# Russian military ship collides with cargo vessel in Black Sea

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**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [April 27, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-military-ship-collides-with-cargo-vessel-in-black-sea/44809 "2017-04-27T12:09:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Drill\_Bill](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Drill_Bill)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-military-ship-collides-with-cargo-vessel-in-black-sea/44809/1 "2017-04-27T12:09:06Z")

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> **[Russian intelligence ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-russia-ship-idUSKBN17T1Q1)**
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> A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board the navy ship were evacuated, Turkish officials said.

According to Sky News 78 people have been rescued or evacuated: [https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/857561850183127041](https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/857561850183127041)

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**Author:** ![DeepSeaDiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deepseadiver/32/21_2.png) [@DeepSeaDiver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeepSeaDiver)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-military-ship-collides-with-cargo-vessel-in-black-sea/44809/2 "2017-04-27T14:45:12Z")

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