Sig (tanker)
.jpg) The Sig oil tanker ship in 2020
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| Name | Sig |
| Owner | Transpetrochart |
| Operator | Transpetrochart |
| Port of registry | Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping |
| Builder | Kostromskoy Shipbuilding Shiprepairing Plant |
| Completed | 2014 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Typ | oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 4,754 GT |
| Length | 141 m (462 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Crew | 11 |
Sig (Russian: Сиг) is a Russian chemical/oil tanker,[1] is 141 m (462 ft 7 in) long, of gross tonnage is 4,754 GT with its home port in St Petersburg.
On 5 August 2023 it was reportedly damaged in a naval drone attack in the Black Sea 17km south of the Crimean Bridge.[2] The drone carrying 450kg of explosives, reportedly damaging the engine room on the starboard side and according to Tass news agency was afloat and being assisted by two tugs.[3]
References
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- ^ Kilner, James (2023-08-05). "Naval drone attack damages sanctions-busting Russian tanker off Crimea". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Russian tanker hit in attack near Crimea". BBC News. 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Russia says tanker hit in Ukrainian attack near Crimea". 5 August 2023.
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