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Offshore ship sank after flooding

The "Masroor" sank in the Persian Gulf four miles off a drilling rig located at Soroush Oilfield on Nov 2, 2016, around 3 p.m. The vessel suffered water ingress in the aft and engine room flooding. The crew sent a distress Signal, and the Marine Operations Unit of Bahregan established an immediate radio communication with the master and dispatched a ship equipped with a mobile pump from the Abouzar Platform. The dewatering was started, but the debit of the pump was not enough and vessel partially sank. After was estimated that the ship was losing stability, the local rescue coordination center ordered the ship to be abandoned. The 12 crew members were taken off by a passenger ship. Three tugs were dispatched at the scene, trying to tow the vessel ashore. The towing was started, but the aft was already submerged. The tugs released towing lines, and the ship sank at 100 meters depth at 3.45 p.m.