A successful search and rescue operation took place off the east coast of Japan, where a fishing boat crashed.

The incident occurred in the Pacific Ocean and almost cost the lives of 18 crew members of the ship in trouble.

The crew of the sunken ship was reportedly rescued by a fishing schooner passing nearby. Also, part of the crew of the rescue vehicle managed to leave board on a lifeboat, after which they were picked up by another ship.

At the moment, nothing threatens the life and health of the sailors. A total of 18 crew members were rescued - 12 Japanese citizens and 6 Indonesian nationals.

The first reports of the sinking of a fishing vessel 850 kilometers off the coast of the Japanese Miyagi Prefecture arrived on the night of June 19-20. At the moment, the causes and circumstances of the shipwreck are unknown.

In all likelihood, the ship received a hole, since the colleagues rescuing the sailors noticed that the ship tilted to the left side.

The incident occurred in stormy conditions. In the region of the shipwreck there was a strong storm and waves of up to 4 meters were recorded. Two Japanese Coast Guard ships and three helicopters were sent to the sinking ship, the crews of which did not have time to provide assistance to the sinking ship.

On Monday, July 2, at the Zaporozhye resort, vacationers filmed a tornado that was spotted in the Sea of ​​Azov, at a great distance from the coast.

Helper Zaporozhye activist Evgeniy Pavlyuk managed to photograph the disaster.

It is worth noting that the natural phenomenon was recorded in the resort village of Kirillovka.

In particular, the tornado was noticed in the Azov Sea at about 9:30.

Almost two hundred people are missing in a shipwreck

A large-scale water disaster occurred in Indonesia, where 166 people went missing as a result of a ferry accident. This was stated by Indonesian government officials.

Let us note that previously there was information about 130 potential victims of the crash.

Let us recall that a ferry with several hundred passengers sank on Lake Toba in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra yesterday, June 19. In total, there were more than 350 people on board the sunken ship.

At the moment, only one person is known to have died, since the bodies of the remaining passengers from the ferry have never been found. Hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers are working at the scene of the tragedy. The search for potential victims of the crash is complicated by bad weather conditions.

At the moment, there is no information available about the probable cause of the ship's disaster.

Residents of South Korea on Sunday, July 1, suffered from powerful torrential rains, which were caused by the approach of a typhoon called Prapirun to the southwestern coast of the country. Reports a natural disaster The Korea Herald.

According to the publication, due to the complication weather conditions, preliminary, at least one person went missing, another died.

In total, about 33 flights at eight airports across the state had to be cancelled. Heavy rains caused flooding in many parts of the country.

Ship accident in Indonesia: rescuers cannot find about 60 passengers

On Monday, June 18, a ferry carrying about 80 passengers sank in Indonesia, killing one and leaving dozens missing.

The ferry Sinar Bangun, which was carrying passengers in North Sumatra province on Lake Toba, sank in stormy weather at about 17:30 local time (13:30 Kyiv time) a mile from the port of Tigaras.

In the first hours of the search and rescue operation, about 19 people were lifted from the water. In addition, the body of one tourist was discovered. All others are listed as “missing in action.”

National disaster management authority spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said rescue efforts were ongoing at the lake but were being slowed by bad weather.

It is reported that Lake Toba, where the accident occurred, is located in the crater of an extinct volcano. The lake is considered the world's largest reservoir of volcanic origin. Its dimensions reach 87 kilometers in length and 27 kilometers in width.

Heavy rains in South Korea: 1 dead, 8 wounded.

South Korea was hit by heavy rains that led to flooding. In different parts of the country, 66 houses and 4,528 hectares of agricultural land were damaged or flooded, and 22 cars were under water. 1 person died as a result of a lightning strike. Eight people were injured during the floods, KBS World Radio reports.

A ship exploded in the Bahamas

A tourist boat exploded in the Bahamas. As a result of the explosion, one person died on the spot and another 11 received injuries of varying severity.

According to CNN, the ship's engine exploded during a tourist voyage. The boat with passengers was immediately engulfed in fire.

Coast Guard personnel arrived at the scene of the accident.

In total there were ten passengers and two crew members on board - residents of the islands.

The Coast Guard said four US tourists were taken to a Florida hospital and the rest were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in the Bahamian capital of Nassau.

Among the victims is also the ship's captain, who requires medical attention.

A video has emerged of a boat with 10 tourists on it at the time of the explosion.

In the Bahamas, tourists witnessed a terrifying sight: a boat with people on board burst into flames before their eyes. This happened due to an engine explosion, after which the ship was instantly engulfed in flames. Witnesses of the tragedy were able to swim closer to help the tourists who were there.

According to the New York Post, there were 10 American tourists and two Bahamian residents on the boat. One person died, and everyone else received serious injuries and burns. They were pulled out and taken to the hospital.

