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| Nork-Flagged Ukranian Ship Disappears Off Bulgaria |
| 2008-09-27 |
| Bulgaria's transport minister says a Ukrainian ship has sunk in the Black Sea and rescuers are searching for survivors. Petar Mutafchiev says the Ukrainian ship Tolstoy, sailing under the North Korean flag, sank 15 miles off Bulgaria's coast. It disappeared from radars at 4 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Saturday and all crew were missing. He said that the boat did not give a distress signal and there was no information about the number of crew on board. Bulgarian air force choppers were searching the area. Military and commercial ships have joined a rescue operation complicated by strong winds. Bulgarian port officials said the 5,000-ton Tolstoy was carrying a cargo of scrap metal to the Turkish port of Nemrut. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Poseidon is a fickle god. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-27 18:14 |
| #6 There's a real simple answer to whether this was an accident or a military endeavor. Find out which Class Society classed this ship. If it was Lloyd's Register, Det Norske Veritas or ABS, it was military. If it was someone else, there's a good chance it was an accident or mechanical/structural failure. The three Class Societies I mentioned above check their ships very well using honest, knowledgeable, competent, conscientious inspectors. Other Class Societies are, shall we say, a bit less stringent about their inspections. Some, the bottom of the barrel, inspect only the brown envelope and its financial contents before certifying a vessel as safe. Those Class Societies tend to have a LOT of problems with their ships... |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-09-27 17:29 |
| #5 Maybe the owners will take a write off for an future archaeological treasure. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-09-27 17:24 |
| #4 Those ships are really decrepit and way overloaded. Any water entry and they will go down very quickly. I know one Ukrainian sailor who captained a Greek scrap iron carrier. It sank very quickly when caught in a sudden storm. The crew barely made it off. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-09-27 17:01 |
| #3 seems to be a lot of Ukranian ships with problems these days.... or am I just paranoid or am I not paranoid enuf.... |
| Posted by: Clineck Hatfield1826 2008-09-27 16:43 |
| #2 Scrap metal. Sure. A Nork ship in the Black Sea sailing from the Ukraine with scrap metal. I want to thank the Navy SEALS for a job well done. If they were involved ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-09-27 16:39 |
| #1 "And we can save so much money by flagging under... North KOREA?!?!?" |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-27 16:22 |