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Thursday, 5 March 2026

Iranian Forward Base Ship-drone carrier IRIS Makran 441(ex-Al Buhaira 2009-2013, Beta 2013-2020) 2021-2026

Will for Peace naval drills, False Bay, South Africa January 2026

IMO 9486910, MMSI 636014395 and call sign A8TO5. Launched by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., Yokosuka, Japan with yard number 1354 as the Dubai-based Al Buhaira International Shipping Inc. owned, Liberia-flagged, homeport Monrovia crude oil tanker Al Buhaira on 10 September 2009, completed on 8 March 2010, later owned by Ionian Shipping Management LLC, Fujairah, renamed Beta in 2013, rebuilt by ISOICO shipyard at Bandar Abbas, Iran, refloated in November 2020, seatrials betwen 9-14 December 2020, commissioned in the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy on 13 January 2021 and destroyed in the 2026 Iran conflict on 2 March 2026. Fitted out wih a helicopter pad, platformsfor VTOL unmanned aerial vehicles and carried 6-7 helicopters with her. Endurance 1,000 days. Fu;ll load displacement 121,000 metric tons and as dimensions 230.13 x 42.03 x 21.5 (height) metres or 755.0 x 137.11 x 70.6 feet. 

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