Floods in Ghana kill 5 people

A flash flood last Thursday in the city of Kumasi in Ghana left at least five people dead and another missing, the agency reports. G.N.A.

The Emergency Response Team rescued 293 people from flood waters. The search continues for a missing teenage girl.

The outbreak of flooding was caused by heavy rain that continued for six hours. Some buildings were damaged.

The shipwreck took the lives of hundreds of people, including infants

A ship disaster in the Mediterranean Sea could have taken the lives of about 100 illegal migrants. Among the possible victims of the shipwreck are two infants and three children under 12 years old.

It is reported that the shipwreck with refugees occurred yesterday near the coast of Libya.

“The bodies of three children have been found and about a hundred more are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Libya on Friday.”, - said representatives of the authorities.

There were about 120 people on board the sunken ship, of whom only 16 were rescued. It is assumed that another 100 people died in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

Passengers who survived the disaster said that the ship sank as a result of the explosion. On board were citizens of Morocco and Yemen.

At the moment, in the area of ​​the shipwreck, a search operation. The chances of finding surviving passengers are minimal.

Typhoon Prapirun passes Okinawa, warnings are issued on the Japanese island of Kyushu and South Korea

Typhoon "Prapirun" ("Florita" - according to the Philippine classification) passed off the Japanese island of Okinawa, where there were no serious consequences, and continues to move in the East China Sea, shifting towards the island of Kyushu. Wind speed reaches 125 km/h, gusts - 180 km/h, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reports. In South Korea, warnings of strong winds and large quantities rainfall is in effect on Jeju Island and the southern parts of the country, warns the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).

A cargo ship crashed into moored ships and sank them.

The bulk carrier BAO KHANH 16 (IMO 8603236, flag of Vietnam) rammed the ships that were at the berth.

In total, experts counted that a large vessel collided with three small ones.

Thus, the ship “NB-6589” still managed to stay afloat as a result of the impact. Only minor damage to the hull was recorded on the craft.

Two more ships sank from the strong impact and completely sank. It is reported that one of them tried to reach the shore, and the second sank at the scene of the accident.

The preliminary cause of the collision of such a number of vessels was indicated as an accident.

Storms sweep across the United States

Several storms swept across the United States from the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf Coast, leaving a vast trail of destruction along the way. The storms were fueled by intense heat and humidity that continues to accumulate over the eastern half of the country.

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Most of the damage was caused by wind. A tornado was confirmed in Hickman, Tennessee, with winds reaching 180 km/h. Wind gusts of up to 60 mph were widespread from eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois to western Tennessee and much of Alabama. Strong winds easily knocked down trees and power lines, leaving more than 200,000 people without power at the height of the storms.

200,000 residents were left without electricity in Alabama alone. In Huntsville, also in Alabama, a 70-year-old woman was struck by lightning during severe weather and remains in critical condition. New storms on June 30 could disrupt recovery efforts in the southeast of the country. However, the severity and destructiveness of the events that just occurred are not expected to be repeated.

US Navy destroyer comes to the aid of distressed Filipino fishermen

The crew of the US Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin came to the aid of two Filipino fishermen whose boat's engine had failed. The portal Korabli.eu reported this on Thursday, June 28, citing the press service of the US Navy Department of Defense.

The destroyer's crew immediately came to the aid of the Filipinos in distress. First, the sailors contacted the nearest other fishing vessel and reported what had happened. After this, a boat was lowered into the water, which towed the emergency boat to other fishing vessels. The victims were also provided with food for three days.

After making sure that the fishermen were all right, the destroyer Mustin continued patrolling.

The Mustin is part of the USS Ronald Reagan strike group.

In the Krasnodar Territory, hail caused the death of a local resident

Timashevsky, Bryukhovetsky, Korenovsky and Pavlovsky districts of the Krasnodar Territory suffered from hail. The heaviest damage was caused to the Timashevsky district, where 1,800 houses were damaged in the village of Novokorsunskaya, the district administration reports. In the Bryukhovetsky district, 1,438 households in the village of Baturinskaya and the village of Zarya were in the emergency zone. Restoration work lasted just over a day.

Currently, the consequences of the disaster have been practically eliminated, the district administration notes. In the village of Baturinskaya, a canopy collapsed during a disaster, resulting in the death of a local resident. Based on this fact, the Timashevsky interdistrict investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Territory organized a pre-investigation check, reports the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory.

Also, squalls and heavy downpours with hail occurred throughout almost the entire territory of Ukraine and Crimea. Many settlements were flooded and cut off power, causing damage to agriculture.

In the Kuban in the children's camp "Azov" there was terrible tragedy: six children and a teacher drowned, one child is in the hospital. The cause of the tragedy was strong undercurrents on the Yeisk Spit, where the children were swimming.

