Liman (ship)
The sister ship Tscheleken
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The Liman ( Russian Лиман ) was a Russian intelligence ship the Moma class (Project 861m), which on April 27, 2017 Black Sea sank after a collision.
It was built in 1970 at Stocznia Północna in Danzig as a hydrographic survey ship and in 1989 it was converted into a reconnaissance ship for the Soviet Navy . She belonged to the Black Sea Fleet .
1999 attracted Liman international attention when she in the Adriatic Sea was sent to NATO operations against Yugoslavia to monitor.
Downfall
On April 27, 2017, collided Liman at 11.45 am local time at the Black Sea north west of the Bosporus in heavy fog with the under Togolese propelled Flag 2334 BRZ large cattle truck Youzarsif H . The Youzarsif H was originally delivered on January 26, 1977 as a cargo ship of the Sietas Type 81 with the name Jan Kahrs from the Hamburg Norderwerft . After several sales, the ship was converted into a cattle transporter in 2013 and then re-measured with 2334 GT and a carrying capacity of 2103 tdw . The owner is the livestock shipping company Hammami Livestock, founded in 2000 and based in Tripoli (Lebanon) . At the time of the collision she was en route with a cargo of 8,800 sheep from Constanța in Romania to Aqaba in Jordan .
The Liman sank at 2:48 p.m. local time. The sinking point is 18 nautical miles north of Kilyos ( 41 ° 31 ′ 21.7 ″ N , 28 ° 52 ′ 10.8 ″ E ). The entire 78-person crew was rescued by the Turkish coast guard (63 people) and the Youzarsif H (15 people).
At the time of the collision, the Liman was supposed to monitor the NATO maneuver "Sea Shield" in the Black Sea.
Web links
- Intelligence Ship "Liman" - Project 861M / Moma class. In: kchf.ru. April 27, 2017, accessed April 27, 2017 .
References and comments
- ↑ Kareem Fahim, Andrew Roth: Russian navy intelligence ship sinks after collision with freighter off Turkish coast. In: The Washington Post . Nash Holdings LLC, April 27, 2017, accessed April 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Russian navy ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast after collision with cargo vessel. In: Daily Sabah . Çalık Holding , April 27, 2017, accessed on April 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Russian spy ship Liman sinks off Turkey after collision with freighter. In: bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation , April 27, 2017, accessed April 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Can Sezer, Humeyra Pamuk: Russian intelligence ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast. In: livemint.com. HT Media Ltd., April 27, 2017, accessed on April 27, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Hammami Livestock, Fleet: Youzarsif-H , accessed July 4, 2019
- ↑ Patrick Kingsley: 78 Rescued as Russian Naval Ship Sinks After Collision. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, April 27, 2017, accessed April 27, 2017 .