Fears as Russia-linked ship stranded miles from UK loaded with explosive chemicals

[@michaelsandy3353]

Send to the Black Sea and anchor it under the Kerch Bridge.

[@tonupharry]

Kaliningrad is closer

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

Turkey would never allow it through the Bosporus, but I like the way you think!

[@allrequiredfields]

​@@American-In-Mykolaiv Tuck Furkey

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

@@allrequiredfields While I agree with you, they do control access to the Black Sea.

[@Saburo82]

Як там Покровск, Мыколка? Уже утратил стратегическое значение? 😊😊😊😊

[@stephensuddick1896]

If it's russia, you can usually count on their malevolent intent.

[@John-l3t7g]

It's a cargo ship carrying fertiliser which has been storm damaged. Perhaps you need to consider just how badly affected you have been by anti Russian propaganda.

[@zeddy_me]

...and incompetence.

[@tsv8664]

​@@John-l3t7gwould be a reasonable response except for the extremely suspicious movements of the ship up to now. Nothing about its movement so far suggest a cargo ship moving goods from port to port.

[@huskydogable]

​@@John-l3t7g Perhaps you need to consider how badly affected you have been by Putin's stupidity!

[@user-ki4llalm6kr]

International waters.

[@sandradavies7804]

So, why is Spain (Canaries) importing goods (fertilizer) from Russia, if there are sanctions?

[@boota1979]

@sandradavies7804 Because the sanctions are a fib....

[@marviwilson1853]

Probably not on the "banned goods" list

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

Fertilizers are exempt from sanctions.

[@tomarthur2617]

The speaker said that there was no real recipient for this cargo and therefore no real transaction and the ship was weaponised sh*te en route for a nice winter tan but stopping off in London to collect some gear from mansions in Mayfair. I wish I was the Canaries for the winter. It's lovely and the tomatoes are fantastic.

[@RazorMouth]

Because we need fertilizer.

[@paulholbrook7315]

Turns out the ammonium nitrate which blew apart the port of Beirut in 2020 also came from a Russian ship which was abandoned in Beirut in 2014, then haphazardly offloaded and stored in a warehouse.....

[@dpelpal]

Yes, due to poverty and corrupt in Russia. No payment to inspector, no standard of safety. And all come down to poverty and corrupt

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

and? your point is?

[@dpelpal]

@@AnotherPointOfView944 poverty in Russia

[@mikemhz]

2014... the year Russia started occupying Crimea and the Donbass

[@mikemhz]

​@@dpelpalsome investigative journalism might uncover how frequently Russian merchant vessels are abandoned due to 'Russian poverty'.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Sounds like a deliberate Russian plot to intimidate.

[@catherinemurphy9726]

That, or just their usual incompetence.

[@maxwellmc9734]

He will and take no blame....

[@maxwellmc9734]

Dover gone

[@nandayane]

It can be both.

[@a13xdunlop]

It is a Maltese ship FFS.

[@leegray72]

A Russian ship not fit for sailing? Well I never.

[@bgu1231]

And you’re probably never will!!

[@QwA-sn8cb]

Its a Maltese ship not russian

[@ernestinebass4371]

@@QwA-sn8cb It's a Maltese flagged ship. The actual owners of the vessel have yet to be identified.

[@GK-gm3mu]

Incorrect They are the territorial waters of the UK and France. However under UNCLOS (UN Convention of the Law Of the Sea), international ships have the right of transit passage and innocent passage through territorial waters.

[@gregparrott]

I don't want to downplay the significance of this, but he is WRONG to say that the damage caused by ten times as much explosives as was in Beirut would extend ten times as far as the Beirut blast. The blast expands 3 dimensionally. Hence the equivalent blast would extend in distance to the cube root of 10, which is a little over twice the cited 6 kilometer distance. Regardless, this is an intractable problem. No port, and no population would accept 20,000 tons of explosive, delivered on an unstable, potentially leaking platform (ammonium nitrate reacts with water!) There's no choice but to tow it far away from prime fishing habitat and sink it. Then, these unsafe dark fleet ships need to be banned.

[@thomasschoon8407]

It's from Russia? No need to worry, what could go possibly wrong...........😳☠️

[@yrobertshaw]

The Halifax explosion from 1917 was 4 times larger than the Beirut explosion, and is still the largest man made explosion. I can’t even find a mention of Beirut being the largest…

[@marviwilson1853]

That is true. Pretty much wiped out the whole town. A real tragedy for Eastern Canada

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

And Beirut wasn't as big as the explosion at RAF Fauld in 1944 either.

