Video tape released of the Russian Captain at the moment of the collision....
Posted on 04/27/2017 11:00:45 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Russian navy ship has sunk after it collided with a Togo-flagged vessel off the Turkish coast on Thursday, shipping agent GAC said.
The Turkish coast guard said that all 78 personnel in the Russian intelligence vessel named Liman have been rescued.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...
ooops!
Glad to hear all were rescued
Gee I wonder what’s going on.
The nature of the times leads me to conclude this probably wasn’t a mere accident.
Like in the movie "The Mouse that Roared"... Russia better watch out for Togo! Surrender now!
The Russian reconnaissance ship, had more sensors than a fleet of self driving cars!
But did not notice a cargo ship, because of fog?
How does that happen?
The latest victims of Togo’s cattle shipping armada?
Doesn’t seem all that far-fetched to me... an old, and apparently none-too- seaworthy russian ship carrying “detection equipment” sinks in a barge accident 29 miles or so off the Bosporus strait.. Maybe they planned the accident to plant surveillance equipment in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.... Nah! That couldn’t be.
I’m completely credulous.
The most important sensor is still the Mark I Eyeball.
It also helps if your Radarmen are sober. Or awake.
Video tape released of the Russian Captain at the moment of the collision....
What about their stocks of vodka? It must have gone in the drink.
If that becomes zero then a ship is required to stop. If stopping the ship would otherwise endanger the vessel then they must anchor.
They are also required to ring a bell or sound a fog horn.
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Yes....it is essential for the sailors standing mail bouy watch
Flagged ship means little. Russians and the Chinese both have run into U.S military ships with civilian flagged vessels.
Okay...
“REQUIRED to reduce speed to a rate where it can stop in HALF the distance visible.
If that becomes zero then a ship is required to stop. If stopping the ship would otherwise endanger the vessel then they must anchor.”
Thank you.
Would be near impossible to have a catastrophic collision under such rules.
My first thought is they were deeply engaged in a recon mission at the cost of situation awareness?
Or as suggested, impaired operators.
Sort of like the Queen Mary ramming the HMS Curacao ...
A Muslim helmsman, a quick unordered "all ahead flank" and a spin of the helm into the path of the loaded cargo vessel...But he failed. None of his Infidel crewmates died.
“How does that happen?”
Failure to keep a proper lookout.
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