The tragedy occurred on the morning of July 7. A group from the Azov children's camp, located on the Dolgaya Spit near the village of Dolzhanskaya (Yeisky Peninsula), went on a boat tour of the Sea of ​​Azov. According to preliminary data, there were about 70 vacationers, 63 children aged 8 to 16 years and seven adults. They sailed along the spit and landed on one of the nearby shell islands about 10 km from Yeisk, deciding to swim.

“Even the locals know that you can’t swim there - there is a very strong undercurrent, but the older groups apparently allowed swimming. This was the cause of the tragedy,” said the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Krasnodar Territory.

According to the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, the emergency signal arrived at the control panel of the duty rescue center in Yeisk on Wednesday at 11.30. According to eyewitnesses, a group of children disappeared while swimming.

All the children who died while swimming were students of Moscow school No. 1065.

List of victims: Daria Terskaya (12 years old), Egor Usherenko (10 years old), Lydia Anufrieva (12 years old), Georgy Bai (10 years old), Svetlana Dyumbetova (15 years old), Nikita Bratsev (8 years old), Vitaly Morozov, 27 years old .

It is worth noting that the body of eight-year-old Nikita Bratsev was found by rescuers at 19.30 at the place where the children were swimming. According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, there are two children in the hospital - 9-year-old Yaroslav Ignatiev and 15-year-old Sergei Averkin.

“This is an island, not a beach, not a place where people usually swim. If this were an unequipped beach on the coastal strip, there would be signs saying “swimming is prohibited.” But since the island is located in the sea 10 km from Yeisk, no one puts such signs on it. This is not a traditional swimming place - you can only get there by boat, and children, especially themselves, cannot get there by accident,” explained the head of the RF Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region.

He emphasized that the sea around the island is very dangerous, with strong currents and depth changes. “Local residents know about this. But since the teachers were visiting, and the boat was from Rostov-on-Don, then, most likely, none of the adults knew about it.”

Catastrophic surge phenomena in the Sea of ​​Azov

In the seventies, on Taman between Temryuk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, a few kilometers from the coast, you could see rusted fishing seiners lying on their sides. This was the result of a terrible blow from the waves that penetrated far into the depths of the low-lying shore. After the fishing season, Azov fishermen often leave their seiners at anchor near the shore, and themselves take boats to the shore. These SChS - medium Black Sea seiners - were torn from their anchors huge wave, caused by surge phenomena in the shallow Azov Sea.

The Sea of ​​Azov is a relatively small body of water, which is actually a gulf of the Black Sea. Its water area is 37.6 thousand km 2. The length of the sea from the mouth of the Don to Arabat is 340 km, the width from Temryuk to the mouth of the Berda River is more than 150 km. The sea is located inside the continent, its depth is up to 14 m, the total volume of water mass is approximately up to 303 km 3. Even the ancient Greeks disparagingly called it the Meotian swamp (24). It would seem that Azov should be calm and quiet. Meanwhile, it storms here from 61 to 98 times a year. Storm winds reach speeds of 40 m/sec. On average, up to 76 storms occur, sometimes they are very strong and cover the entire sea area. It is difficult for fishermen and sailors then.

Very often, the causes of disasters and casualties in the Sea of ​​Azov are unusual natural phenomena - surge waves.

In the literature we were able to find very Interesting Facts about these terrible disasters. In Russian literature, catastrophic wave shocks were first recorded in 1739 (25), when the Turkish outposts of Achuevo, Temryuk and Taman were besieged on October 1 by Russian troops led by General DeBrill. The troops crossed the Kuban branch - Protok, transported artillery, but at night a terrible storm broke out at sea. The waves flooded the area, smashed the ferry, and drowned artillery and ammunition. The next day the sea became calm. Russian troops recovered from the flood. Russian artillery strikes caused fires in the Achuevo fortress. Turkish units went towards Temryuk. And then the Sea of ​​Azov again rolled its waves onto the Russian positions around Achuevo. General Debrill's troops were forced to retreat from Temryuk and Taman, leaving the deserted fortress of Achuevo.

In 1770, the elements of the sea hit the newly created base Russian fleet on the Sea of ​​Azov - Taganrog. We learn about this from the notes of the Russian naval officer Ilya Khanykov:

“In November, on the 10th of the same year, two-thirds of the harbor was carried away along the shores, then in December, on the 15th, the wind became even stronger... and the entire harbor was blown to the ground... and after that and to this day (i.e. until 1772) a pestilence was sweeping through Taganrog, barracks, and dugouts, and lihomanka (fever) was lashing people.” The author of the book from which this quote is taken is V.N. Ganichev writes about a crushing tornado, but it seems to me that, by all indications, it was a storm strike, accompanied by a surge of water in the Taganrog region (26).

