It's a plausible comment, except this occurred in the Black Sea. The Caspian Sea is far from Ukraine. The Caspian Sea is landlocked, east of the Caucasian mountains, and north of the Iranian Elburz Mountains.
If it was listing and then under tow, this raises more questions. Towing a sinking ship doesn't make any sense at all. Before any vessel is towed, extensive damage control must be done first. This means each undamaged compartment is secured for water tight integrity. The damaged compartments are 'sealed' off to prevent further flooding. Apparently, this didn't occur because the vessel sank.
A sinking vessel is an endangerment to the vessel towing it. The damaged vessel must be secured against further flooding before a tug (or other ship) would tow it. There's too many questions about this extremely old vessel to know what actually happened.
My error. I meant to say the Black Sea. Thanks for the correction. (Reached for the wrong item on my mental shelf.)
The ship might have been tractable in calm seas. In a higher sea state, who knows? It could have taken on water from waves over the deck. That could have aggravated a list into a capsize. Just not a nice scenario.
It's a plausible comment, except this occurred in the Black Sea. The Caspian Sea is far from Ukraine. The Caspian Sea is landlocked, east of the Caucasian mountains, and north of the Iranian Elburz Mountains.
If it was listing and then under tow, this raises more questions. Towing a sinking ship doesn't make any sense at all. Before any vessel is towed, extensive damage control must be done first. This means each undamaged compartment is secured for water tight integrity. The damaged compartments are 'sealed' off to prevent further flooding. Apparently, this didn't occur because the vessel sank.
A sinking vessel is an endangerment to the vessel towing it. The damaged vessel must be secured against further flooding before a tug (or other ship) would tow it. There's too many questions about this extremely old vessel to know what actually happened.
My error. I meant to say the Black Sea. Thanks for the correction. (Reached for the wrong item on my mental shelf.)
The ship might have been tractable in calm seas. In a higher sea state, who knows? It could have taken on water from waves over the deck. That could have aggravated a list into a capsize. Just not a nice scenario.
Thanks. High seas suck. I've literally walked on the bulkheads to avoid the wretched vomit of high seas. Good analysis.