Captain of Solong is Russian

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Huckyfell · 12/03/2025 09:49

Ok, so the captain of the Solong who crashed into the Stena immaculate, loaded with USA aviation fuel, is a Russian. I'm not usually into conspiracy theories, but am I being reasonable to suspect foul play?

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Barrenfieldoffucks · 13/03/2025 20:19

roundaboutthehillsareshining · 12/03/2025 15:30

The Stena Immaculate was radar dark, so was only going to be detectable visually (a bit like Titanic and the iceberg). It'd take 3 minutes and around 3 Km for the Solong to change course. The human eye can only see around 5km (unaided). Assuming that if this was a modern ship, there wasn't a lookout constantly scanning with binoculars, as they'd rely on radar, that's not a lot of time to make a correction. Also if Immaculate was radar dark, it may not be immediately clear she was anchored, as she was anchored in an unexpected place.

Of course the master has been arrested, that's standard procedure in a maritime collision, generally used to enable the collection of samples for toxicology. But rushing to denounce him with the main evidence being his nationality is very uncomfortable.....

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Ships this size don't just drop anchor any old place unless they have engine failure for example. In which case that would have been much talked about over VHF and associated channels to warn other traffic, so all passing ships would have known.

She was in an anchorage, like a car park.

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