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A US-sanctioned Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through the engine room, Russia’s foreign ministry confirmed. Two members of the Ursa Major ...
A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its crew are still missing, the Russian Foreign Ministry ...
A Russian cargo ship sank Monday in the Mediterranean Sea leaving two of the 16 crew members unaccounted for, according to the country’s authorities. Fourteen of the crew members were rescued ...
It said in a statement carried by Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency that the explosions left a hole in the ship's starboard and filled the engine room with acrid smoke, hampering the crew's attempts to access it. The company added that the damage to the engine room made it impossible to activate pumps and keep the ship afloat.
The Russian navy was reported to have sent the salvage ship Kommuna with the AS-28 submersible onboard to the wreck, as part of an eight-ship convoy. Worldwide, Kommuna is the oldest active-duty navy ship still in service, at 110 years old and inherited from the Imperial Russian Navy .
In April 2017 her registration was transferred to Russia, and in October 2021 she was renamed Ursa Major. [3] By 2019 the Russian military logistics company Oboronlogistika was managing her, [3] and by 2024 she was registered in Novorossiysk. [4] Oboronlogistika said the ship was its flagship. [5] Her direct owner and operator was a company ...
A Norwegian shipping company on Friday rejected an accusation from Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, that it refused to rescue sailors from a sinking Russian cargo ...
Separate criminal cases were opened by Russia into both ships for potential maritime safety breaches, though the case for Volgoneft-212 had an additional charge for negligent homicide. Both captains were charged on 18 December, with the captain of Volgoneft-212 being placed under investigative custody and the captain of Volgoneft-239 being ...