Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea with two crew missing, Russian Foreign Ministry says (www.msn.com)

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That is the ship Ukrainian intelligence claims to be meant to transport weapons from Syria back to Russia, which had engine problems yesterday.

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[-] baggins@beehaw.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 day ago

UPDATE: Apparently the ship was transporting port cranes and is directly owned by the Russian military. So there are pretty much two options. One is that those cranes were meant for a new military port in Libya or that the final destination was honest and the ship was indeed going to Vladivostok. That port has some serious problems handling North Korean weapon shipments right now.

[-] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 4 points 18 hours ago

It harmed Russia so either way idc. Was a win

[-] doo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Not just opened by their military, but also apparently explicitly under sanctions.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

or maybe it was going to latakia in order to transport out some elements of airbase?

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9538892

Built in 2009, 15 years old. So quite a modern vessel, unlike the clapped out tankers they just lost.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

15 years is a terrifyingly long time to last without proper maintenance though.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

Not for a large ship like this one.

I do think there's something suspicious about this sinking.

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Except its last inspection was in 2022 and included a number of deficiencies. Since then it has avoided inspections. It’s likely some type is deferred maintenance was the cause.