AKADEMIK B.PETROV

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Research vessel saved skipper of capsized German yacht - another man remained missing

On Aug 12, 2018, at 2.30 p.m. the "Akadaemik Boris Petrov" saved the skipper of the German 12.m-yacht "Godewind" which had capsized between Poland and Kaliningrad about 32 miles off the Hel peninsula in 6-8 Beeaufort wind and wave heights between five and eight meters. He had managed to hold himself in the rig, while a second man was lost over board. All attempts to save him failed, and finally the yacht was disabled by a rope in the propeller. A search by helicpter and ships from Poland and Russia was suspended on Aug 14. The "Godewind" was later towed to Gdansk for repairs.

India Frees Russian Ship After 2 Years of arrest in Mumbai

December 17 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian research vessel that had been arrested in India for two years has been released, the Russian consul to Mumbai said on Monday. The Akademik Boris Petrov has already left the port of Mumbai and is on its way to a service base, consul Alexei Novikov said. "The ship has been in India for about two years. It was arrested over a lawsuit from its Indian agent,” he said. “On December 10, the High Court of Mumbai ruled to lift the arrest and on December 13 the vessel left Mumbai." The Akademik Boris Petrov had been conducting research off the Goa coast when, two years ago, its Indian agent claimed that the Russian Academy of Sciences' V. I. Vernadsky Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry Institute, which owned the ship, had not made the contract payment. The vessel was then arrested.