"Mayday, Mayday!"

[George K]

This is the MV Arvin, a Russian ship sailing under a Palau flag. She was anchored at the Black Sea port of Bartin (Turkey) and broke in half while anchored and sank Jan 17, 2021. 6 sailors died as a result of the incident.

Link to video

Best comments:

"mayday... mayday... my vessel broken!" ... that's one heck of a distress signal

"you know it's serious when Russians speak English"

[mark]

Holy crap! Who built that ship?

[Klaus]

Rust.

[Doctor Phibes]

@mark said in "Mayday, Mayday!":

Holy crap! Who built that ship?

Rock and roll.

[Loki]

Not the it matters but wasn’t it anchored?

[George K]

@loki said in "Mayday, Mayday!":

Not the it matters but wasn’t it anchored?

Apparently, it was. DIdn't make any difference.

[Jolly]

In Russia, the ship sinks you...