Russian intel ship sunk

August · 04-28-17, 07:22 AM

Oops!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...rtner-1&wpmm=1

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ISTANBUL — A Russian naval intelligence ship sank Thursday after colliding with a merchant freighter in foggy conditions on the Black Sea near Istanbul, the Turkish coast guard said. All 78 crew members on the Russian vessel were rescued. The crew of the freighter Youzarsif H, a Togo-flagged ship traveling from Romania to Jordan with a cargo of 8,800 sheep, was unharmed, and the ship suffered slight damage to its bow, according to local media reports.
In Moscow, Russia’s Defense Ministry issued a statement confirming that the vessel, the Liman, went down after the collision tore a hole in the hull below the waterline.

Schroeder · 04-28-17, 07:35 AM

"Radar is still new to all of us....".(the Germans here will get the joke

)

Jimbuna · 04-28-17, 08:03 AM

Apparently fog can be more stealthy than some give credit to.

Dowly · 04-28-17, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

"Radar is still new to all of us....".(the Germans here will get the joke

)

Joke? Germans? Does not compute.

Gargamel · 04-28-17, 08:14 AM

I guess the russian Navy didn't get the message:

Skybird · 04-28-17, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Joke? Germans? Does not compute.

Two or three years ago, Merkel said on a press conference (illustrating how far behind many politicans are when it comes to the pragmatic ordinary everyday life of the German citizen dealing with the normal reality around):

"The internet still is something rather new to all of us."

Dowly · 04-28-17, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Two or three years ago, Merkel said on a press conference (illustrating how far behind many politicans are when it comes to the pragmatic ordinary everyday life of the German citizen dealing with the normal reality around):

"The internet still is something rather new to all of us."

Politicians are jokers at birth, they don't count.

04-28-17, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

"Radar is still new to all of us....".(the Germans here will get the joke

)

Yup!

ikalugin · 04-28-17, 12:03 PM

It was a very old recon ship, Russian MoD doesnt even see the need to recover it as all sensitive equipment was either removed or destroyed during dammage control attempts.

04-28-17, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Russian intel ship sunk

Platapus · 04-28-17, 02:13 PM

I am glad that no lives were lost.

I doubt there will be much left to attempt an intel salvage operation though.

Rockstar · 04-28-17, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I am glad that no lives were lost.

I doubt there will be much left to attempt an intel salvage operation though.

Depends on depth I guess, I read somewhere they carried several SAMs. Assuming they still carried them and didnt get them off in time you just know someones gonna dive on it.

Jimbuna · 04-29-17, 07:05 AM

I think the title speaks volumes for the site/author.

Quote:

Russian spy ship sunk by sheep barge; sheep (and sailors) unhurt

https://arstechnica.com/information-...ailors-unhurt/

ikalugin · 04-29-17, 09:14 AM

I guess it is a decent attempt to make a comedy out of this event

GT182 · 04-29-17, 10:26 AM

Sounds like they drive their ships the same way they drive their cars on the highways in Russia.

Yeah, it's good no one was hurt or lost. At least they won't be nosey with it on our East Coast.

04-28-17, 07:35 AM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	"Radar is still new to all of us....".(the Germans here will get the joke) __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Apparently fog can be more stealthy than some give credit to. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	I guess the russian Navy didn't get the message: __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

04-28-17, 12:03 PM	#9
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	It was a very old recon ship, Russian MoD doesnt even see the need to recover it as all sensitive equipment was either removed or destroyed during dammage control attempts. __________________ Grumpy as always.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am glad that no lives were lost. I doubt there will be much left to attempt an intel salvage operation though. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I guess it is a decent attempt to make a comedy out of this event __________________ Grumpy as always.

04-29-17, 10:26 AM	#15
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Sounds like they drive their ships the same way they drive their cars on the highways in Russia. Yeah, it's good no one was hurt or lost. At least they won't be nosey with it on our East Coast. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.