Russian ship aground near Falmouth

[existentialist]

Dragged its anchor, and grounded.

Russian cargo ship runs aground off coast of Cornwall

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[Pickman's model]

i wonder if any of our cornish wreckers were involved

 

[SpookyFrank]

i wonder if any of our cornish wreckers were involved

It's a traditional local industry, second only to stealing pasty recipes from Devon.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a traditional local industry, second only to stealing pasty recipes from Devon.

yeh the cornish steal out at night over the devon border camouflaged - or as the locals have it, pasty-faced

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The ship, which has 18 Russian crew on board but no cargo, was reported to have set off from the port of Terneuzen in the Netherlands.

Boo!

 

[Pickman's model]

Boo!

yeh but you never know till you try

 

[hash tag]

Posted only yesterday; coincidence or tempting fate?

Falmouth, in Cornwall, has the deepest natural harbour in Western Europe.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

yeh but you never know till you try

Was a week long trip, so bound to be a couple of tonnes of vodka on board

 

[Pickman's model]

Was a week long trip, so bound to be a couple of tonnes of vodka on board

maybe some caviar and blinis too

 

[Yossarian]

Sounds like there's nothing on board except hungry sailors: There's no cargo loaded, and the ship and its crew were stranded in a Dutch port for seven months after the shipping company failed to pay its bills.

The "Kuzma Minin" has left Terneuzen on Dec 7 at 3 a.m. and headed towards Skagen. Due to financial problems at the shipping company, the ship had been detained in the Massagoed port since May. In September there was a shortage of food, but also of medication. The crew of the ship had medical and psychological problems. They were able to leave the ship in those seven months, but did not opt for it because then they had renounced their rights and had to pay for the costs of their journey home. Moreover, they no longer received a salary. Now all these problems have been resolved so that the ship was released. The shipping company now has received a loan, which allowed the ship to continue sailing.

Kuzma Minin - Cargo Ship, IMO 7721263, MMSI 273133200, Callsign UCJB, Flag Russia - vesseltracker.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Sounds like there's nothing on board except hungry sailors: There's no cargo loaded, and the ship and its crew were stranded in a Dutch port for months after the shipping company failed to pay its bills.


Kuzma Minin - Cargo Ship, IMO 7721263, MMSI 273133200, Callsign UCJB, Flag Russia - vesseltracker.com

((((crew))))
((((cornish wreckers))))

 

[SpookyFrank]

Posted only yesterday; coincidence or tempting fate?

If the Russians are getting shipping advice from a board full of landlubber city folk then they've only got themselves to blame.

 

[hash tag]

Perhaps they read your post and thought, you know what, lets give it a go.

 

[gentlegreen]

Looks like they're devoting 7 tugs to the task ...
At what point do the Kernow folk get to keep it ?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Perhaps they read your post and thought, you know what, lets give it a go.

Almost certainly.

 

[gentlegreen]

At least the wind has died down a bit ...

 

[Sprocket.]

Hopefully not full of Russian tourists bearing novichok

 

[Pickman's model]

Hopefully not full of Russian tourists bearing novichok

devon and cornwall plod have advised all former russian agents living in falmouth to leave town for the foreseeable

 

[keybored]

Hopefully not full of Russian tourists bearing novichok

We were only visiting harbour... It's famous for its 14-metre depth, it's famous for its dock

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Sounds like there's nothing on board except hungry sailors: There's no cargo loaded, and the ship and its crew were stranded in a Dutch port for seven months after the shipping company failed to pay its bills.


Kuzma Minin - Cargo Ship, IMO 7721263, MMSI 273133200, Callsign UCJB, Flag Russia - vesseltracker.com

this happens a lot - I heard about it here
What a horrible experience to be stranded for months in other ports without pay

 

[Miss-Shelf]

that was supposed to have keybored's post attached

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Sounds like there's nothing on board except hungry sailors: There's no cargo loaded, and the ship and its crew were stranded in a Dutch port for seven months after the shipping company failed to pay its bills.


Kuzma Minin - Cargo Ship, IMO 7721263, MMSI 273133200, Callsign UCJB, Flag Russia - vesseltracker.com

I'm no Wolf of Waverley, but perhaps the financial woes of the shipping company are linked to it sailing around with no cargo on board?

 

[skyscraper101]

I suppose they were just sailing by to pay a visit to the 'famous' Killigrew monument in Arwenack Street or the world 'famous' terminus of the A39 road too