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Maritime Research and History / Re: WRECK 4 in the Red Sea

« Last post by Mafioso on Today at 05:24:22 AM »

The truth is that it is very likely, I also saw them as a type of warship.

You say this:

Polnocny class landing ship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polnocny-class_landing_ship
https://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_770.htm

In the Russian page it says:

Yemen: 3 units
Project 770MA (of USSR Baltic Fleet): Al Vadia 136 in 08.1973, Sira 137 (until 07.1977 SDk-32), №138 in 08.1973, sunk 01.1986 (ex- SDK-44, 45). In №137, 138 1x2 30 mm AK-230 was replaced by 1x2 25 mm 2M-3M, fire control system MR-104 Rys was removed.

Very interesting I will investigate!

Thanks mate for replying.

best regards

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Maritime Research and History / Re: WRECK 6 in the Red Sea

« Last post by Yvon Perchoc on Yesterday at 09:54:28 PM »

Hello Mafioso,
On this link https://trilikemk.live/product_details/23297421.html , she is clearly a tug.
Was she towing the ferry ? Or trying to refloat her ? Mystery ...

Not that the AL BASMALLAH I, aground not far in the North, has also a small ship nearby. Not easy to say the type (perhaps tuna fishing with skiff ?).
What were doing these ships in so narrow and shallow waters ? Puzzle.

Regards,
Yvon

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Help and Advice / Re: Middlesbrough

« Last post by Patrick Hill on Yesterday at 03:08:41 PM »

A short walk from the station gets you to near the transporter bridge with a small viewing area - you won't see much probably except SMS tugs and some harbour craft, although cargo ships do occasionally pass by.

A little further walk towards the Riverside stadium can also get you some ships in the former entrance to Middlesbrough dock. Highlighted areas on attached

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Maritime Research and History / Re: WRECK 4 in the Red Sea

« Last post by Yvon Perchoc on Yesterday at 02:24:48 PM »

Hello Mafioso,
On GE, the L x B are around 74m x 9 m, with a long hold.
I wonder these two hulls could be ex Soviet naval ships 'Polnochniy' class, group A.
USSR had some naval bases in the area (Hanish anchorage, Socotra) so it could be two decommisioned naval ships.
Just my opinion, to be confirmed !
Regards,
Yvon

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Help and Advice / Middlesbrough

« Last post by PietB on Yesterday at 12:52:53 PM »

Hi All
Going to be in Middlesbrough on business shortly. Any tips on places to observe vessels please. Will be travelling by train, so Shank's Pony from railways station. Thanks.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by Anthony Legg on May 18, 2024, 01:32:52 PM »

Over the last few hours I've had numerous error messages including bad gateways, server errors and site unavailable, had to log in again after many reboots. It is 9.30 PM West Australian Time,18/05/2024 as reference.
Kind Regards
Anthony Legg

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by MattB on May 18, 2024, 08:10:04 AM »

No duplicates for me but when I do upload I get a 503/508 error code, there's a delay then it's shown as uploaded

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by csaba on May 17, 2024, 04:30:49 PM »

Not since my last post.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: SITE PROBLEM ?

« Last post by Aleksi Lindström on May 17, 2024, 02:20:40 PM »

csaba, there haven't been any reports of upload problems apart from you. Yesterday I deleted one set of duplicates but that's it. Are you still experiencing issues?

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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings

« Last post by Henry23 on May 17, 2024, 10:01:44 AM »

TRANSMAR (imo 9167332) now PONEM, A&B flagged