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One Killed as Historic Norwegian Yacht Sinks During Race

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Wyvern. Photo: Sjöfartsverket

One person is believed to have been killed when a historic Norwegian sailboat sank Thursday in the Baltic Sea off Sweden during a race.

The Swedish Maritime Agency, Sjöfartsverket, reported that the 60-foot Wyvern radioed early Thursday that it was taking on water and in need of assistance with 10 people on board while sailing in “The Tall Ship’s Race” near the island of Gotland’s southern tip.

Sjöfartsverket diverted a number of nearby vessels, two helicopters and rescue boats to the scene to assist.  By 8 a.m. that morning, all ten crew members were evacuated by helicopter and flown safely to Kalmar on Sweden’s east coast.

Things took a turn for the worse when three crew members from the Dutch tall ship, Wylde Swan, boarded the sinking Wyvern in an effort to save her.

Sjöfartsverket says that the Wyvern sunk at 9:37 a.m., forcing the men into the water. Two of the three were picked up by one of the rescue boats, but the third went missing in strong winds and seas up to four feet.

An extensive search of the area was conducted but was called off a few hours later. A statement from Sjöfartsverket said that the third person is believed to have been stuck in the Wyvern’s rigging when she sank in 50 meters of water.

The missing person has been identified as volunteer crew member and engineer, Koen van Gogh, from the Wylde Swan.

As someone who’s all too familiar with saving those in peril at sea, Mario Vittone commented on the incident:

“There was a certain amount of hubris on the part of the Wylde Swan crew to think that the ten members of the Wyvern crew –  who knew their ship better than anybody – had decided to abandon her if saving her was a safe option.  Obviously they had tried to stop the progressive flooding themselves and could not. Obviously, the Wyvern crew believed they knew better and had a go at a salvage operation. The speed at which they boarded her (sometime between 0800 when the Wyvern crew was lifted off and 0937 when she sank) is even more confusing to me.  If you wanted to help save the Wyvern, why would you wait until they were off to have a go at it. Perhaps it was just a function of timing and they got there as soon as they could. Regardless, to board a sinking boat to save the crew is one thing; it is a risk well considered. But to board her in an attempt to save just the ship itself meant they were engaged in all risk with little gain.  They weren’t risking their lives to save a life, they were risking their life in a trade for a hull and sails. Personally, it wasn’t something I would have done.

Built in 1897 by the famous shipbuilder Colin Archer, the Wyvern was well known for her transatlantic and around-the-world voyages in the mid-twentieth century. On August 21, 1984, the Wyvern was presented to the Stavanger Maritime Museum in Norway as a gift and has since participated has participated in (and won) many national and international regattas.

The Tall Ships Race is hosted by Sail Training International . The race sails from Aarhus, Denmark to Helsinki and this year is expected to attract 120 tall ships from around the world.

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TURBULENT HISTORY  Throughout the Second World War M/S “Rogaland” had several intense and dramatic encounters with mines and bombs. The best-known incident was the explosion that happened on the 20th of April 1944, in Bergen harbour. M/S Rogaland was greatly damaged by the explosion and sank in the harbour. Six people died and several were injured. The ship was rebuilt in 1946, but just as a cargo ship and has since been through several modifications in later years.    

DIGITAL COLLECTION PROJECT Today the foundation, Stiftelsen Stavanger Veteranskib, works with restoring M/S “Rogaland” back to its 1946 post-war edition. In response to this restauration, Stavanger Maritime Museum has started a new project that involves collecting digital photographs. 

INSTAGRAM  The museum hopes that the public can participate in this project, by sharing their own photographs of M/S “Rogaland” on Instagram or Facebook . The Stavanger Maritime Museum wishes to document and preserve the ship`s meaning and significance within today`s society. Therefore, it asks people to photograph their perceptions of the ship, and to help the museum with preserving the present for the future.