According to documents, a hundred years later the flood in the south-eastern part of Azov repeated. Information about whether there were surges of water in the period between these events has not been preserved in the literature. During the flood of 1840, the Sladkoe and Rubtsovskoe arms of the Kuban were brought in.

There was also a flood in 1877.

In December 1913 in the north Sea of ​​Azov a different picture was observed: due to the rushing wind, the sea level dropped. In the Taganrog port the sea receded by 2.5 m. The ships in the roadstead landed on the ground and fell on their sides.

One of the most terrible floods was accompanied by a storm in February 1914. In this month, strong southerly winds blew for several days, which on the night of February 28 were replaced by an equally strong northerly wind. As a result, in the southeastern corner of Azov, the water rose by 4.3 m. A continuous mass of water flooded the entire seashore from Yeisk to the Kerch Strait. The cities of Temryuk and even Yeisk were partially destroyed by the waves. The casualties were enormous. About 3 thousand people died! On the Achuevskaya Spit alone, the all-crushing shaft washed away almost 1,500 people. Of the 200 railway workers carried out to sea near Primorsko-Akhtarsk, about 50 people survived.

Here is information about some of the most severe surge phenomena of the post-war period (27).

December 23, 1947 as a result of strong westerly winds (20-28 m/sec) Water rose in the areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Temryuk. The port in Primorsko-Akhtarsk and two villages in Temryuk were flooded.

June 25-26, 1948 strong southwest wind (20 m/sec) caused rising water, flooding of villages and destruction of houses in the Berdyansk area. October 25, 1948 westerly storm (wind 30 m/sec) raged in the area of ​​Art. Dolzhanskaya. Roofs were torn off houses, and material losses were great.

February 28, 1949 under the influence of a southwestern storm (wind speed 20 m/sec) sea ​​level rose, coastal buildings in Mariupol were destroyed by ice.

March 29-30, 1949 east and northeast storm caused by wind speed 20-25 m/sec, hit big material damage in Berdyansk and in the Mysovaya area in the south of the Azov Sea, where a fishing vessel was torn from its anchors.

November 12-20, 1952 east wind speed 24-28 m/sec caused destruction in Berdyansk (tore off roofs, knocked down communication poles, etc.), caused a strong storm at sea.

February 3-4, 1954 strong east wind (24-28 m/sec) was accompanied by snowstorms, which led to a stop in railway traffic in the Temryuk area, water runoff and storms in the western part of the sea.

November 21-30, 1954 eastern storm (wind 20-24 m/sec) caused a rise in water in Genichesk, where a fish factory was flooded and the railway was washed out.

December 12, 1955 as a result of a storm caused by westerly winds (20-24 m/sec), sea ​​level in the area of ​​st. Dolzhanskoy up 2 m. Part of the port in Primorsko-Akhtarsk was flooded.

The ferocious impact of the water mass on the southeast of the Sea of ​​Azov on August 23, 1960 is memorable. The sea merged with the coastal estuaries into one boundless expanse of water. The material damage was enormous. People died.

According to A.P. Chernyakova, January 30 - February 4, 1962 strong east wind (28 m/sec) led to a rise in water in Genichesk by 236 cm. The water rose to the level of residential buildings and damaged the railway embankment.

The tragedy of the southeast of the Azov Sea was repeated on an even larger scale in 1969. On October 28, the largest five-meter wave of water in the entire history of the region hit the same southeastern corner of the sea again. Here is a description of an eyewitness - the caretaker of the Temryuk lighthouse:

“At dusk, from the Temryuk lighthouse, I saw a mountain of water approaching from the sea in the northwest. My boat was poorly tied, and in order to secure it, I went down from the elevated shore where the lighthouse stands to the sea. But it was already too late. The running shaft tore the chain out of my hands and spun the boat like a propeller. A few days later, the wreckage of the boat was found on the shore. I rushed to the coastal cliff and, clinging to the bushes, managed to climb onto the cliff before it was covered by a water shaft. The sea boiled until evening, then began to slowly calm down. The next day calm reigned and lasted for two months.”

Rice. 4. Scheme of the movement of water masses in the Sea of ​​Azov on October 28-29, 1969 (According to N.D. Mikheenkov: “Man and Elements,” - 1971. P. 51).

