Collision between Petr Vasev and Admiral Nakhimov
Two vessels collided near coast of Novorossiysk in summer of 1986
The first ship was a liner with more than one thousand persons on board. Passenger ship had left the port of Novorossiysk and was proceeding to the port of Sochi. The second ship Petr Vasev was a freighter which carried oats. Petr Vasev was proceeding to a pilot boarding ground.
Vessel traffic services had contacted with Petr Vasev and asked him to give the way to the Admiral Nakhimov. On this warning Master of the freighter responded: ''Don't worry, I will give the way''. After this Admiral Nakhimov contacted with Petr Vasev to clarified some details about new course and speed of his vessel and the Master of Petr Vasev said "Don't worry, I will give the way".
However, both of the vessels were proceeding at their speed and course.
After 15 minutes Petr Vasev put the engines into reverse but it was too late. Some time later collision occurred. More than three hundred people were drowned with the vessels.
The accident happened because both Masters ignored good marine practice and international regulations for preventing collisions at sea.
It's the most terrible accident for the Russian fleet.
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Collision between Petr Vasev and Admiral Nakhimov
Two vessels collided near the coast of Novorossiysk in the summer of 1986The first ship was a liner with more than one thousand people persons on board. The passenger ship had left the port of Novorossiysk and was proceeding to the port of Sochi. The second ship, Petr Vasev, was a freighter which carried oats. The Petr Vasev was proceeding to a pilot berthing boarding ground.
Vessel traffic services had contacted with the Petr Vasev and asked her him to give the way to the Admiral Nakhimov. On this warning the Master of the freighter responded: ''Don't worry, I will give the way''. After this Admiral Nakhimov made contacted with the Petr Vasev to clarify clarified some details about the new course and speed of the his vessel and the Master of the Petr Vasev said "Don't worry, I will give the way".
However, both of the vessels were proceeding at their speed and course.
After 15 minutes, the Petr Vasev engines went put the engines into reverse but it was too late. Some time later the collision occurred. More than three hundred people were drowned as the vessels sank. with the vessels.
The accident happened because both Masters ignored good marine practice and international regulations for preventing collisions at sea.
It's It was the most terrible accident of for the Russian fleet.
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Collision between Petr Vasev and Admiral Nakhimov
Two vessels collided near the coast of Novorossiysk in the summer of 1986The first ship was a liner with more than one thousand passengers on board. The passenger ship had left the port of Novorossiysk and was proceeding to the port of Sochi. The second ship the Petr Vasev was a freighter which was carrying oats. The Petr Vasev was proceeding to a pilot boarding ground.
The vessel traffic services had contacted with the Petr Vasev and asked it to give the way to the Admiral Nakhimov. To this warning the Master of the freighter had responded: ''Don't worry, I will give the way''. After this the Admiral Nakhimov contacted with the Petr Vasev to clarify some details about the new course and speed of his vessel and the Master of the Petr Vasev said "Don't worry, I will give the way".
However, both of the vessels were proceeding with their previous speed and course.
After 15 minutes the Petr Vasev put the engines into reverse but it was too late. Some time later the collision occurred. More than three hundred people were drowned with the vessels.
The accident happened because both Masters ignored good marine practice and international regulations to preventing collisions at sea.
It's the most terrible accident of the Russian fleet.
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