#MEDOGROGALAND To participate, the public have to photograph M/S “Rogaland”, either as a portrait, or to document a trip with the ship, or a concept that is inspired by M/S “Rogaland”. Then the photographs have to be shared on either Instagram or Stavanger maritime museums Facebook page, with the hashtag #megogrogaland . People also need to have an open Instagram profile to be able to participate in this project. If people do not have Instagram, they can either share their photos on Facebook or email the digital images to [email protected] .

The museum will then share the images on Instagram through its own profile.

PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION  Some of the images that are shared on Instagram may be collected, and become a part of Stavanger Maritime Museum´s photographic collection. This means that collected images may be used in future research, exhibitions, and have a role in preserving Stavanger´s maritime cultural history. If so, the museum will contact the photographers of these possible images, to give more information. Stavanger Maritime Museum hopes that as many as possible can and will participate in this project, and is looking forward to seeing many different and exciting photo contributions. 

The museum also accepts older photographs of M/S “Rogaland”. These can be emailed, sent by mail or delivered to Muségata 16, 4010 Stavanger or Strandkaien 22, 4005 Stavanger. 

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Underwater video taken of the wreckage has encouraged both museum officials and sailing enthusiasts that it’s possible to salvage the 116-year-old Wyvern and once against restore her to her former glory.

“It went straight down and is standing on its keel with the masts straight up,” Bitten Bakke, director of the maritime museum, told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). “The sails are still hanging, and it should be quite simple for us to bring her up.”

The vessel, which was sailing from Århus to Helsinki in the Tall Ships’ Races, reportedly is lying at a depth of 55 meters after sinking between the Swedish islands of Öland and Gotland Thursday morning. The accident set off a major search and rescue operation that saved all 10 Norwegian crew members on board and two of the three Dutch sailors who had boarded in an attempt to prevent the sinking. One of them, identified as Dutch engineer Koen Van Gogh, went down with the ship but newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad reported that his body was recovered by the Swedish Coast Guard on Sunday.

Bakke told NRK that the salvage operation can be planned from land, through use of the video, “and then we can get the equipment ready that we’ll have to get Wyvern up again.” The salvage operation is expected to cost around NOK 2 million (USD 330,000).

Bjørg Tysdal Moe, acting mayor of Stavanger, said it’s urgent to raise the vessel as soon as possible, to avoid further damage to the wooden sailing ship that has a long a adventurous history. The city has received several informal inquiries from persons willing to contribute to the salvage effort, and Moe said the city would also contribute economically.

The Wyvern , designed by the legendary marine architect Colin Archer, was built in Norway in 1897 as a pleasure craft and went through a variety of owners and many round-the-world tours before it was found in poor shape in a dockyard at Ibiza in 1978. Private investors in Stavanger brought the vessel back to Norway, where it underwent complete refurbishment before being handed over to the maritime museum. It since has taken part in five Tall Ships Races. The cause of its sinking last week remained unclear.

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The Pulpit Rock is an incredible and dramatic mountain plateau that rises 604 meters above the Lysefjord. It is ranked as one of Norway's foremost nature-based destinations and on this trip, you will experience the mighty plateau from the beautiful Lysefjord.

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Port Stavanger cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Stavanger, Norway. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.

Stavanger is a port city in Rogaland, southwestern Norway,. The city has population around 130,000 (metro 320,000), ranking it the country's 3rd-largest metro area and Norway's 4th most populous municipality.

The Norwegian passenger shipping company FJORD LINE offers direct crossings between Stavanger and Denmark ( Hirtshals ). The route Hirtshals- Stavanger - Bergen is operated year-round. FJORD LINE's schedule includes 1 daily crossing Stavanger-Hirtshals (travel time 11,5 hours), 2 daily crossings Stavanger-Bergen (5,5 hours) and 1 daily crossing Stavanger- Langesund (17,5 hours).

The town was officially founded in 1125, following the completion of the Stavanger Cathedral. Most of its architecture consists of 18th-19th-century wooden houses (protected as cultural heritage). Gladmat festival is held here annually and considered one of Scandinavia's leading food festivals.

The city's current economy is heavily based on the oil industry. The city is widely referred to as Norway's "oil capital". The biggest company is Statoil (Norwegian energy company headquartered here). Every two years here is hosted ONS (Offshore Northern Seas) - energy sector's 2nd largest exhibition and conference event (the largest being Caspian Oil and Gas Conference).

