Posted on 08/06/2020 5:41:37 AM PDT by texas booster
At least 19 soldiers of Bangladesh Navy were injured as two explosions rocked the Lebanese capital port Beirut on Tuesday, according to Bangladesh embassy in Beirut. One of the injured soldiers was in critical condition, five were moderately injured and 13 were released after primary treatment.
During the explosion, Bangladesh Navy ship BNS Bijoy, was anchored at the Beirut port. BNS Bijoy is a Castle-class guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy. She has served in the Bangladesh Navy since 2011. On 1 December 2017, BNS Bijoy departed for Lebanon to join in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). She replaced two Bangladesh Navy ships, BNS Ali Haider and BNS Nirmul, which had deployed earlier.
That's one way for Bangladesh to make money.
The Nanuchka class, Soviet designation Project 1234 Ovod, are series of corvettes (small missile ships in Soviet classification) built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1991.
If those grain silos were not there, the ship probably would have been sunk.
I was there in as part of MARG 1-83.
We pulled into Beirut Harbor on small boats and up to LCUs all the time. In 1983, you had to avoid sunken ships in the harbor.
I am always amazed at the ships in port when I visit.
Both commerce and the military spans the world.
Spot on, I immediately thought the same thing after seeing that picture, and being familiar with the geography from looking at all the pics yesterday.
There’s a grain of truth in that.......................
Soldiers of the navy?
Google: BNS Bijoy damage
Then click on Images.
Some damage visible but the blast wave would kill if the sailors were not inside the ship.
Another of the blast.
https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/news-content-hub/beirut-port-explosion-port-of-beirut-suffers-catastrophic-damage-60507
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