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Russian spy ship sinks off Turkey after collision with freighter
BBC ^
| May 27th, 2017
| BBC
Posted on 04/27/2017 7:21:52 AM PDT by Krosan
A Russian spy ship has sunk off the Turkish coast after being breached in a collision with a freighter, with all its crew rescued, the Turkish coastal authority says. Russia confirmed earlier that the hull of the Liman, part of its Black Sea Fleet, had sustained a breach, with crew working to keep it afloat. The cause of the collision is unclear but fog was reported in the area. The ship hit a Togo-flagged boat carrying livestock, Turkish media say. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, to express his sadness over the collision, sources in the Turkish prime minister's office were quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. The Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) passes through the Bosphorus Strait for deployments in the Mediterranean, notably in Syria. All 78 crew aboard the Liman were safely evacuated, the Turkish coastal authority said in a statement (in Turkish) on its website. It collided with the Youzarsif H freighter, reportedly 29km (18 miles) from the Turkish town of Kilyos on the Black Sea coast just north of the city of Istanbul, and had sunk by 14:48 (11:48 GMT). The freighter reportedly sustained minor damage in the incident. Built in Gdansk, Poland, the Liman was launched in 1970, when it served with the USSR's Northern Fleet before joining the BSF in 1974, according to the kchf.ru naval website (in Russian). Based at Sevastopol in Crimea, the territory annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, it was a regular visitor to the Syrian port of Tartus for decades, the site notes. In 1999, the Liman made international headlines when it was deployed to the Mediterranean to monitor Nato operations against Yugoslavia.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: military; navy; russia; russiaship; russiaspyship; turkey
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:21:53 AM PDT
by
Krosan
To: Krosan
Spying? They’re doing it wrong.
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:22:25 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: Krosan
The Captain’s name is Rusty Trawler.
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:23:06 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
To: Krosan
The Turks doing what we should have done off Guam 50 years ago.
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:24:17 AM PDT
by
CMSMC
To: Krosan
Some captain’s career is now OVER!..................
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:24:39 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: headstamp 2
And his theme song is “Bridge Over Rubbled Trawlers”.
Sunk by cows? Bullship!
To: CMSMC
It was a Togo flagged freighter..........
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:26:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:29:02 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
To: Krosan
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:31:37 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Georgia Girl 2
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:33:57 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
To: Georgia Girl 2
The freighter crew was having a Roman-themed Togo party at the time.
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:37:09 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Krosan
Yet they were able to change the US elections.
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:40:15 AM PDT
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:40:32 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Rebelbase; Red Badger
“Will that be for here or Togo?”
To: ASA Vet
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:41:07 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted."!!!)
To: Krosan
"Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, to express his sadness over the collision, sources in..."
Sure thing, Buckaroo Yildirim!
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:43:07 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted."!!!)
To: Larry Lucido
Togo, with a slice of Liman, please.................
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:43:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Krosan
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:53:11 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: faucetman
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posted on
04/27/2017 7:56:37 AM PDT
by
Krosan
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