In 2018, the cruise port had scheduled 187 ship calls with expected around 333,000 passengers. Predictions for 2019 showed 25% increase (ship calls) and 45% increase (passengers). Berth bookings are on a first-come-first-serve basis. The port has plans for building new berth (for mega-liners ) and LNG bunkering (for LNG-powered large ships). Currently, the cruise port supplies with LNG only smaller-sized vessels.

The port announced a record-breaking 2019 cruise season with over 45% increase over 2018. For 2019 were booked a total of 243 ship calls (69 different liners) with estimated nearly 500,000 passengers. According to port statistics, ~80% of cruise ship tourists are Europeans, of which half are from Northern Europe. The port currently has 4 cruise berths and around 200 no-ship days per year.

In June 2022, Enova SF (Norwegian state-owned enterprise) provided grants for installing shore power connectivity at several Norwegian cruise ports (including Stavanger), scheduled for completion and inauguration in 2023. Between 2016-2022, Enova granted a total of NOK 842 million for 119 such projects. The technology allows the berthed cruise ship to shut down its diesel engines and instead use the city-grid electricity for the onboard hotel operations and services, thus saving fuel and reducing emissions. Enova SF (2001-founded government enterprise) is owned by Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and managed by the Ministry of Climate and Environment.

During the post-COVID 2022 season, Port Stavanger handled a total of 211 cruise ship calls and 429048 passengers (out of total ~4,3 million cruisers who visited Norway).

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Cruise ships in Stavanger  dock directly in downtown. The port has capacity to handle two  of world's largest cruise liners simultaneously. Within sight (short walk from the port) are located shops, market, cafes. The port has no dedicated cruise terminal for passengers.

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The port is in the heart of the city. Up to two of the largest cruise ships can glide easily into port at the same time and tie up within sight of the bustling market, shops and cafes. No terminal is needed for passengers' services - all facilities are within a very short walk.

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Get to know Stavanger . Smiling, friendly Stavanger. Stavanger is a rich city - rich in culture, nature, experiences and good times! Lots of charm and sea breezes.

The region has long claimed to be the cradle of the Vikings, and it is also where the Great Norwegian Fjords begins. In east the landscape varies between fjords and steep mountains, like the Lysefjord with Preikestolen - "the Pulpit Rock", is an hour boat trip from the city center. South is Jaeren, the flat open landscape, with long sandy beaches.

• The Stavanger Oil Museum is a very interesting building with fascinating information on Norway's oil industry. Displays of submersibles, drilling equipment, a mock oil platform, and audio-visual presentations make for a good few hours. The museum caters for all ages.
• The Canning Museum may not seem like the most interesting place to visit but it is a surprisingly good little museum with a lot of hands-on exhibits.
• Gamle Stavanger (Old Stavanger) is a well preserved slice of Norwegian history. Old winding streets and wooden houses are representative of accommodation from Stavangers days as a the canning capital of Norway. Most houses in Old Stavanger are privately owned and well kept.
• Preikestolen (the pulpit rock) can be seen by boat or hiked up. It is an impressive geological feature that is prominent on almost every Stavanger postcard. It protrudes from the rock about 604 meters above the fjord and is almost totally flat on top. The view from the boat is less satisfying than the hike and a round trip takes several hours. Boats leave from the Vaagen (the harbor in the center of town.) The hike is moderate and the trail is well used especially during the summer.
• A good place for a photo opportunity are the Three Swords (Sverd i fjell, literally Swords in Stone), a monument outside the center of Stavanger, beside the Hafrsfjord. The swords themselves are massive and in the background is the fjord. The monument commemorates the battle of Hafrsfjord in the late 800's where Harald Hårfagre beat his eastern opposition and became the first King of Norway.
• Sculptures - In 2000 the mobile installation Another Place by British sculptor Anthony Gormley was placed on and off Sola beach. A few years later a new and permanent installation Broken Column by the same artist, was placed at various locations surrounding the center of Stavanger.
• The Rogaland Kunstmuseum (art museum) is on Mosvatnet Lake, only 2 km from the city center. The museum has a permanent exhibition of Norwegian art, and a rotating exhibition that is sometimes quite spectacular. Be sure to see the Lars Hertervig paintings; you'll see the landscape of the islands just north of Stavanger reflected in his work.