[@thorr18BEM]

The 2020 Beirut blast is considered the largest single-fired ammonium nitrate explosion in history but the subject of the video is holding much more of the same substance. For largest accidental artificial non-nuclear explosions by magnitude, it's only in 4th or 6th place, depending on which estimates are used.

[@MariaGiannuzzi]

Recent visit to Halifax. The residents still remember the devastation to their city and memorialize the victims of this terrible disaster.

[@TheLucanicLord]

Tosh. Compared to a nuke it was a firecracker.

[@benhaynes092]

Basically, it's a Russian bomb 💣 on our coast line.

[@dewaynecasey1580]

Intended to disable ports and waterway travel.

[@dpelpal]

Or unintended, a result of poverty and corrupt in Russia

[@rockbutcher]

The brisance of Ammonium Nitrate is greatly increased with the addition of some diesel or fuel oil. Might be an idea to get some people on board to take a whiff in the holds. Properly blended, that ship will make the Beirut explosion look like a firecracker. (Retired miner here.)

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

​@@rockbutchersssshhhh Rock That's a nasty recipe in wrong hands.

[@HunterAtheist]

​@@dpelpalOkay, bot. You post the same excuse on multiple comments. Hope you got your Rubles, Comrade.

[@dpelpal]

@@HunterAtheist Poverty is no excuse for anything. It is corruption

[@rsm609]

Sounds like a Trojan Horse to me. The damage Putin could cause withe this commercial seemingly harm less and damaged ship could be enormous.

[@dpelpal]

Lashing out due to Russia losing in Ukraine

[@deannekliene2673]

This was used in the atomic bomb.....

[@kevlinfoot97]

Why would anyone allow a ship to be loaded with this much dangerous cargo? Its a disaster waiting to happen, or a deliberate threat!

[@deannekliene2673]

Deliberate sabataoge

[@peninascullion]

Been following this for a couple of weeks already. It's like Voyage of the Damned II.

[@J.Carlos74]

😅😅😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jorisberteloot6893]

Typical: pulling the dirtiest tricks out of the box. Allegedly an accident of a cargo ship off the British coast. Not an act of war... ...but again a disgusting move by a criminal regime...

[@MarkGriswold000]

Why do you say it is NOT an act of war?

[@melodyg4727]

Stranded outside the doorstep of two NATO countries, how convenient....

[@Kx0195]

No doubt obstructing shipping too. A ploy to prevent us re-arming Ukraine? Maybe we're all reading into it too much but you have to with those sneaky oligarchs/dictators.

[@kennethausten]

Sounds like an alternative to a nuke attack. But if it's genuinely damage, then maybe innocent. But question is, why Did it not go back to port for repairs if it's capable of being moved. Strange one.

[@richinoable]

It's intentional

[@MrMscotth]

How do we know there isn't a nuke onboard too?

[@superhumantrueman]

@@MrMscotth Because that would be ridiculous?

[@johnshaw4140]

Why did it go straight past Murmansk port without stopping for repairs ?

[@Rob-e8w]

@@johnshaw4140 Because it wasn't damaged until it was passing Norway.

[@petere4540]

Ship it to Spain since they still want Russian fertilizer

[@margaretmacneill3133]

Send it back to Russia!

[@davidwilliams9302]

What would the Canary Islands need with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate? Last start with the obvious questions.

[@davidsnyder3094]

A big question is, how were they allowed to sell with so much dangerous chemicals on board

[@Confessor555]

When I was in the Navy in '81, there was a large sampan/ bonka boat with 30 thirsty, hungry and dying people drifting a couple hundred miles off Vietnam. We rescued them, and then sank the ship with 5" naval gunfire as a "navigational hazard", so In international waters it should be sunk. Or towed to Murmansk and sunk in the white sea. They're use to large underwater explosions there anyway, hah, Russian junk.

[@wendel6]

Guests need to do their homeworks, the 1917 explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is still the largest man made non-nuclear explosion by far.

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

They speak of "ammonium nitrate" explosions.

[@deannekliene2673]

This chemical was used in the atomic bomb

[@Confessor555]

Yeah, but Canada doesn't count, Trudeau turned it into an npc country, lol.

