Iranian Warship Capsizes While Undergoing Repairs in Port

Published on July 8, 2024

Several people were hospitalized with minor injuries after the Iranian naval frigate Sahand capsized while being repaired in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Tehran’s state-run news agency IRNA on July 6. The 1,300-ton destroyer lost balance after water infiltrated the ship’s tanks during the repair process, IRNA reported. The report stated that efforts were ongoing to bring the vessel back to its position. It remains unclear why the ship was being repaired. The Sahand destroyer, named after a mountain in northern Iran, took six years to build and was launched into the Persian Gulf in December 2018....

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