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2022-04-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia reveals sunken warship's crew losses

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Posted by Fred 2022-04-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top
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#1 "In the course of the struggle for the ship's damage, one serviceman was killed, another 27 crew members were missing. The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the area and taken to Sevastopol," the ministry said.

Pull the other one, Volodya, it's got bells on.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-04-23 06:46|| 2022-04-23 06:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Moskva's crew complement is told off as over 500, frequently as 514. Either they were seriously undermanned, or somebody's short counting.
Probably both.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-04-23 12:16|| 2022-04-23 12:16|| Front Page Top

#3 "We took a roll call just yesterday"

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-23 13:07|| 2022-04-23 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 or somebody's short counting.

And still collecting the wages for those missing sailors too.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-23 16:40|| 2022-04-23 16:40|| Front Page Top

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