Posted on 08/11/2025 3:32:30 PM PDT by Apparatchik
A Russian navy tugboat, the Kapitan Ushakov, sank on August 9, 2025, at a shipyard in St. Petersburg. It was expected to be delivered to the Northern fleet.
The Project 23470 began listing to starboard on August 8. The sinking of the ship occurred at a time when it was in the final stages of outfitting and about to be completed at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg.
The shipyard team made efforts throughout the night to stabilise the vessel, but failed ultimately. By the morning of August 9, the tugboat flipped and capsized on the seabed near the dock.
The Russian investigative committee launched an inquiry to determine if there was any violation of construction safety regulations. Reports suggest that flooding happened in the auxiliary machinery compartment, which caused the list that ultimately led to the ship sinking.
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That’ll buff right out.
Just imagine the consequences for failure in China, Russia, North Korea.
Russian ship sinks? Chinese ships run into each other? Stuff happens, I guess. 🤪
Have the Ukrainians been busy?
Tugboats are not ships.
There’s been a lot of flooding this past week not just in St. Petersburg but throughout the Tampa Bay area, all the way inland as well.
Oh, wait a minute
Well at least half the ship is dry!
For some reason I read sinks as stinks and was looking forward to a fun thread but I guess it stunk at staying afloat.
That...that’s not good. It’s the sort of thing that turns up on your OER.
Looks like a North Korean harbor.
LOL
Well, at least when they tow it back to port, it’ll be a short trip.
“My father sells ashes in the shipyard.”
When we were youngsters we would say that while holding the tip of our tongues.
Make sure the cursor on that slide rule is zeroed.
Asking for a friend..
Remind me not to buy a pleasure boat made in either Russia or North Korea...
A friend just boat a boat made in Poland. Beautiful boat...
Oops...Just BOUGHT a boat...
“Hmm... Order reads ‘Glugboat, one each,’ tovarisch. Not what you wanted?”
How many were given career changes to mine and drone detectors in Ukraine?
Russian and Chinese going DEI
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