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cases.) From the forecastle on the port side, it was possible to lower one lifeboat, but by that time there was no longer the power needed for the winches to lower it into the water. Only later, when the ship was sinking, the lifeboat was able to sail. As a result, life rafts had to be thrown from
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several times, asking about her course and her further actions. Chudnovsky changed the ship's course 10 degrees portside. At 11:10 p.m., Chudnovsky cried on VHF to the freighter, "Immediately reverse full astern!" When it was clear that the freighter was headed directly for the ship,
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1133:Pyotr Vasev
1123:. In March
1109:Pyotr Vasev
1044:Pyotr Vasev
1015:helicopters
1011:Pyotr Vasev
1001:lifejackets
941: /
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890:Pyotr Vasev
882:Pyotr Vasev
875:Pyotr Vasev
859:Pyotr Vasev
850:Pyotr Vasev
806:Moscow Time
678:Crimean War
511:Southampton
444:Pyotr Vasev
390:first-class
317:Pyotr Vasev
249:1949–1986:
170:QMBT → DOCL
3096:1925 ships
3045:Categories
2926:Cherryleaf
2898:13 March:
2720:Shipwrecks
2613:Twickenham
2439:Berlin III
2216:Otowa Maru
2047:Kanko Maru
2002:Shipwrecks
1945:Greifswald
1913:Weserstrom
1603:Berlin III
1420:Barbarossa
1251:Builo S.I.
1167:References
1038:Tsemes Bay
929:37°52′35″E
926:44°36′15″N
640:Swinemünde
448:Tsemes Bay
412:(Russian:
297:IMO number
191:Swinemünde
174:IMO number
2999:oil spill
2978:USS
2967:USS
2935:USS
2822:HMS
2791:USS
2780:USS
2621:Gotenland
2606:Guardfish
2604:USS
2579:HMS
2570:USS
2557:USS
2542:USS
2533:USS
2524:HMS
2519:Spadefish
2517:USS
2510:USS
2444:USS
2423:USS
2408:USS
2377:HMS
2364:Extractor
2362:USS
2323:HMS
2284:Deyatelny
2274:USS
2229:Swordfish
2227:USS
2100:USS
2093:USS
2078:USS
2019:USS
1929:Weserberg
1921:Weserwald
1905:Gotenland
1809:Westfalen
1694:Wittekind
1643:Gneisenau
1355:Ships of
1297:0043-0374
1069:Black Sea
1026:bulkheads
982:lifeboats
952:starboard
863:freighter
822:Ukrainian
771:June 2024
742:does not
705:Black Sea
634:struck a
515:Cherbourg
291:Call sign
168:Call sign
93:, Germany
21:SS Berlin
2976:20 Oct:
2965:3 Oct:
2944:17 Sep:
2933:29 Apr:
2915:Yorktown
2867:22 Nov:
2860:Hvalur 7
2854:Hvalur 6
2831:31 Aug:
2820:18 Aug:
2810:28 May:
2800:14 May:
2789:24 Apr:
2782:Grayback
2778:13 Apr:
2768:13 Mar:
2758:23 Feb:
2748:16 Feb:
2738:15 Jan:
2728:11 Jan:
2629:Shiokaze
2535:Colorado
2325:Porpoise
2263:Hatakaze
1897:Hannover
1777:Tübingen
1702:Willehad
1595:Columbus
1579:Zeppelin
1220:proza.ru
1147:See also
1077:Nakhimov
717:flagship
707:between
545:Barbados
541:Virginia
423:, was a
385:Capacity
230:Admiral
227:Namesake
197:in 1949.
