Fate Of Russian Sig Tanker Hit By Drone Becomes Known

• 12.08.2023, 2:30

The tanker was seriously damaged.

The Russian tanker Sig, which was damaged in the Black Sea by a sea drone, was towed to the port of the Rostov region. This is reported in the Maritime Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot. So, the emergency rescue team completed the main work to eliminate the consequences of the strike. After towing, the ship was moored to the berth of the Krasny Moryak shipyard in the port of Aksai.

It is indicated that the hole appeared in the area of the engine room near the waterline on the starboard side of the tanker. Russian rescuers gathered 82 cubic meters of oil-water emulsion and about 600 kilograms of oil-stained heat-insulating lining. A defense boom was installed in the engine room.

It is important to note that on the night of August 5, a series of explosions was reported to occur in the temporarily occupied Crimea. There was no light, the movement of cars was stopped.

The occupiers announced the attack of sea drones, the Russian media reported that one of them knocked out the tanker Sig, launched in 2014. The tanker was sanctioned by the United States of America for delivering jet fuel to Syria.