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Tallviking

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  1. On 12/23/2022 at 8:42 AM, Tropposurfer said:

    Maybe some of the AN mob can shed light on this;

     

    The photo I saw of the ship listing heavily as it took on water before sinking was a decent section of the hull plating was simply missing on the starboard side (I think the photo I saw showed the vessel listing heavily to port?).

     

    As a sailor, literally since being in nappies, and open ocean cred and some nautical smarts, I fail to understand how in a reasonably rough but certainly not horrendous sea a steel naval vessel delaminated lie that.

    The photo you saw was taken by an IR/Thermal camera on a rescue helicopter so the "missing plates" you saw on the starboard side was instead hotter plates on the side of the engine room. So no damage i reality on the hull on the starboard side.

     

    I saw video taken by a sailor onboard when she was just listing about 15-20 degrees to portside and then she was still doing speed through the water and engines obviously still working witch supports the theory of a crack on the port side bow of the ship that made her take on water and eventually listing fully and sinking.

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