On June 5438+00, the Black Sea Fleet Command said that the large landing ship Yamal collided with the dry cargo ship Orc -2 flying the Sierra Leone flag in the Aegean Sea. The accident happened on the morning of February 30th, 20 17, in Carl pazos Strait, 9- 10 nautical miles south of Rhode Island. At that time, the Yamal, which was transporting ammunition for the Russian army's Hermim base, was returning from Syria. Trukhachev said that no one was injured in the collision. After the collision, the two ships continued to sail to their destination. The Yamal, which was not seriously damaged, arrived at the Sevastopol base in early October of 65438/KLOC-0.
Trukhachev, director of the Information Support Department of the Black Sea Fleet, blamed the accident on the dry cargo ship, saying that it "violated the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea. When passing the port side of a Russian warship along a parallel route, it suddenly turned right without confirming that it had completely surpassed it, which led to the collision between the two ships". At first, a Russian military attache in Greece told RIA Novosti that "our ship was not damaged". He said, "There are only two scratches. The ship is still sailing and has arrived in Novorossiysk. The dry cargo ship was driving along a parallel route, and the captain was absent-minded and the operation was wrong. "
However, according to a recent report by Russian TV, Yamal is not in Novorossiysk, but in Sevastopol. The depression in the side wall of the ship was temporarily covered by two wooden boards, which were first discovered by local residents during the New Year and posted on their blogs.