Friday, April 15, 2022

Moskva Sinks

 It is impossible to know, given the fog of war and the propaganda associated, but it appears that the Moskva, pride of the Baltic fleet, is now a destination for glass bottomed bots.and recreational divers.

It seems that the Ukrainians fired a couple of Neptune anti-ship missiles.  At some point later, the skipper gave the order to abandon ship.  She was taken under tow, and during a storm, she sank.

What caused her to sink?  I a totally ignorant of naval surface warfare, and even less knowledgeable about crew damage control, but I will bet that those missiles were  contributing factor.

3 comments:

DocV said...

Considering the average deckplate Sailor in the Russian Navy is a rwo year conscript, I can well imagine their damage control training and enthusiasm is woefully inadequate no matter what the precipitating factor was.

Old NFO said...

Out of control fire, and abandon ship is the end... At that point they've given up on saving the vessel. Probably trying to tow it back to get help.

Old Grafton said...

And no storms reported at the time...