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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia reveals sunken warship's crew losses
2022-04-23
[RT] As a result of a fire on April 13, the Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva was seriously damaged due to a detonation of ammunition, Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed on Friday. One serviceman died and another 27 crew members went missing, it said.

Attempts by the crew to put out the fire were not successful.

"In the course of the struggle for the ship's damage, one serviceman was killed, another 27 crew members were missing. The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the area and taken to Sevastopol," the ministry said.

Posted by:Fred

#4  or somebody's short counting.

And still collecting the wages for those missing sailors too.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-04-23 16:40  

#3  "We took a roll call just yesterday"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-04-23 13:07  

#2  Moskva's crew complement is told off as over 500, frequently as 514. Either they were seriously undermanned, or somebody's short counting.
Probably both.
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-04-23 12:16  

#1  "In the course of the struggle for the ship's damage, one serviceman was killed, another 27 crew members were missing. The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the area and taken to Sevastopol," the ministry said.

Pull the other one, Volodya, it's got bells on.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-04-23 06:46  

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