N.D. Mikheenkov (1971) connects this natural disaster with the action of a deep cyclone that came from the shores of the Baltic (Fig. 4). South-west wind speed 16-20 m/sec caught up through Kerch Strait Black Sea water. After the passage of the cold front, the wind suddenly suddenly changed to the west, and its speed increased to 30 m/sec, with gusts up to 40 m/sec. The Black Sea water, which entered through the Kerch Strait, was driven into the Temryuk Gulf. The level of the Kuban mouth rose by 1.5 m above average, and salinity reached 13‰. The next surge was created by westerly winds that arose after the passage of the second cold front. In the northwestern part of the Sea of ​​Azov, for example near Genichesk, sea level has dropped sharply. At 22:25, according to N.D. Mikheenkov, the sea level skew along the Genichesk-Temryuk line was 5 m. The highest sea level rise was recorded near the village of Perekopka - 850 cm; north of Primorsko-Akhtarsk - 650 cm. On the night of October 28-29, the swelling Azov fruit juice penetrated 8-10 inland, and east of Temryuk even 17 km at transgression front 150 km. In the villages of Peresypskaya, Kuchugury, in the city of Temryuk a few months after the flood. Traces of violations were visible everywhere, the sea level seemed to be recorded on the walls of the white houses of the villages and villages. The material sacrifices were enormous. Coasting ships moored at the Temryuk port were thrown far from the port waters. The same fate befell the already mentioned fishing seiners. The Temryuk fish factory was destroyed, many buildings were damaged. People were removed from the roofs by helicopters, boats, and by all available means. They didn’t write about the victims, but they happened. And very significant, because a terrible rise in water occurred at night when people were sleeping.

In 1970, strong winds blowing in a northwest direction drove water, on the contrary, to the extreme northwestern corner of the Sea of ​​Azov - into the Utlyuk estuary. Water flooded part of the city of Genichesk and the railway bridge (28). There are known cases of catastrophic water rise in the north of the sea. So, July 6, 1985 big, at 196 cm, a surge of water was observed in the Taganrog region, as well as near Krivaya Spit. The scythe disappeared into the sea waves. Instead, three islands formed. The height of water rise on Krivaya Spit reached 2-3 m. Numerous vacationers were promptly removed from the newly emerged islands. This time there were no casualties, although material losses were significant. There is a known fact from the authors’ work in the Sea of ​​Azov, when in the 80s the research drilling vessel of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences “Geokhimik” sat aground for ten days in the Utlyuk estuary near Biryuchiy Island during the winter water surge and safely left the estuary under its own power after how I recovered normal level sea, and the wind stopped.

Unfortunately, the Azov Sea does not promise us peaceful life. Disasters and troubles due to the vagaries of nature are possible in the future. The role of the hydrometeorological service is very important, which should warn people about the possible onset of a disaster.

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...Kamysh-Burunsky iron ore plant in Kerch several years ago was extracting Kerch iron ore at the Kamysh-Burunsky and Eltigen-Ortelsky iron ore deposits. The total volume of ore production reached 7.5 million tons, of which the sinter plant produced 4.5 million tons of sinter - an intermediate product for metal smelting at Azovstal in Mariupol. The still hot sinter was loaded in the Kamysh-Burun port directly into specially equipped ships - sinter carriers - and this “fiery fleet” traveled from Kerch to Mariupol. The sinter was loaded from wheels, and the ships moved one after another.

On that fateful day when the disaster occurred (late November 1968), there was a strong storm in the Sea of ​​Azov caused by a nor'easter. But the Kerch mine - sinter plant - Mariupol blast furnace conveyor operated, and the ships sailed, despite the bad weather. The tugboat "Kommunist" brought the lighter "Roksha" to the Kamysh-Burunsky pier. The Roksha lighter is a huge specially equipped barge with a displacement of 4.5 thousand tons, a length of 94 m and a width of up to 13 m. It took on board 3,750 tons of sinter, the temperature of which was 600-650 °. There were 13 people on the barge, led by female captain A.I. Shibaeva. Due to difficulties with transport - there were no tickets for passing ships in Mariupol - several passengers boarded the barge; no one knows how many. The Nord-East tossed the ship throughout the entire route, and at night a 6-7 force storm hit it near Mariupol - 17.5 miles southeast of the southern tip of the Berdyansk Spit. External cladding the barges leaked. The internal heat-resistant lining also did not withstand impacts. Cold water penetrated into the hold and actually caused an explosion from interaction with the hot agglomerate. There is a version that the lids of the holds were also broken. Having taken on 700 tons of water, the lighter capsized and sank. One way or another, the tugboat was horrified to see a huge cloud of steam instead of a lighter. The tugboat crew could not do anything; they could not save the people. Everyone on the barge died. They managed to put on life jackets, but, presumably, the main enemy was not water, but hot steam. The sea scattered the bodies of the dead. The body of a female captain was found on the Arabat Spit.

The Maritime Safety Service of the Azov Shipping Company immediately outlined the skeleton of the sunken Roksha, which was sticking out one meter from the water (Fig. 53). It was forbidden to take passengers on board sinter carriers. Hydrographers welded a metal truss with a luminous sign to the Roksha’s hull.

