In January 2018, an Iranian destroyer named the Damavand (apparently, Iran names its destroyers after mountains) struck a breakwater in the Caspian Sea, rolled to starboard, and sank. The Damavand was launched in 2015.
In June 2021, another Iranian Naval warship named the Kharg caught fire and, 20 hours later, sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Oman.
On Monday, Iran’s most "advanced" warship, the destroyer Sahand (named, yes, for a mountain), was in dock for "repairs." Someone must have left a door open because the ship took on water and, according to Iranian news mouthpieces, "lost its balance." It slowly filled with seawater and rolled. The Sahand lost its balance and rolled to port, sinking into the silty muck.
