Russian Navy Ship Sinks In Black Sea After Collision With Freighter

[Sunlei]

Source: NBC

Almost 80 Russian Navy sailors were rescued off the coast of Turkey Thursday when a military intelligence ship collided with a freighter carrying livestock.

The Turkish coastal safety authority said the Russian ship, identified as the "Liman", collided with the Togo-flagged "Youzarsif H". The Liman is a former research vessel that the Russian navy has retro-fitted into a reconnaissance ship.

In total, 78 were rescued and there were no injuries reported on the freighter.

Turkey's Bosphorus Strait, which cuts through Istanbul, is one of the world's most important waterways for transit of oil and grains. The 17-mile waterway connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.



Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-navy-ship-sinks-black-sea-after-collision-freighter-n751816

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Turkish shipping agency GAC said that the collision was caused due to fog and low visibility 18 miles from Kilyos village, on the Black Sea coast just north of Istanbul.

[ExciteBike66]

1. Now we just need a friendly freighter

over here to run down their fishing trawler/intel boat that they like to operate off our shores!

[IronLionZion]

2. The Trump family yacht should take one for the team

[stonecutter357]

3. intelligence ship collided with a freighter......

[xor]

4. Glad no one was killed.

I wonder if anything will happen to the captain of the Russian ship.

[Sunlei]

5. Remember its Russia who said no one killed, they always lie. Don't intellegence ships have something

to see through a bit of sea fog?

[Igel]

6. They don't always lie.

Think about it. If they always lied and nobody actually died, lying would be saying somebody died when nobody did.

You can't tell if they're lying when they look good or they have motivation to make others look bad.

[Sunlei]

7. we didn't shoot down an airliner, we didn't help assad slaughter thousands of innocents, we didn't h

hack USA, we didn't assassinate protest leaders in Russia, we didn't invade Crimea, we didn't collude with Republican party, we didn't play trump like a fool, we didn't destabilize turkey, we didn't give Russian passports to airport bombers(Istanbul airport attack) ... they always lie.

[stonecutter357]

12. seems legit !

[Kennah]

25. Everything Harry Mudd says is a lie! (n/t)

[Sancho]

8. Retrofit?

Maybe could have used new binoculars!

[Sunlei]

9. russia hasn't even explained why they were in "Turkey's Bosphorus Strait" very narrow sea channel

Close-up satellite image of the Bosphorus strait, taken from the ISS in April 2004. The body of water at the top is the Black Sea, the one at the bottom is the Marmara Sea, and the Bosphorus is the winding waterway that connects the two. The western banks of the Bosphorus constitute the geographic starting point of the European continent, while the banks to the east are the geographic beginnings of the continent of Asia. The city of Istanbul is visible along both banks.

[FBaggins]

17. Major Russian naval bases in the Black Sea

That's the only way in or out from/to the Mediterranean

[Sunlei]

19. helping his buddy Assad I guess or more destabilizing for Turkey? or maybe Europe trouble.

[hack89]

18. Only way to get from the Black Sea. nt

[C Moon]

10. Add Benny Hill music.

[Sunlei]

11. That's a good idea. I think russia has to have millions of their citizens in military 'jobs' or unem

unemployment in Russia would be 70%. Then hoards of starving citizens would tear down Putin's mansions ah la 14th century Russia.

[C Moon]

24. 70%? That's horrible!! :(

[snooper2]

13. score: Goats 1, Russian Military 0

[Sunlei]

14. those poor animals. wonder what kind of 'livestock' fills an entire barge & ships live on the hoof.

most meat is frozen and they use shipping containers packed with meat.

[Bayard]

15. Actually, that was my first thought

Was the livestock allowed to drown? No matter what species, that's a horrible way for them to go.

[Sunlei]

16. I get the feeling both didn't sink, they may have needed tugboats to move them to harbor.

I don't think conditions are ever good for 'livestock' shipped by barge.

Extra days without food, water, unload the barge for 'rest' can't be good for the animals.

Even in USA the few little 'regulations' livestock have aren't enforced or obeyed.

[MicaelS]

20. Shipping live cattle by ship is very common.

Watched a documentary about how Australia ships boatloads of beef every year. The process is very humane, the cattle are treated very well. Plenty of food, water, an cooling air blown between decks. They also have vets n board to monitor animal health. Sick animals are disposed of overboard.

[Sunlei]

22. Its not a quality livestock transport. Here I found its ID, livestock from 4/26 Romania to Destina

Destination:
AQABA ETA 5/3


Togo-flagged "Youzarsif H".

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/YOUZARSIF-H-IMO-7611547-MMSI-671371000

You know this could have even been some deal between the two ships that messed up when they were passing something smuggled between ships.

[Sunlei]

23. interesting is zoom out the map and its still sitting there in same spot, not moving.

[Kaleva]

21. Jihadist livestock no doubt.

[drray23]

26. dont build them like they used to.nt.

[0rganism]

27. so the spies sailed home with the cows...

there's a touching Disney docudrama hiding in here somewhere