 The oil tanker Sig in 2020
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| History | |
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| Name | Sig |
| Owner | Transpetrochart |
| Operator | Transpetrochart |
| Port of registry | St. Petersburg |
| Builder | Kostromskoy Shipbuilding Shiprepairing Plant |
| Completed | 2014 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Product tanker |
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| Length | 141 m (462 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) |
| Crew | 11 |
Sig (Russian: Сиг) is a Russian product tanker, designed to transport refined oil products,[1] it is 141 m (462 ft 7 in) long, measured at 4,754 gross tonnage (GT). The vessel is registered in St. Petersburg, Russia.
History[edit]
The Sig, and its owner, Transpetrochart, were placed under the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions in 2019 for supplying jet fuel to Russian forces in Syria[2] and is sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury under Ukraine/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations UKRAINE-EO13685 which relates to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine.[3]
On 5 August 2023 the tanker was reported to have been the target of a naval drone attack by Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the Crimean Bridge which damaged the engine room on the starboard side.[4] The drone carried 450 kilograms (990 lb) of TNT and left a 1 by 2 m (3 ft 3 in by 6 ft 7 in) hole in the side of the ship, partly below the waterline.[5] The Russian media company TASS reported that the vessel was afloat and was being assisted by two tugboats.[4] The tanker was not carrying any cargo at the time of the attack.[6]
A video of the ship in dry dock shows the hole below the waterline to be much larger than the initial assessment.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kilner, James (2023-08-05). "Naval drone attack damages sanctions-busting Russian tanker off Crimea". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Ajdin, Aldis (5 August 2023). "Ukrainian sea drone hits sanctioned Russian tanker off Crimea". splash247.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Sanctions List Search". United States Office of Foreign Assets Control. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b Waterhouse, James; Lukiv, Jaroslav (5 August 2023). "Russia says tanker hit in Ukrainian attack near Crimea". BBC News. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Newdick, Thomas (10 August 2023). "Our First Look At Hole Blasted Into Russian Tanker By Ukrainian Drone Boat". The War Zone. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Ukraine attacks shake confidence in security of Russian and Kazakh oil exports". Upstream. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ @NOELreports (August 19, 2023). "A more detailed video showing the consequences of a naval drone strike on the Russian SIG tanker in the Black Sea" (Tweet) – via Twitter.[unreliable source?]
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