[@Confessor555]

​@deannekliene2673 doubtful.

@@deannekliene2673 I've used it on my lawn.

[@davidthiel483]

Why has Russia positioned 20 kilo tons of explosives off the coast of Britton?

[@pinkfloyd870]

Russia is a terrorist state

[@Klemheist-vf1hx]

Testing national reactions, like they've done in the past.

[@tonupharry]

Cos they scared of longrange storm shadow Its another bluff

[@RazorMouth]

Its fertilizer not explosives per say.

[@richinoable]

​@@tonupharry I wonder... could the cargo "just go off"? It's not the fake nuclear sabre rattling, but there is a pretty real threat. I get the sense that Russia is willing to try it and then walk away from the "accident"

[@thomasv2577]

Send in sas take control of the ship Brits stop being scared

[@marviwilson1853]

or you could just safely tow it out west.

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

I'd be surprised if the SBS weren't already on standby.

[@flashgordon6670]

You mean east.

[@Confessor555]

It'll be like Alien 2, hold fire, no shooting in there!

[@fuzzyspackage]

Spain ordered it, it’s all hers

[@HunterAtheist]

With a sailing pattern like that, it surepy has intelligence on board. Sensors, cameras, and remote sensing. Very suspicious. I think they're masking the ships true intentions with a mechanical failure.

[@tonykulikovsky]

Who knows

[@qualitytraders5333]

Hopefully there's no explosive pager on board.

[@J.Carlos74]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jongarratt5383]

Ship is Maltese Government registered... Just happens to be carrying Russian fertiliser

[@felipearbustopotd]

Oh come on - they are probing us , just like Aliens do. 😂

[@chrishancock6728]

This piece seems to have attracted a lot of attention from the bots!

[@jojonesjojo8919]

By "bots" I presume that you actually mean "people that disagree with me". This is known as the poisoning the well fallacy.

[@HunterAtheist]

​@@jojonesjojo8919We found one!

[@JohnSSSSS]

The Beirut explosion is the sixth largest accidental non-nuclear explosion ever, not the biggest. Some "expert" lol.

[@user-dn4rx8ev3j]

The 1917 Halifax harbor explosion is still the largest explosion. It also created a sixty foot tsunami that further devastated the city's of Halifax & Dartmouth.

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

​@@user-dn4rx8ev3jWatch out Thames Estuary and London.. This is not good. It looks like an intentional ' accident' right from the very start.

[@jbbloodclot]

no walt disney big nukes ever exploded

[@memenstein1754]

Show us on a map where the ship is sitting

[@primem1]

That would require brains.... also what are the Gov doing about it...

[@michaelbatey1732]

Sounds like they are waiting for the final nod for the storm shadow rockets to explode that bad boy......

[@DeMan59]

Tell the Russians to send one of their mighty aircraft carrier tugboats to come and get it.

[@tonykulikovsky]

What mighty aircraft carrier because if they did, there would be two brocken down ships in the channel

[@user-rv8wb1nl1b]

Euro Tunnel ?

[@towerseyboy]

russian load now just above channel tunnel and the ports of dover ermm makes me think russia knows exactly what they are doing

[@Teach59]

It is off north Kent, near Ramsgate and Margate, many miles from Dover and the channel tunnel.

[@MattWhite-vh6xh]

@@Teach59 Yup! according to the ship plotter on marinetraffic it's level with the Thames estuary and about 20 Km ENE of Margate.

[@anthonywilson336]

Just look on worldwide ship tracker site

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

​@@MattWhite-vh6xhDoes the Thames Estuary have suitable berms or tide control gates , in the case of a "funnelled" tsunami? This is looking more and more intentional. Like a Trojan Horse ploy?

[@pingupenguin2474]

Navy needs to deal with this thteat. Has it communicated with Coastguard to state its intentions ? Is it responding to Navy instructions to go back into international waters , if its still proceeding up channel that is aclear threat/ trojan horse.

[@rushelm8101]

Putin writes messages in lemon juice, but most of us have candles.

[@dpelpal]

He should think about poverty-life in Russia. I am Russian, many hospital in Russia do not even to have clean running water. Street are un-repair. Sewer do not work. Unimaginable for most British, for American

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

​@@dpelpalCome Helsinki Dpelpal !;

[@fuzzyspackage]

Freedom isn’t found on yt comments, only traceable IP’s and locations, stay safe.