The circumstances of the death of the sinter carrier were examined by a special government commission. The causes of the accident are not entirely clear, but shipbuilders suggest that the leak arose from wear and tear on the hull. This is also confirmed by eyewitnesses. Bosun "Roksha" Venedikt Fedorovich Groshev accidentally did not go on this fateful voyage. He says that the lighter was already old and rusty, the registration period of the ship's mechanisms had already expired, and the ship set out on a voyage without registration documents. The plan for transporting the sinter was disrupted and was carried out at any cost.

The hull of the Roksha rested near the canal fairway in Mariupol, and this created a danger for navigation. The Azov Shipping Company decided to remove the Roksha from the fairway. Explosions divided the hull into several parts, and in the summer they pulled out everything except the bow. The work on raising the remains of the hull was planned to be completed in the summer of 1973. 2 buoys were placed at the bow of the Roksha. The troubles, however, did not end there.

Captain 2nd rank B.V. Sokolov, long years who served as the head of the Kerch-Azov region of the Black Sea Fleet hydrographic service, says that in the same winter, in March, he was woken up at night and handed over: the Greek ship “Agios Nikoleos” with a displacement of 4 thousand tons, length 85 m, width 12.6 m, height sides 7.4 m, loaded with coal, was traveling with a pilot on board from Berdyansk and at night came across the remains of the Roksha hull, because the buoys were not lit. Within 17 minutes, the Greek ship sank three miles west of the site of the death of the Roksha (N 47°28'67, E 37°04'93). The depth of the sea at the site of the ship's death was 12 m. The sinter carrier "Enakievo" passing by picked up the entire Greek crew and our pilot. The pilot tried to organize the rescue of the ship, but the Greeks simply dragged him into the boat by force. The hole in the hull of the Greek steamship was huge - up to 6 m. A commission headed by the captain of the Kerch port, Leonid Denisovich Samborsky, was immediately sent from Kerch. The hydrographic vessel GS-103 and diving boats took part in the work. One of the hydrographic officers participating in the work reported to B.V. Sokolov that the buoys around the remaining part of the Roksha hull were burning, and the Greek ship sank 3.5 miles from the Roksha. Divers discovered that the “Greek” had run into the bow of an old riveted ship. They began to find out. It turned out that at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War The tanker “Ivan Bogun” left Mariupol and died. Divers found round holes - craters - around the hull. On next year The rescue service sent a three-hundred-ton crane to lift the remains of the Roksha, but they could not be found. The buoys stood still, the ill-fated “Roksha” was not there. A version arose that the remains of the lighter were stolen for scrap metal. It was, perhaps, a fantasy. They weighed 150 tons, and powerful crane, capable of raising them, was alone in the Sea of ​​​​Azov. B.V. Sokolov believes that the bow of the Roksha was moved by ice, the thickness of which that winter reached 60-80 cm in the northern part of the Sea of ​​​​Azov. We even had to ferry an icebreaker from the Baltic to break through the ice channel (the Baltic didn’t freeze that year!). The ice became hummocky, and it carried with it the bow of the barge, which froze into the ice field. The search for the remaining parts of “Bogun” yielded nothing. The Greek ship was first protected by buoys, and in 1977 it was blown up and raised, after unloading coal.

Accidents with sinter trucks have happened before. So, in the fifties, a lighter of the Pervomaisk type sank in Azov. It was the lighter “Zaporozhye”, with a displacement of about 3 thousand tons, the shipowner of which was the Azov Shipping Company, it was traveling from Mariupol to Kerch with a cargo of coal. On May 1, 1957, the lighter collided with the cargo ship Karaganda, which had a displacement of 10 thousand tons. As a result of the collision, the lighter Zaporozhye sank to the bottom. In 1961, the tug Priboy came across a sunken ship. There were no major consequences, however.

On January 29, 1970, in the Sea of ​​Azov, a disaster occurred with the medium Black Sea seiner “Pioneer” (displacement 90 tons). The ship left the port of Temryuk for the port of Kerch, but in conditions of a six-force storm due to loss of orientation at 23 o'clock in the morning on full speed ahead ran into the rocks of Cape Kamenny. Attempts to get off the rocks under our own power failed. The ships that quickly arrived at the scene of the accident were unable to refloat the Pioneer due to the intensifying storm. The seiner remained on the rocks, the crew was removed, and the hull was smashed against the rocks. The cause of the accident was the negligence of the navigators. (265)

The day of January 8, 1982 was tragic for the Azov basin. More precisely, the night of January 8. On this day, a strong winter storm led to the death of three medium-sized Black Sea seiners (SChS) in the southern part of the Sea of ​​​​Azov near the Kerch Strait. At night, the ships washed up on the coastal cliffs in conditions of a strong nor'easter, high waves, snowfall and zero visibility.

SChS-151 died four miles west of Cape Zyuk. The team was picked up by helicopters.

