has risen since 2018, when President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from […]
Naval News – Friendly Fire Incident Kills 19 In Iranian Navy Drill – 10.05.2020
On Monday 11th May the Iranian Navy said in a statement that one of its own missiles has struck the Hendijan Class support ship KONARAK on Sunday 10 th May in a friendly fire incident during a training exercise in the Sea of Oman near the Iranian port city of Jask, off the southern coast […]