[@jeromedamian5740]

Isn't this considered an act of war against nato.

[@Chels1969-m4j]

Team America to the rescue!!!! 😂😂😂 best of luck with that one!!!!

[@tomv3999]

Please stop with the "previews" at the start. I'm going to see the exact same thing again in about four minutes. It's irritating.

[@Beaglepup70]

Nicely lined up with London along the Thames. Tidal wave anyone?

[@occamraiser]

absolutely wouldn't happen.

[@davehitchman5171]

6km x 10 is NOT the radius that is going to be 'devastated', its not a linear relationship given the energy dissipates over a circular pattern

[@Peter-d9p]

Send Fartage to negotiate with his Russky pals on the ship, he is a big fan of Putin, the ship is near Clacton, so let him run his mouth to do something useful & earn his £92k MP salary for once!

[@tezinho81]

Frankly if that ship did blow, Clacton is probably the least worst place for it to happen to

[@ianlewis4613]

I'd be more concerned if the Russian tanker got to close to the ww2 ship FULL of explosives sunken in the mouth of the Thames and medway. That would be a ginormous explosion!

[@spartandodge6034]

Yes people have been suggesting that.

[@mariz2361]

No you don't times it by 10!!! The explosive effect depletes using 1 over R squared rule...!!!

[@richinoable]

So do some math for us

[@mariz2361]

@@richinoable Not knowing all the actual facts this is a guess... It's said it's in international waters, that means 10 miles away at least... It's said to have 10x the Beirut explosion... I will say now, I live on the north coast of Kent so am slightly worried...!!! IF IT explodes I'd expect windows gone along the coast of Kent... I'd be more worried about any resulting tsunami making it's way up the Thames estuary... I'm less than 100m from the sea, and not exactly much higher than the beach...!!! Good enough...???!!!

[@richinoable]

@@mariz2361 I would be worried/scared. As an American, I am, of course, ignorant of the geography. In my mind I superimpose the Beirut explosion onto images of the English Channel. It's horrifying to consider it in proximity to a populated area. I suspect that's the desired effect...

[@mariz2361]

@@richinoable You saw the initial shockwave that explosion released...??? The one made by this will shatter, if not mine, windows just a few miles away...!!! If it's roughly where I think it is... The possible tsunami will be the worst of the outcomes...(???!!!) The WW2 ship full of munitions is too far away to really be affected by a bigbaddaboom...!!! It's rusted out down there though... Who knows what the shockwave/tsunami could do...???!!! Fingers crossed for us all in what the furure brings...(???)!!!

[@petervanwyngaard4788]

​@@mariz2361Take care. High ground

[@wellanyway8254]

Imagine the tsunami going up the Thames....

[@paulstewart6293]

If its anchored its not heading anywhere.

[@awwasson]

If it’s got holes in the hull it could be heading downwards.

[@spartandodge6034]

@@awwasson So much for the fisheries.

[@mrb.5610]

'Just off the Kent coast'. Like how far ?

[@MattWhite-vh6xh]

About 20 Km ENE of Ramsgate and level with the Thames estuary. You can view it live on marinetraffic. There seems to be a Dutch tug nearby; might just be coincidence though.

[@mrb.5610]

@@MattWhite-vh6xh Well, let's hope it doesn't set off the SS Richard Montgomery ... .. .

[@DavidWilliams-DSW558]

Is that the same ship that was just off the German coast recently?

[@superhumantrueman]

Yeah thats the one.

[@johnshaw4140]

yes , I think so

[@KameraShy]

Not a "test." It is intimidation. Implied threat.

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Thank you T R. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦

[@goldenratiorob4907]

How can you allow so much fertiliser on one ship?

[@GivePeaceAChance12]

Why on earth would that much be permitted on a single vessel?!?!?

[@ruthwhall3020]

Because its russia ,they don't play by the same rules as everyone else does ,I guess you've had your head in the sand theses last 2 &1/2 years 🤦‍♀️

[@midimusicforever]

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

THE SHIP SHOULD BE WELCOMED THEY ARE NOT ILLEGAL SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM ?

[@J.Harry.T]

Whoever ordered 20.000tonnes of ammonium nitrate in one delivery is wholly responsible for unloading it. Over to you senor.

