Iranian Expeditionary Sea Base-forward base ship IRGC Shahid Mahdavi L110-3 (2000) 2022-2026

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

Of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran. Built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea, commissioned in 2000 and recommissioned in March 2023. Former container ship Sarvin (IMO 9209348) converted at the ISOICO shipyard, Iran in 2022. Homeport Bandar Abbas. With helicopter deck and able to carry helicopters and drones with her. Also able to carry Zulfikar submersible torpedo boats. Probably destroyed in the Iran War, on 28 February 2026 was she hit. 

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. 

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

Off the lighthouse of Røsnæ in 2021 bound for naval exercises at St. Petersburg, Russia

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 between 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, platforms for VTOL unmanned aerial vehicles and carried 6-7 helicopters with her. Endurance 1,000 days. Full 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.