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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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 7 points 5 hours ago

Hey! HEY! No singing! Stop that!

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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 9 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 hours ago

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.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 50 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 42 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 35 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Are you saying these tankers weren't scrapped?

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Well obviously this one wasnt

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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 10 points 6 hours ago

They are quoting a great video https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Buy why were these ships decommissioned in the first place?

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 37 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago

They must have only been mostly scrapped.

He clearly said "to blathe"… :)

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 44 points 11 hours ago

The word "spoofing" comes to mind...

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] CovfefeKills@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

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?

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spur4383@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I was thinking more of the other ones.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

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