[@susanlhebden3491]

Did anyone in the Canary Islands actually order the ammonium nitrate?

[@SomeRandomBod]

That goes up, the Monty goes up & the east coast is rearranged. London gets a bath from the Thames, the city boys loose billions. I’m sure it’ll be fine tho, Russia would never do anything shady!

[@occamraiser]

none of that is reality while it is outside territorial waters - you really need to google 'inverse cube law'.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

The Navy should give it 3 days to leave and then say it will be sunk if it doesn't comply. It should be considered a terrorist threat.

[@whazzat8015]

Environmental damage

[@PerfidiousAlbion1815]

Can’t sink it as the cargo would cause an environmental disaster. Should put Royal Marines on board

[@simonjohn9525]

Successive governments for at least the last 100 years have insisted that UK Territorial Waters (and therefore everyone else’s) only extend to 3nautical miles from the coast. The m.v.Ruby is anchored 10nm off North Foreland (The nearest land) so it’s outside UK Territorial Waters and beyond our and our Navy’s jurisdiction by our own government’s choice.

[@whazzat8015]

@@PerfidiousAlbion1815 Not ones with famillies

[@whazzat8015]

Not ones with families

[@JurassicJX]

Thank you to your guest from Dorset coast

[@RoyalBlue147]

If Norway told this ship to get out of their port, why wasn't the British Navy escorting this floating bomb away from the U.K? and now it is broken down just off the Kent coast, sack Basil Fawltey it is obviously his fault,

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

Would a naval vessel want to get within 10 miles of that thing?

[@marviwilson1853]

It is in International Waters. UK Navy has no jurisdiction there.

[@katrinabillings7011]

What could possibly go wrong!

[@TheMrPeroxide]

Is this the same ship that tried to park off the coast of Lithuania a few weeks ago but was denied access to the port? This is absolutely crazy-literally a Trojan horse

[@gomerromer7708]

Ammonium nitrate gets shipped in seagoing vessels all the time. Loads of 1500 tons of it per stndard hopper barge go up the Mississippi River every day. The amount on this ship would fertiliae the corn in one county in Iowa.

[@stevenbaer5999]

Ammonium nitrate of 20,000 tons would be similar to Texas City, Texas in 1947 massive explosion

[@aaronbrooks7132]

Take it to Lebanon, they lost all theirs a few years ago. They like to have a ship like that anchored, they kept one for years there before it exploded.

[@stetomlinson3146]

If it was going to the Canary Isles, why not tow it there? They were clearly happy to receive it.

[@priestblood]

Why is it carrying so much ,where was it originally going too .Can It continue to the destination port.Its all a bit strange or are these cargos and amounts normal shipping runs.Or is this a one

[@bikenavbm1229]

We need to get used to and be prepared for this asymmetric warfare.

[@dpelpal]

I am Russian, live Samara, this is happen due to poverty and corrupt in Russia. Happen with a one-not-chance many time

[@dpelpal]

@boota1989 Yes south I already say this

[@eyaklen4804]

You are the most STOP 8 and Ed-diode Russian😂😂😂

[@dpelpal]

@@eyaklen4804 You need to go back to English class😊

[@HunterAtheist]

Bot.

[@dpelpal]

@@HunterAtheist ?? I am Russian I live Samara.

[@jorgkaufmann6363]

Is it plausible that the Canary Islands need so much fertilizer? Would the ship be allowed to enter one of the ports there?

[@marviwilson1853]

If in full working condition then off course. That was the original planned voyage. With a broken propeller, rudder and cracked hull then clearly no.

[@Lenser]

Is the fertilizer made out of Orc corpses?

[@viktorsmoletto6039]

На себя посмотри .."Эльф" убогий))))

[@vibetone355]

You all got your facts wrong, the biggest explosion was about 2 weeks ago when l ate 7 tins of uncooked chickpeas, people have reported still seeing them flying in the sky as far away as Australia, l live in the UK😊

[@tonupharry]

A ship load of russian bs ? 😂

[@RogueGneral]

😂

[@dpelpal]

It is filled with hot air like nuclear threat😂😂😂

[@tonupharry]

Putin 💩 himself biggly

[@andrewwarren4206]

😂😂😂😂

[@flashgordon6670]

It’s nothing like a nuclear threat, bc if it explodes he’ll say it was an accident.

