Oil tanker incident
SIG
5 August 2023
Black Sea, south of the Kerch Strait
What happened
Ukrainian sea drones struck the sanctioned tanker SIG, opening a hole near the waterline and flooding the engine room; no casualties were reported and the vessel remained afloat and was later repaired.
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- Vessel / facility
- Sanctioned chemical/products tanker
- Cargo
- Reportedly carrying components used in Russian military jet fuel
- Attack
- Naval sea-drone strike; hull breach near waterline
- Latitude
- 45.1500°
- Longitude
- 36.6500°
Attribution
Claimed by Ukraine (SBU and Navy)
Approximate; struck south of the Kerch Strait around 2020 GMT.