(Asien) Irans Marine

[Schneemann]

Auch eine Meldung (sie stammt aus dem letzten Sommer, ich habe sie eben eher durch Zufall gefunden), die in die vorangegangene reinpasst: Die Kharg, das größte Schiff der iranischen Marine (es handelte sich um einen umgebauten Tanker aus den späten 1970ern, der als Flottenversorger und Kadettenschulschiff diente) ist nach einem Brand im Golf von Oman gesunken...

Moment one of Iranian navy's largest ship sinks in the Gulf of Oman after fire breaks out

One of Iran's largest naval vessels has caught fire and sunk in the Gulf of Oman. The Kharg, a 650ft cargo vessel designed to resupply ships at sea, caught fire Tuesday after a fault 'in one of its systems' during a training exercise.

All 400 crew and students on board the vessel - built in Britain in 1977 - were evacuated with only minor injuries, the Iranian military said, before firefighters tried to tackle the blaze. But they were unable to save the ship which sank Wednesday morning near the port of Jask 'after 20 hours of dedicated efforts to save it', Iranian officials said.

It is not yet clear how the fire started, but it comes amid attacks on cargo ships and military vessels in recent months that Iran and Israel have blamed on one-another - worsening already fraught relations between the old adversaries. [...] The navy said the vessel was on a 'training mission' in international waters.

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