Incident information appeared on the network, which occurred in the Gulf of Oman with a ship of the naval forces of Iran. The information is voiced by the head of the political department of the Tasnim Iranian news agency, Mahdi Bekhtiari, on Twitter..
Bekhtiari writes about, that during the exercise, an Iranian Navy frigate opened so-called “friendly fire” on an Iranian support vessel. We are talking about an anti-ship missile fired from the frigate Jamaran. (Jamaran).
According to recent reports, the missile accidentally hit the Konarak ship, what led to the sinking of the ship. If we believe the data presented, then two people died as a result of rocket fire, several dozen were injured.
What is the reason for a missile attack on one’s own ship?, no data available at this moment.
Reports say that, that the Iranian Navy was conducting scheduled exercises in the Gulf of Oman. The Konarak vessel was involved in the exercises as a support naval equipment.
The command of the Iranian Navy has not commented on this information at the moment..
For reference: originally a warship “Jamaran” assigned to the class of destroyers, however, later they began to be classified as frigates. In this case, the displacement of the ship is 1,5 thousand. tonnes. He was launched 10 years ago. Home port – military base in Bandar Abbas. In addition to missile and torpedo weapons, it has an aviation component – a helicopter can be placed on board.
