Casualties – New Zealand Navy Ship ran aground, catches fire and sink – 05.10.2024
On Saturday 5th October, 2024 the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Hydrographic Survey & Diving Support Vessel HMNZS MANAWANUI A 09 sank after she grounded on a reef, caught fire and sank with all compliment as 75 souls including crew and scientists were rescued safely in lifeboats off Samoa. Samoa fire commissioner Tanuvasa Petone said […]
Casualties – Update 3 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 23.08.2024
Articles regarding the super sailing yacht BAYESIAN sinking awful accident published on Tuesday 20th August after our Italian Team Members arrived on site – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinks-after-storm-with-fatalities-19-08-2024/ Update 1 published on Wednesday 21st August with 5 Bodies found – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-update-1-of-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinking-21-08-2024/ Update 2 published on Thursday 22nd August with 1 unaccounted soul – Casualties – Update 2 of Super Sailing […]
Casualties – Update 2 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 22.08.2024
Articles regarding the super sailing yacht BAYESIAN sinking awful accident published on Tuesday 20th August after our Italian Team Members arrived on site – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinks-after-storm-with-fatalities-19-08-2024/ Update 1 published on Wednesday 21st August with 5 Bodies found – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-update-1-of-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinking-21-08-2024/ With 5 bodies found of which the 5th one (Male) was retrieved in the morning the search […]
Casualties – Update 1 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 21.08.2024
With the search for the missing persons continuing at night rescue divers are facing a really dangerous operation getting inside the sunken sailing yacht BAYESIAN and according to local news reports, rescue teams have managed to enter the yacht by smashing through a glass window after a local blacksmith has crafted jacks that were used […]
Casualties – Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinks after storm with fatalities – 19.08.2024
The 58 metre super sailing yacht BAYESIAN homeported in London (GBR Flag) sank off Porticello, Sicily, Italy, following a violent waterspout that struck around 0430 hrs local time on Monday 19th August. The 2008 built sailing yacht was carrying 22 souls of which 15 were rescued by the 1958 built sailing ship SIR ROBERT BADEN […]
Casualties – Maltese owned sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING grounded – 17.08.2024
On Saturday 17th August, 2024 the 2014 built Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 439 sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING ran aground off Pembroke Firing Ranges at Madalena Shoals around 2100 hrs. Few minutes later the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) together with Civil Protection Department (CPD) starting the rescue operation of 10 souls including the skipper to […]
Casualties – Iranian Navy Frigate Capsizes at Bandar Abbas, Iran – 07.07.2024
The Fars News Agency which is a news agency in Iran managed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an armed wing loyal to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reported that several people were injured in an accident during repair work aboard the Navy’s Moudge Class Frigate IRIS SAHAND 74 of the Southern Fleet. Image by courtesy of Rahbar Emamdadi, Mehr News Agency. […]
Russia-Ukraine War – 2 more naval ships gone during May 2024
Ukraine continues to report a string of successes against the Russian Navy. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, a minesweeper was destroyed during the night of May 18-19 as part of its attacks on occupied Crimea. The Russian Black Sea fleet Project 266M or Natya Class ocean minesweeper is the RFS KOVROVETS that was […]
Casualty – Fishing Vessel KAPITAN LOBANOV sunk after missile hit with fatalities – 19.03.2024
The 1977 built RUS flag and owned fishing vessel KAPITAN LOBANOV sunk last Tuesday 19th March with 3 crew members killed and 4 others with injuries after she was accidentally struck by a missile fired from a Russian Navy ship in the Baltic Sea off Russia’s Kaliningrad region Around 1100 hrs Kalin grad time her crew […]
Maritime Accident – Cruise Liner SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY caught up in storm with 100 souls injured – November 2023
Around 100 souls were injured when the cruise liner SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY was caught up in a storm and veered dramatically during a safety manoeuvre. Most of the injuries were described as minor by cruise company Saga, but five people were taken to hospital when the ship docked in Portsmouth on Monday 6th November. One […]