SChS-1239 washed ashore at Cape Zyuk. The crew managed to get ashore on their own.

In the Yenikale area, Chroni, at the entrance to the Kerch Strait, crashed onto the coastal rocks at 2 a.m. SChS-1148. The captain and chief engineer were killed. The rest of the crew was removed by helicopter pilots.

Hard night...

Navigation in the Sea of ​​Azov requires attention. Even special attention, because shallow waters and unpredictable processes create a danger for navigation. In addition, lost ships complicate the approaches to the northern ports and it is necessary to constantly carry out work to maintain shipping channels in order. But the sinter trucks are not visible in Azov: the Kamysh-Burunsky plant no longer produces ore.

The loss of ships in the Sea of ​​Azov is not news. The statistics already cited for the last century indicate that dozens of ships perished in this small body of water every year. Since then, the composition of the fleet has improved, weather service has improved, and crew training has improved.

But... Disasters still happen, and especially often with small vessels.

Svezhak is tearing himself up. Urging on the rampage

Sea of ​​Azov trough

Watermelon upon watermelon - and the hold is loaded,

The pier is covered with watermelons.

A breaker hits the thick bearded forest,

To scatter in splashes,

I will choose a kavun as loud as a tambourine

And I’ll cut out the heart with a knife...

The desert sun sets in the brine,

And they’ll push out the month in waves...

The fresh air is blowing!

Backhand!

Oak, move the sails!

The sea is full of thick lambs,

And the watermelons are rubbing, and it’s dark in the hold...

With two fingers, like a boatswain, the wind whistles,

And the clouds are packed tightly together,

And the steering wheel fidgets, and the trim cracks,

And the canvases were taken into the reefs.

Through the waves - right through!

Through the rain - at random!

In the whistling, persecuted soap,

We grope

Sobbing and out of tune

Linen wings snore.

We're caught in a wild carousel

And the sea tramples like a market,

Throws us aground

We're running aground

Our last poutine.

This description of the Azov storm belongs to the poet E. Bagritsky. (266) Little has changed in nature since then, since 1924.

...There are numerous cases of ships being discovered in the ocean without crews. The mysterious region of the “Bermuda Triangle” in the Atlantic Ocean is especially distinguished by this. So, from 1840 to 1955. V Bermuda Triangle A dozen serviceable ships were discovered, but without crews. Much has been written about the disappearance of ships in the Devil's Sea, which lies southwest of Japan. Dozens of cases of this kind were described by L. Kushe (267). Among the victims were quite large ships and small sailing ships. Airplanes also disappeared. Here is one of the relatively recent episodes in the Atlantic Ocean.

In July 1969, five (!) ships abandoned by their crews were found in the Atlantic Ocean and, surprisingly, on one of them, the Tinmouth Electron, the participant and leader of the round-the-world races of solo yachtsmen, Donald Crowhurst, disappeared. This was reported by the London Times on July 11, 1969. The weather was excellent, the trimaran yacht was in perfect order, the logbook was filled, personal belongings, inflatable boat, the life raft is in place. The athlete disappeared. On July 27, 1969, The New York Times reported that the search had been called off.

On June 30, 1969, northeast of Bermuda, a 60-foot vessel without a crew and keel up was spotted from the English motor ship Maplebank (The Times, July 12, 1969)

On July 4, the Cotopaxi discovered a 35-foot yacht in the central Atlantic with automatic control, but ... without a crew (The Times, July 12, 1969)

On July 6, the Swedish motor ship Golar Frost found the sailing yacht Vagabond in the ocean about 200 miles from the place where the Teignmouth Electron yacht was found. And also without a crew. The yacht was boarded by the Swedes (The Times, July 12, 1969)

On July 8, between Bermuda and the Azores, the English tanker Hilisoma picked up an overturned yacht 36 feet long (New York Times, July 13, 1969). All vessels were discovered in a calm ocean, in clear and calm weather. A representative of the marine insurance company Lloyd's, regarding accidents with sailing ships in the Bermuda Triangle and the Central Atlantic, said: “Well, miracles happen in such a patch of such a vast ocean.” This all looks strange. The newspaper campaign in the West dedicated to these events lasted a long time and attracted public attention. Having read L. Kushe's book about the Bermuda Triangle, I had no idea that such mysterious events were possible in domestic waters. One such serious incident in the Sea of ​​Azov was written about in the Soviet press, but much less. Nevertheless, the incident was completely unexpected and mysterious.

...The Mariupol school of young sailors in the Donetsk region decided that in mid-July 1989, cadets, under the guidance of experienced sailors, would conduct maritime practice on small ships on a cruise around the Azov region and at the same time get acquainted with the main ports of the Azov Sea. (268)

There was no radio communication on the ships. It was big drawback cruise, due to the poverty of the club. But the sea was its own, nearby. Many people swam without radio communication. We'll make do! - the cruise directors decided.

