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Kruzenshtern strikes again

Kruzenshtern strikes again

kruzenshtern
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The 115 meter long, 1645 dwt four-masted barque Kruzenshtern allided with two berthed Icelandic Coastguard vessels in Reykjavik, Iceland. The Kruzenshtern had struck the 71 meter long patrol boat Týr and the 94 meter long  patrol boat Þór while doing a failed maneuver.  No damage was reported on either Coastguard vessel. No reports to the cause of the allision.  On August 4, 2014 the Kruzenshtern ran down a tug near Fanö Island off Esbjerg, Denmark.

 

seglskipRússneskt seglskip siglir á Varðskipin Týr og Þór í Reykjavíkurhöfn 11.júní 2015

Posted by Magnús Stefán Sigurðsson on Thursday, June 11, 2015

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Whitby Harbour
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