The 'Rubymar', which was struck on Feb 18 with multiple missiles, has finally sunk on March 2 at 2.15 a.m. (Feb 1, 11:15 p.m. GMT), coinciding with weather factors and strong winds at seam, after days of taking on water. The sinking has prompted concerns of disastrous ecological damage to the Red Sea and its coral reefs, as it was carrying more than 21,000 tonnes of fertiliser and leaking oil for several days after it came under attack. The wreck also presented a subsurface impact risk to other ships transiting the busy shipping lanes of the waterway. The 'Rubymar'’s sinking marks the first vessel lost since Yemen’s Houthis began targeting commercial shipping in November. Reports with photos and video: https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3693370/sinking-of-motor-vessel-rubymar-risks-environmental-damage/ https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=231e97aa2d205226&sxsrf=ACQVn0-uNUK_O3SX1vQ46_BdbbNOxnLpWw:1709545462436&q=rubymar,+sunk&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd74-QqdqEAxX0cvEDHRD0C4AQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1920&bih=955&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:af149edf,vid:3mjFMzKG1YA,st:0 https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240303-cargo-ship-sunk-by-houthi-strike-poses-environmental-risk-says-us-military
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USNS PAUL BUCK
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DILIGENCE
Sold to Breakers https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=911630060963517&set=pcb.911630437630146
LYNDEN FR151
Esbjerg 2024: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=385955644245463&set=gm.10162866532748943&idorvanity=6884293942
RUBYMAR
Continued attacks on shipping by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia could jeopardise the recovery of the 'Rubymar'. A failure to recover the ship could lead to an environmental disaster in the Red Sea as its cargo of fertiliser could damage the region’s fragile ecology. The Houthis vowed on Feb 27 to continue their near-daily missile and drone attacks on civilian shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthi attacks and counter strikes by US and UK aircraft further complicated what would be a difficult recovery operation even in peacetime. Even if the 'Rubymar' could saved from sinking, there remained the question where to take her and deal with the hazardous cargo. Most ports will be reluctant to welcome her in. Djibouti has already refused to accept the ship, calling its cargo dangerous. The ship has been taking on water since it was hit by two Houthi ballistic missiles. The vessel's stern was submerged to deck level on Feb 27 . Fuel leaking from the ship has created a 30 kilometer long slick.
LOCH ALAINN
To assist with a medical incident in Eriskay on Feb 29, 2024, the 'Loch Alainn' was required to carry out an additional sailing. Therefore, the 07:15 a.m. departure from Ardmhor and the 08:10 a.m. departure from Eriskay have been cancelled. The service resumed at 09:15 a.m. departing from Ardmhor.
SAMUEL L COBB
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BUKHTA NAGAEVA
Beached at Gadani 01.03.24 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=385695590766053&set=a.155050113830603
OCEANIC PHOENIX
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INVESTIGATOR
The 'Investigator' has located the steamship SS 'Nemesis', which sank in July 1904 while transporting coal to Melbourne in a powerful storm. All 32 people on board were considered lost, and in the weeks that followed, the bodies of crew members and debris from the ship washed ashore. The wreck was initially spotted when searching for sunken shipping containers. In 2022, a remote sensing company called Subsea Professional Marine was trying to find cargo boxes lost off the coast of Sydney when it came across the shipwreck by chance. The vessel, which could not be officially identified at the time, was about 16 miles offshore and 525 feet deep. Government officials suspected the wreck might be the SS 'Nemesis', but it wasn't officially confirmed until September 2023 when CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, was able to capture underwater imagery that definitively showed the distinctive features of the steamship. The 'Investigator' used advanced multibeam echosounders to map the wreck site and underwater cameras to obtain high-resolution images of the vessel. They showed the severely damaged vessel resting upright on a sand plain. Some key structures were still intact and identifiable, including two of the ship's anchors lying on the seafloor. After an up-close survey of the shipwreck, officials also pinpointed what likely happened to the vessel. They determined that when the SS 'Nemesis' was hit by large wave off the coast of Wollongong, the engine was overwhelmed and the ship sank too quickly for life boats to be deployed. Government officials were now committed to finding family members of the Australian, British and Canadian crew members who went down with the 1,393-ton ship. About half of the crew on the British-built ship were from the U.K., including the captain, Alex Lusher, chief mate, T.A. Renaut, and second mate, W.D. Stein. The video imagery collected by CSIRO will now be stitched together to create a 3D model of the wreck for further investigation. The announcement of the wreck's discovery came just a month after researchers found the wreck of the the 'Blythe Star', a coastal freighter that sank half a century ago off the coast of Australia. The 10 crew members on board escaped from the ship before it sank, but three died before rescuers found the crew two weeks after the sinking. Report with photos: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-ss-nemesis-1904-found-off-australia-120-year-old-mystery-solved/
HORIZON PACIFIC
Scrapped 03.06.23 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226326427646953&set=g.6884293942
MT. JOHN C
Beached at Chittagong 28.02.24 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3554741618075858&set=pcb.10162867606703943
TERNESKJAER
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CAPE FLATTERY
Broken up at Brownsville 14/10/23 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10226310068317980&set=pcb.10162865531778943