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[Immortals]

First confirmed naval casualty

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[sahureka2]

First confirmed naval casualty

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A new satellite photo of the Iranian port struck today. The name of the location is debatable, but it's the same one where yesterday the welcoming ceremony for the Nagdhi-82 corvette, returning from a long mission, took place.
From the photo, it can be seen that the two corvettes, Nagdhi-82 and Bayandor-81, are alongside the pier and appear to have sustained no damage.
Instead, the burning and half-sunken vessel could be a Kaman/Sina-class FAC.

 

[Immortals]

A new satellite photo of the Iranian port struck today. The name of the location is debatable, but it's the same one where yesterday the welcoming ceremony for the Nagdhi-82 corvette, returning from a long mission, took place.
From the photo, it can be seen that the two corvettes, Nagdhi-82 and Bayandor-81, are alongside the pier and appear to have sustained no damage.
Instead, the burning and half-sunken vessel could be a Kaman/Sina-class FAC.

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[Persian Gulf]

First confirmed naval casualty

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looks like a small ship not Mowj class

Iran also claimed to hit a US navy ship earlier although we won't get satellite imagery of that of course

 

[Arash]

A new satellite photo of the Iranian port struck today. The name of the location is debatable, but it's the same one where yesterday the welcoming ceremony for the Nagdhi-82 corvette, returning from a long mission, took place.
From the photo, it can be seen that the two corvettes, Nagdhi-82 and Bayandor-81, are alongside the pier and appear to have sustained no damage.
Instead, the burning and half-sunken vessel could be a Kaman/Sina-class FAC.

honestly if it's the Naghdi, fine, it was an old ship, not much of a loss....

 

[sahureka2]

honestly if it's the Naghdi, fine, it was an old ship, not much of a loss....

I wrote that Nagdhi and Bayandor are seen side by side in the satellite photos, so these are the two ships that aren't burning and don't appear to have sustained serious damage.
The one hit should be a Kaman or Sina-class FAC, but it's difficult to tell due to the smoke, so we'll have to wait for the smoke to clear.
But if it's not a Kaman-class, then unfortunately it could be a Moudge-class frigate.
To recap:
Dena 75 was at the Milan 2026 exercises in India, so if it hasn't returned, it's safe for now.
Jamaran 76 was in Bandar Abbas in recent days during exercises with the Russian Navy; it would be interesting to know if it was moved out of the Persian Gulf.
Sahand 74 hasn't been heard from and hasn't shown any photos recently.

 

[Flotilla]

looks like a small ship not Mowj class

Iran also claimed to hit a US navy ship earlier although we won't get satellite imagery of that of course

It is a Bayandor class. She has been moored for months at the port. Operativity of that ship is questionable.

 

[Immortals]

It is a Bayandor class. She has been moored for months at the port. Operativity of that ship is questionable.

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[Flotilla]

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Again. If It is this ship. It is a Bayandor class. And It is easy to recognize. It has no helipad on stern.

 

[Kyussis]

Again. If It is this ship. It is a Bayandor class. And It is easy to recognize. It has no helipad on stern.

That is not the ship that was struck. If you look at the picture of the ship burning, you will see both Bayanor class corvettes docked behind the burning vessel.

 

[Flotilla]

That is not the ship that was struck. If you look at the picture of the ship burning, you will see both Bayanor class corvettes docked behind the burning vessel.

Yes. You're, unfortunately, right. Hope It is an older Alvand.

 

[Kyussis]

Yes. You're, unfortunately, right. Hope It is an older Alvand.

Unfortunately it is not because you can see it has the same Oto Molara 76mm turret as the bayandar which means it is a Mowj class Frigate. Hopefully there were little to no crew onboard when it was attacked.

 

[Immortals]

Yes. You're, unfortunately, right. Hope It is an older Alvand.

Useless money burned away. $300M+ spent on an old English design warship to die in harbor instead of spending it on building more air defenses.

What were Mowj frigates gonna do against US or Israel?

Iran’s priority was misguided. The first task should have been secure the air space at all costs and then continue building up missile launch capacity

 

[Flotilla]

Useless money burned away. $300M+ spent on an old English design warship to die in harbor instead of spending it on building more air defenses.

What were Mowj frigates gonna do against US or Israel?

Iran’s priority was misguided. The first task should have been secure the air space at all costs and then continue building up missile launch capacity

They're useful as a training ships.
They were sailing more than 6 months yearly. They had no real combat capability against a peer adversary, but still useful.

 

[Wudangmaster2]

I also think they were a necessary step towards building bigger domestic platforms but there was also too much time and resources spent and there seemed to be a stagnation, like with the airforce and f-5 platform.