# Russian Navy Sinks Commercial Ship M/V New Star

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-navy-sinks-commercial-ship-m-v-new-star/1079>\
**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [February 22, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-navy-sinks-commercial-ship-m-v-new-star/1079 "2009-02-22T12:51:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![admin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@admin1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/admin1)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-navy-sinks-commercial-ship-m-v-new-star/1079/1 "2009-02-22T12:51:06Z")

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[B]Russia has expressed its regret over the deaths of eight Chinese and Indonesian sailors whose ship was fired on by Russian forces.[/B]

But Moscow blamed last week’s incident squarely on the ship’s captain.  
The [I][B]New Star,[/B][/I] a Sierra Leone-flagged ship, sank soon after a Russian warship fired on it off the port of Nakhodka in the far east of Russia.  
China’s foreign ministry issued a strongly-worded protest to Moscow, demanding a full investigation.

But Russia says the Indonesian captain illegally crossed its border.

[More Info Here…](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7904484.stm)

[[I][B]VIDEO HERE[/B][/I]](http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/new-star-russian-navy-sinks-commercial-ship/)

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**Author:** ![Ordinaryseaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ordinaryseaman](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ordinaryseaman)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-navy-sinks-commercial-ship-m-v-new-star/1079/2 "2009-02-22T12:54:35Z")

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WOW! I think I saw that ship a few years back… This could get bad(worse) fast:(

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**Author:** ![albertpachino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/albertpachino/32/946_2.png) [@albertpachino](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/albertpachino)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/russian-navy-sinks-commercial-ship-m-v-new-star/1079/3 "2009-02-22T13:32:57Z")

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