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Russian Warship Sinks in the Black Sea After Collision
Al Arabiya ^ | 4/27

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 ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
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To: DUMBGRUNT
That's the whole idea. It is why we have The Rules of the Nautical Road.

That doesn't mean that it is always done. There are great pressures on merchant captains to stay on schedule.

Heaven help the US Naval Officer, Captain or otherwise, who fails in this regard.

Without more information it is impossible to know who is at fault here. That area likely sees fairly high traffic but is probably not considered restricted waters. The sea of Marmara between the Bosporus and the Dardanelles is a high traffic area with restricted maneuverability. The pucker factor would be very high.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

21 posted on 04/27/2017 12:03:33 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: nickcarraway
The Russian navy is fabulous!!!


22 posted on 04/27/2017 12:07:44 PM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: LonePalm

You were Navy?


23 posted on 04/27/2017 12:11:31 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: nickcarraway

Has TOGO mobilized its military?


24 posted on 04/27/2017 12:14:12 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: nickcarraway

Made my day LOL!


25 posted on 04/27/2017 12:39:06 PM 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)
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To: bert
They should have read How To Avoid Huge Ships. For those that have not seen this, the comments are hilarious.
26 posted on 04/27/2017 12:51:58 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: DUMBGRUNT

They were playing “Chicken” on the ocean.

Looser sinks.


27 posted on 04/27/2017 12:55:13 PM PDT by Huebolt
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To: dsc
Yes sir. Surface Warfare Officer turned Intelligence.

I used to claim that I could drive anything from a unicycle to an aircraft carrier. Now a days I would be likely to hurt myself on a unicycle. My ship driving is rusty but I could probably do it without bending too much metal.

Captains hate it when you scratch the paint. They really get bent out of shape if you bend their ships out of shape. They're signed out for those things and there is no collision insurance.

The big thing to remember about collisions at sea, other than they will ruin your whole day, is that the Law of Gross Tonnage applies. That is, the ship with the greater gross tonnage wins.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

28 posted on 04/27/2017 1:23:55 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
That area likely sees fairly high traffic
29 posted on 04/27/2017 1:33:50 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: nickcarraway

USS Caron getting rammed by the Russians in the Black Sea - Feb 1988
https://youtu.be/N4jQhnXrWbg


30 posted on 04/27/2017 1:47:35 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: COBOL2Java

Hammami livestock was goating the Russian and they had a cow.

(Sorry)


31 posted on 04/27/2017 2:08:58 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: LonePalm; nick_carriedaway; nuconvert; TigerLikesRooster
Q: How many sheep are required to sink a Russian military ship?
A: Not more than 9 000.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/9753/freighter-full-of-sheep-accidentally-sinks-russian-spy-ship

32 posted on 04/27/2017 2:45:56 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

Lol


33 posted on 04/27/2017 3:13:06 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nickcarraway

I think it was a British MI6 operation. This happened to a British spy ship back in the 1970’s according to a documentary I saw called “For Your Eyes Only”.....


34 posted on 04/27/2017 4:00:42 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: LonePalm

Mustang SWO here.


35 posted on 04/27/2017 4:24:04 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc
Do good. Come home safe.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

36 posted on 04/27/2017 5:52:25 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm

I’m sorry. I guess I’m just used to people assuming that I’m retired.

I did come back. Retired in 99.


37 posted on 04/27/2017 5:58:05 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: nickcarraway

SEALS ALREADY HAVE RECOVERED THE TSSI from that ship. Good job Mad Dog.


38 posted on 04/27/2017 5:59:36 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yeah, kinda hard to buy, huh?


39 posted on 04/27/2017 10:44:38 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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To: COBOL2Java

Soundtrack must have been interesting: Foghorn. Moo. Thud!


40 posted on 04/27/2017 10:48:49 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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