Russian crane equipped military transport ship heading for Syria reportedly sinks off Spanish coast

Spanish media reporting that the Ursa Major has sunk after an explosion in the engine room earlier today, which caused a list. 14 out of 16 crew members were rescued with 2 still missing.

— Oliver Alexander (@oalexanderdk.bsky.social) 2024-12-23T23:25:23.703Z



by pocket_eggs

25 comments

  2. I am surprised they managed to reach Spain. Let me guess: another NATO country that has to rescue the russians?

  4. If this were soviet days, I’d suspect the CIA. Nowadays, it’s too much of a stretch to venture beyond “complete incompetence and corruption.”

  6. While it’s probably 40 years past it’s life expectancy or since it’s had proper maintenance, if used sparingly, it could have been available to help the country recover. Out of desperation, Putin will have fewer resources to recover.

  8. It’s the new submarine tech from russia. Nothing to see here. Move along.

  9. Is this the same ship reported to have broken down while fleeing Syria?

  10. Now hook up the Carrier Kuznetsov to its personal tugboat Chicker so it can get towed out there to help. This way, it will also likely sink and finally be put it out of its misery. No crew will be present on the carrier though. Not to worry, they didn’t avoid oblivion as they were all used to replace losses and have all likely been turned into sunflower fertilizer on the front lines in Ukraine. 🤣🤣🤣

  12. Jesus, I was just reading a twitter thread about how this ship broke down, with the comments “I hope a drone doesn’t hit it”. Then I open reddit and see that it already sunk lol.

  13. Haha frickin’ Ukrainian propaganda.

    It didn’t *sink*, it *submerged*, tovarich.

    In mother Russia, *all* military ships submersible. Especially in Black Sea.

  16. We built the Moskva missile cruiser. It sank into the sea.

    We built a crane equipped military transport ship. It sank into the sea.

    We built an aircraft carrier. It caught fire, set the dock on fire, then the dock sank into the sea.

  17. New « no analogue » Russian technology at its best.

  18. They can send another crane equipped ship to lift it out of the water. But what if that one sinks as well?

  20. It’s been a big week in Russian marine operations. There were 3 oil tanker sinkings in the Black Sea, and now this.

  22. I thought it just had engine troubles, has it actually sunk with all the stuff on board?

  23. The traditions of the Russian Navy are alive and well.
    The sailors of the Russian Navy… not so much.

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