[@nunya___]

4:47 "Let's bring on this ""EXPERT"" that knows nothing but the obvious" ...Great job Radio Times.

[@markdesign6839]

Nothing about it on the Dutch news

[@G0ldfingers]

Send the SAS to land on it and make sure it's secured, it sounds very suspect.

[@human_isomer]

ok, a little correction here: Ten times the amount of fertiliser than in Beirut would not lead to ten times the radius of the effect. Presuming isotropic hemispheric distribution, the effect (the intensity of the shock front) decreases with the square of the radius, so it would be roughly three times as much as in Beirut. Still a catastrophe never seen before, but not to the mentioned extent.

[@montezking5604]

No one is above accountability, English can be held accountable for their atrocities too.

[@robertsmuggles6871]

It is the Ruby. She is currently about 12 miles off North Foreland, at anchor. If she turns off her AIS the fun will really start.

[@Kooster69]

If the ship is NOT safe, then why isn't this ship being forced into safe waters; it's cargo seized and unloaded; and then have the unloaded ship docked permanently.

[@marviwilson1853]

Ship not designed to be unloaded at sea.

[@ruthwhall3020]

Wow you make that sound so easy ,🙄 I guess thoughs who know what there doing hadn't thought of that

[@ytzpilot]

Halifax Explosion was the largest non nuclear explosion, someone needs to fact check this guy

[@darrenstocker7241]

Sounds like scare mongering to me

[@JohnDoe-il7dp]

Rational thought has no place on this channel

[@DTChapman1]

The positioning of that boat seems to be too specific. This has to be a Russian ploy.

[@Gaperina]

Africa needs the fertilizer. 20KT is the size of an atomic bomb! Who wrote the insurance on this ship?

[@rayericphillips]

The British authorities would know of every scenario possible to the danger of this island. Why why is there not a safety zone around our island to protect us???

[@jamesnewton3199]

I’m sure you can ask the Russians to weld the hull damage. 😂😂😂😂.

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

We should send u l... oh wait! U shipped all ur industry to china😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DavidJones-gr1fb]

It's rumoured that the ship is looking to anchor on the Thames. Looks like it's looking for Times Radio office.

[@AnneDahl-rr6wd]

You thinking right, they will do unthinkable

[@edharvey4957]

From what I'm hearing it's a 1 Maltese owned and operated ship. 2 canary islands owned cargo. 3 sold to them by Russia.

[@alexpervanoglu7420]

Well I heard Syrian owned but no matter, it's not Russian. It has documented cargo and damage logs. This is all just fear mongering propoganda.

[@sawmill123456]

You should google the ship explosion in Texas years ago. It threw something like 20-ton anchor 20 miles away!

[@EricThompson-b7z]

So misleading it has already come through the channel from Norway

[@807jester]

This is just inducing panic for no good reason. It's a legitimate cargo of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which would have entered port in the Canary Islands and been discharged normally had it not broken down. The real issue is that the ship is arguably sub-standard , damaged and can no longer manoeuvre using its own equipment.

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

5:45 Multiplying it by 10 doesn't make sense - omnidirectional range of effect won't scale linearly with power. It'll be more like an inverse cube relationship, so the range of effect would be much smaller than 10x. Maybe 2 to 3 times.

[@christycunningham4517]

What about the workers?!

[@revzombie]

Russia must be planning to blow the ship and make it look like an accident.

[@buskingkarma2503]

If my old dad who was in the Royal Navy for almost thirty years was still alive,he'd be fuming, with the state of the Navy just now!,,, this thing should have been dealt with and turned away, long before it even got close to the UK waters!!

[@tyremango]

Coincidence? Mmmm, interesting!

[@Ginge2417]

Why was this ship allowed to sail in the first place from Russia, there must be international laws against such happenings?

[@edharvey4957]

I feel confident welding cracked hull is not recommended

[@steve042]

in wiltshire a giant lorry full of explosives fell over in the town they tipped it back up and carried on...

[@ronballantyne1296]

I think this is a deliberate act from Russia …

[@joshuaarreola5813]

Its such a wierd event that one could possibly think that it was intentional that much explosive power but yet not nuclear can be devastating to the uk or even the environment if it sink the fact that it will back up other shipping from going on that possibly involves Ukraine aid could be a ploy to block or delay ait from other countries to Ukraine.