Indonesian Navy Submarine with 53 Crew Missing in Bali Sea
*As LPG tanker suffers engine failure
No fewer than 53 crew on board Indonesian Navy KRI NANGGALA (402) Cakra-class submarine, have been declared missing.
According to the report by FleetMon online, contact with the crew was lost as at April 21.
The crew were conducing conducting torpedoes drill in Bali sea, some 20 nm (according to AIS data) north of northern Bali island coast.
Active search was launched, with deployment of Navy and SAR ships and boats.
As of 1320 UTC Apr 21, SAR was under way, results unknown.
Indonesian Navy KRI NANGGALA (402) Cakra-class submarine, displacement 1390, length 60 meters, built 1981, armament torpedoes, sea endurance 50 days, trial depth 240 meters…reports FleetMon online.
Meanwhile LPG tanker CLIPPER VENUS suffered engine failure at around 1900 UTC Apr 21 southeast of Bosphorus in Marmara sea, ballasting from Morocco to Yuzhniy Uraine. SAR tug responded, and towed tanker to Ahirkapi Anchorage, Istanbul.
She was anchored at around 0400 UTC Apr 22, remained at anchor as of 0615 UTC. .reports FleetMon online.
No fewer than 53 crew on board Indonesian Navy KRI NANGGALA (402) Cakra-class submarine, have been declared missing.
According to the report by FleetMon online, contact with the crew was lost as at April 21.
The crew were conducing conducting torpedoes drill in Bali sea, some 20 nm (according to AIS data) north of northern Bali island coast.
Active search was launched, with deployment of Navy and SAR ships and boats.
As of 1320 UTC Apr 21, SAR was under way, results unknown.
Indonesian Navy KRI NANGGALA (402) Cakra-class submarine, displacement 1390, length 60 meters, built 1981, armament torpedoes, sea endurance 50 days, trial depth 240 meters…reports FleetMon online.
Meanwhile LPG tanker CLIPPER VENUS suffered engine failure at around 1900 UTC Apr 21 southeast of Bosphorus in Marmara sea, ballasting from Morocco to Yuzhniy Uraine. SAR tug responded, and towed tanker to Ahirkapi Anchorage, Istanbul.
She was anchored at around 0400 UTC Apr 22, remained at anchor as of 0615 UTC. .reports FleetMon online.
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