Nine small ships set off on the journey. In 12 days they had to visit Berdyansk, Kerch, Yeisk. But from Azov campaign only seven ships returned. Two yachts - "Mariupol" and "YAL-6" continued their cruise. And that’s where the two yachts disappeared.

There was no news for two days. On the third day, two cruise participants came to the club in Mariupol - Svetlana Tkacheva, a seventeen-year-old girl, a crane operator of the Azovmash association, and a ten-year-old schoolboy, nephew of the yacht captain Sergei Maksimenko. The story shocked the club's leaders.

On that black day there were no signs of trouble. By evening, dinner was cooked in the galley on the yacht, and the attendant jumped into the boat with dinner. In the distance one could see the outline of the Long Spit. The boy and girl went to the cockpit to sleep. In her sleep, the girl heard the cruise director, Dmitry Kharkov, calling cadet Volodya Golovin from the cockpit. In the morning, while it was still dark, they woke up to the yacht rocking. There was no one on deck and no one at the helm either. "YAL-6" was nearby. They suspected that the entire crew, all ten people, were on the boat. The boy waved the carrying lamp for a long time - no one responded. They shouted for a long time - there was no answer. The yacht was washed aground by an oncoming wave. The boy managed to start the diesel engine, pulled out an anchor, approached the boat - no one was there. They still hoped that the others were swimming somewhere. It took the yacht two days to reach the lighthouse on Dolgaya Spit. We ran out of fuel and set sail. In the morning, fishermen passed by on a motorboat, but, obviously, they did not understand the guys and passed by. Seryozha and Svetlana anchored the yacht, put their things in a bag, and moved ashore. We got to Yeysk by bus. There were no tickets for the Comet from Yeisk to Mariupol. With tears, Sveta persuaded the captain to take them on board and immediately came to the club.

The Black Sea “Tortuga” is a widely known illegal offshore transshipment beyond sea borders in the maritime business.

Fourteen people died in a fire on the ships "Maestro" and "Kandy" in the Kerch Strait area. The circumstances of the incident are analyzed on his Facebook page by the head of the supervisory board of the “Maidan of Foreign Information”, an expert on Crimean issues, the editor-in-chief of the publication “BlackSeaNews” Andrey Klimenko

Let us recall what is known about the tragedy that happened in the Black Sea today.

Thus, in addition to the dead, the fate of 6 people out of 32 remains unknown. 12 were saved. The rescued sailors from two burning ships, as well as the bodies of the dead, are being delivered to Kerch. It was not possible to do this at night due to stormy weather. The operation was transferred from rescue to search.

As of Tuesday morning, the fire had not yet been extinguished and the ships were still burning. According to preliminary data, the fire occurred during the transfer of fuel from one vessel to another.

The ships “Maestro” and “Kandy” were leaving the port of Temryuk in the Kuban, the head of the seaport Mikhail Migda reported. The anchorage where the ships were located was illegal. The vessels were transporting liquefied gas. Both ships left Temryuk. One in the middle of the month (December 2018), the other on January 20.

What actually happened in the Kerch area?

Where?

This is not the Kerch Strait. It's quite far from it. This is the Black Sea, neutral waters. 15 miles south, approximately 28 km.

The location of the tragedy on the map.

This is an illegal (unofficial) widely known in the maritime business, but a very large raid transshipment beyond sea borders. Sometimes sailors call her “Tortuga”; in this area of ​​“wild” transshipment, the Turkish cargo ship “Arsenal Heroes” sank in the spring of 2017.

Who?

The explosion occurred on two Turkish gas tankers (Lpg Tanker) - “Candy” (ex “Venice”, “Green Energy”) and “Maestro” (ex “Green Light”). Now they are under the flag of Tanzania, and the owner is somewhere on the islands. In fact, the real owner was deeply hidden there, but the Americans dug it up - the Turkish “Milenyum Denizcilik Gemi”, and there is nowhere to put tests on them.

Since the spring of 2015, they have been on the US Syrian sanctions list and on our “black list” – the Crimean one.

What happened there?

If they say that they stood side by side, they could have been pumping gas ship to ship. For what? - Don't know. It's like sitting on a propane tank and setting it on fire. These are extremely dangerous ships in themselves.

Illegal transportation of gas from occupied Kerch

Both traded in the illegal transportation of gas (Lpg) from occupied Kerch (see our plate), to Lately also from Temryuk. They took him to Syria and Lebanon.

Is this related to?

This has nothing to do with the situation in the Sea of ​​Azov and the Kerch Strait. These tankers were always allowed through the Kerch Strait first. Most likely - not a very legal business.

Andrey Klimenko,

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