Updated position of British flagged crude oil tanker Hakusan. (Update: pg. 2. Iranian speedboats tracking next to tanker.)

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Sky Sources say the Department for Transport has issued new guidance to all British-flagged ships to go to a heightened state of security in the Strait of Hormuz after the Ministry of Defence said three Iranian vessels "attempted to impede" the passage of a commercial vessel

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Thread Start: With Iran recently attempting to divert & disrupt the crude oil Tanker British Heritage, I want to look at the range that the IRGC boats could disrupt shipping

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I will be basing them as coming from Abu Musa as the boats likely came from there in the recent attempt. These satellite photos from

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show an IRGC Gashti patrol boats on the 26th May & on the 6th July in Abu Musa.

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Gashti patrol boats of a range of 700nmi. Putting this onto a map from Abu Musa we can see how far they could realistically go out & return. This puts ships at risk leaving Bahrain, Qatar, UAE & major ports in Saudi Arabia. Just about all the Persian Gulf is within their range.

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Ships in the gulf of Oman, where the Royal Navy escort left the British Heritage would still be at risk from IRGC boats. With the track of British Heritage it can be seen as being in range of these boats for most of its journey.

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At the time of writing this the tanker is still within the range of boats. Although it likely won't be targeted this far out. End of thread

Iran won't be anywhere near it cause they are pussies.

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UK ships in Strait of Hormuz put on 'heightened security

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I wouldn't think they would bother trying again, but who knows?

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On Iran/Britain incident in Gulf: UK-flagged British Heritage tanker was lawfully passing through what happened to be disputed territorial waters near Abu Musa island in between Dubai and Iran when it was confronted last night UK-time by the three Iranian vessels 1/

Doom on?

Only if they try to seize or attack the Hakusan or another vessel.


Unlikely it will be the Hakusan, but...



If you don't succeed at first?

So what do you think happens if Iran successfully seizes a Brit tanker? Will it mean war or no?

"BREAKING: Gibraltar police arrest captain, officer of detained Iran tanker"

These Mullah messing with wrong people

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... the escort BEHIND is just AWESOME! ... the terrorists NEVER REALIZE what they are facing ... until it's TOO LATE! ... ...
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Good chance it would mean war.

Like the time in 2007 when they kidnapped 15 British sailors?

Oh wait, the UK got humiliated in that instance.

First of all, this isn't just the UK and Iran.

Much bigger than that.

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HMS Montrose now passing back through he Strait Of Hormuz

Thread: Merchant ships have been warned not to go into Iranian waters as security level raised to critical.This means an 'incident deemed to be imminent.

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#BREAKING US, allies planning naval escort for Gulf tankers after the latest incident with #Iran: senior Pentagon official

How long til we know if they made it out?

Hours?


We should know if it's ok by the end of the day US time.


But then there's the next tanker and the one after that and...

Let the Brits fight Iran, it would be a great 2fer.

HMS ARGYLL ENTERING GULF FROM THE STRAITS



IRANIAN SAR NAJI 16 AT ABU MUSA

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Thanks for the updates!

You're welcome

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Two British Flagged Tankers in the Persian Gulf now. Atlantic Pioneer & Hakusan

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Both Crude Oil tankers. Hakusan left Kuwait it is currently not known what the destination is. Atlantic Pioneer is heading from Fujairah UAE & the destination is Sikka India