“LİMAN” NAMED RUSSIAN MILITARY VESSEL AND “YOUZARSIF H” NAMED VESSEL COLLIDED

Russian flagged vessel named “LİMAN” military vessel collided with and Togo flagged vessel named “YOUZARSIF” H.

In order to provide safety of navigation, life, property and environment, our Kurtarma 3 tugboat,  KIYEM 3, KIYI EMNİYETİ 8 and  KIYI EMNİYETİ 6 SAR boats have been immediately send to the place of incident.

37 of 78 crew member on the Russian military vessel have been rescued by KIYI EMNİYETİ 8, 26 of them have been rescued by KIYEM 3 and 3 of them have been rescued by “YOUZARSIF” H and all crew member are safely evacuated.

As of 14.48, it was reported that the Russian military vessel named "LİMAN" had sunk. 

VESSEL NAME                    : YOUZARSIF H

FLAG                                   : TOGO

IMO NO                                : 7611547

CALL SIGN                           : 5VCD3

VESSEL TYPE                      : LIVESTOCK CARRIER

LENGTH                                : 81,36 M

WIDTH                                   : 13,42 M

DRAFT                                   : 5,03 M

GRT                                       : 2160

NET                                       : 1309

DWT                                       : 2560

BUILT YEAR                           : 1977

PLACE OF INCIDENT              : ISTANBUL STRAIT BLACK SEA ENTERANCE 18 NM

TYPE OF INCIDENT                : COLLISION