148:Homeport
118:Launched
89:City of
86:Namesake
2993:4 Dec:
2980:Augusta
2969:Augusta
2937:Atlanta
2922:5 Apr:
2851:9 Nov:
2841:3 Oct:
2824:Berwick
2589:LST-415
2559:English
2544:Belknap
2526:Walpole
2446:PC-1129
2425:Pontiac
2410:Serpens
2379:Manners
2370:Shigure
2110:Cha-216
1825:Pommern
1793:Locksun
1734:Breslau
1710:Coblenz
1651:Potsdam
1587:München
1050:Victims
995:Lakonia
830:Moldova
763:removed
748:sources
723:Sinking
569:during
536:Vestris
462:History
446:in the
338:Tonnage
301:5002986
299::
178:5002986
176::
108:Builder
68:Germany
47:History
2948:Ferrel
2946:NOAAS
2793:Higbee
2512:Brooks
2484:U-1020
2452:U-2520
2393:U-1172
2385:U-1051
2333:U-1199
2316:U-2530
2310:U-2523
2304:U-2515
2222:PB-103
2192:Kashii
2128:U-1020
2102:Palmer
1947:(1945)
1939:(1944)
1931:(1944)
1923:(1943)
1915:(1943)
1908:(1942)
1899:(1939)
1891:(1937)
1883:(1930)
1868:(1927)
1865:Ganter
1860:(1926)
1851:(1922)
1835:(1913)
1827:(1913)
1819:(1909)
1803:(1905)
1801:Hessen
1795:(1902)
1788:(1902)
1780:(1900)
1760:(1928)
1758:Alster
1752:(1900)
1750:Neckar
1744:(1899)
1736:(1901)
1728:(1900)
1720:(1899)
1712:(1897)
1705:(1894)
1696:(1894)
1677:(1957)
1675:Bremen
1669:(1954)
1667:Berlin
1661:(1953)
1659:Europa
1653:(1935)
1629:(1931)
1627:Neptun
1619:Bremen
1611:Europa
1605:(1925)
1589:(1923)
1574:(1908)
1563:Berlin
1558:(1907)
1549:(1906)
1534:(1906)
1526:(1904)
1511:(1902)
1503:(1901)
1494:(1900)
1486:(1900)
1479:(1899)
1470:(1899)
1462:(1898)
1455:(1897)
1444:Bremen
1430:(1896)
1422:(1896)
1414:(1890)
1406:(1886)
1364:Liners
1295:
1141:Canada
1137:Odessa
1121:Odessa
871:barley
826:Russia
713:Batumi
709:Odessa
658:Berlin
632:Berlin
624:Berlin
609:Berlin
602:Berlin
594:Berlin
587:Berlin
551:Berlin
531:Berlin
507:Bremen
491:Berlin
484:Berlin
468:Berlin
420:Berlin
361:Length
260:
251:Odessa
152:Bremen
134:(1939–
91:Berlin
80:Berlin
2986:K-279
2908:Ladny
2902:Caron
2844:K-219
2581:Thane
2478:U-650
2472:U-480
2466:U-382
2416:U-763
2296:U-248
2290:Donau
2276:YP-73
2269:Tsuga
2249:I-362
2241:W-101
2235:T.140
2204:Louhi
2180:CD-51
2174:CD-43
2168:CD-35
2162:CD-23
2156:CD-19
2150:CD-17
2122:U-679
2095:Hovey
2041:Ha-82
2035:Ha-71
1873:Donau
1849:Taube
1841:Pfalz
1817:Falke
1742:Rhein
1532:Bülow
1412:Spree
1404:Saale
1388:Donau
1380:Weser
1080:'
993:TSMS
956:knots
898:'
818:Sochi
605:'
555:Nazis
377:Speed
238:Owner
98:Owner
3025:1987
3012:1985
2924:RFA
2913:USS
2900:USS
2657:1946
2649:1945
2641:1944
2611:HMS
2572:Rock
2550:I-36
2349:I-48
2341:Saga
2080:Long
2071:Yu 3
2053:Momi
2012:Yu 1
1881:Akka
1833:Mark
1726:Main
1718:Köln
1396:Elbe
1293:ISSN
1289:XLIV
1227:2022
1125:1987
1117:1987
1093:1986
1085:1986
869:and
867:oats
746:any
744:cite
711:and
694:Cuba
644:Kiel
638:off
636:mine
482:The
397:Crew
369:Beam
328:Type
309:Fate
293:UKDD
272:1986
216:Name
186:Fate
75:Name
23:and
2210:M-1
2086:S-4
1889:Ems
1857:Alk
1283:".
1119:in
991:or
986:PS
964:bow
757:by
682:GRT
585:SS
503:GRT
497:at
418:SS
407:SS
352:GRT
345:GRT
219:SS
78:SS
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