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Fu Shan Hai was a chinese bulk carrier, 225x33x69, transporting fertilizer. On the 31st of may 2003 at 12.18 she collided with the cypriote containter ship Gdynia 3 nm NW of the danish Island Bornholm. At 20:49 the same evening Fu Shan Hai sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea where she lies in 69 meters of water. |
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FU SHAN HAI and GDYNIA collided on 31 May at approx. 1218 hours approx. 3 nautical miles NNW of Hammer Odde on Bornholm. FU SHAN HAI got a comprehensive leakage in port side of the ship at the collision. |
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After the collision, FU SHAN HAI stayed afloat but the bow kept sinking as the hours went by. After the collision the master realised that the ship was in danger of sinking and he transmitted a MAYDAY distress signal. At approx. 1330 hours, the crew had abandoned the ship in two life boats wherefrom they were picked up by ships that had arrived after the collision and they were sailed to Bornholm. The master, the chief officer and an engineer were transferred to a vessel where they could assist at the subsequent work. |
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At 2049 hours the same evening FU SHAN HAI sank. |
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Revision as of 09:04, 13 April 2007
Fu Shan Hai was a chinese bulk carrier, 225x33x69, transporting fertilizer. On the 31st of may 2003 at 12.18 she collided with the cypriote containter ship Gdynia 3 nm NW of the danish Island Bornholm. At 20:49 the same evening Fu Shan Hai sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea where she lies in 69 meters of water.
