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floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago

Two ships scrapped for parts have suddenly reappeared in the Strait of Hormuz

www.abc.net.au

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Two ships scrapped for parts have suddenly reappeared in the Strait of Hormuz

www.abc.net.au

floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago
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Iran has effectively blocked the only way out of the Persian Gulf, leaving about 3,000 ships stranded. But two zombie ships appear to have sailed in and out of the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.
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    9 hours ago

    The third ship burned down, fell over, and sank into the strait but the fourth ship! The fourth ship stayed afloat!

    • El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip
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      Hey! HEY! No singing! Stop that!

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    10 hours ago

    Article said one was sold for scrap in 2025. It may have had problems, but if it floats, and is uninsurable anyways, it’s a good candidate for such a risky mission.

    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I don’t know why. I think the cargo is worth quite a lot regardless of what was paid for the ship. ensuring the cargo was the problem I thought

      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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        52 minutes ago

        Ship usually worth more than cargo. For insurable ships, like homes, value is higher.

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    Well, there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that zombie ships brought back from the dead sailing through the Strait of Hormuz aren’t safe.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      The front fell on?

      • Senator Collins@aussie.zone
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        Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

        • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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          Are you saying these tankers weren’t scrapped?

          • bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world
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            Well obviously this one wasnt

            • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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              Two options: one, it was sold for scrap and repurposed/refitted as an uninsurable vessel, or two: it was sold for scrap, and someone held back the registration info and has repurposed it for a limited time to obscure their actual owners/identity.

              • Spur4383@lemmy.world
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                They are quoting a great video https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

    • Baggie@lemmy.zip
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      Buy why were these ships decommissioned in the first place?

      • Senator Collins@aussie.zone
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        Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

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    It’s a miracle! They must have only been mostly scrapped. Something about a ship of Theseus…

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      They must have only been mostly scrapped.

      He clearly said “to blathe”… :)

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    You can see all the messages the ships are putting on their trackers to try and avoid getting hit by insurgents and the IRGC in the region.

    Things like “Chinese owned,” “Russian crude,” or “no link to Israel”, “all Muslim crew”.

    It does not surprise me they are stealing ship identities.

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    The word “spoofing” comes to mind…

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    The ships sank for your swims; but behold, they are risen!

    Now, place your donations here, or you’ll spend eternity stuck in port beneath a flock of seagulls that just gorged themselves on the infinite dumpster behind Taco Bell.

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    11 hours ago

    Could destroying irans nuclear reactors have caused a rift in the space time continuum?

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      Maybe. It did happen before, when Harambe was put down

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        Wait, maybe… Just maybe Harambe is captain of the ship and we just never knew

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    Why? Why not just not use the transponder?? I guess it could look like a warpship on radar in a warzone so better to be safe? Anyone know?

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    So Clarke and Daw were wrong! the front did not fall off! https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

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      I was thinking more of the other ones.

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    Maybe they found some extra parts elsewhere! You don’t know!

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