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The primary Lysefjord cruise company is Rødne: https://rodne.no/ You can find the schedule and prices on their website along with a map of their departure point, which is right near the cruise pier. If you decide to do it on your own, you might want to pre-book online to guarantee space, just in case they're the same operator the ship uses!

Stavanger is very walkable and there is no immediate need for taxi's, buses etc.

Stavanger hop-on hop-off shore excursion.

As the weather in Norway can be very unpredictable, make sure to check the cancellation policies in case of inclement weather. It is no fun driving around in the clouds.

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Shopping and food.

Cobbled pedestrian shopping streets abound with quality Norwegian goods – hand-knitted sweaters, wood, pewter, glass, ceramics and jewelry and gifts unique to Stavanger, such as replicas of Viking-age jewelry discovered in the area.

Passengers can start with the market almost at the ships's gangway, absorb the atmosphere and then visit the Anglo- Norman style Cathedral, dating from 1125, a time when the town only had some 200 inhabitants.

The Norwegian currency is the Norwegian crown (norske krone), abbreviated kr. A 1/100th krone is called øre. 1.00 EUR = about 8 NOK

ATMs in Norway are called Minibank.

Nearly all stores accept major credit cards such as Mastercard and Visa (Bring your passport/driver's license, as you are required to identify yourself when using a credit card).

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Norwegian is the official language of Norway. The language is very close and mutually intelligible with the two other Scandinavian languages, English widely spoken.

Both McDonalds and Burger King are only a short walk from your ship and provide free WiFi.

At times you might be able to find an open Wifi connection on the open decks of your ship, depending at which pier you are docked.

Opening Hours and Holidays:

Opening hours in Norway are better than they used to be, but many smaller stores still close early on Saturday (1 PM or 3 PM is typical) and nearly everything is closed on Sundays. You'll often see opening hours written as "9-21 (9-18)" on doors, meaning 9 AM to 9 PM weekdays, 9 AM to 6 PM Saturday.

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Nearly 100 people died and more than a dozen were missing after an overcrowded boat sank off the coast of Mozambique, the local authorities said on Monday.

The vessel was carrying about 130 people, well above its capacity, Jaime Neto, the secretary of state of Nampula Province, where the disaster took place on Sunday, said on national television.

Mr. Neto said the boat was headed to the Island of Mozambique from the town of Lunga. Some people were traveling to the island to attend a fair, he said, while others were fleeing the mainland for fear of being affected by a cholera outbreak, a panic that he said was largely driven by rumors.

Since October, the southern African country has recorded about 15,000 cases of cholera, a waterborne disease, and 32 deaths, according to government data . Nampula Province has been one of the most affected areas, but Stéphane Foulon, the head of mission for Doctors Without Borders in Mozambique, said that there had been no recent cases reported in the district from which the boat had departed.

Still, he said, “people are quite afraid of cholera.” He said his team was investigating the rumors of an outbreak.

Mr. Neto said that at least three of the bodies the authorities retrieved were children. He added that 11 people had been rescued, and that children were among those still missing.

Photographs of the boat, which was brought back to shore on the Island of Mozambique, showed what looked like a small fishing vessel.

Silverio Nauaito, the island’s administrator, told TVM, the national broadcaster, that the victims were mostly women. Some funerals were already being held on the island, according to the broadcaster.

Mozambique was a Portuguese colony until it gained its independence in 1975. The island of Mozambique was a Portuguese trading post on the route to India and one of the main ports for the slave trade during colonial times.

Emma Bubola is a Times reporter based in London, covering news across Europe and around the world. More about Emma Bubola

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Ukrainian military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea

Ukraine’s military said Wednesday it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea using naval drones, a report that has not been confirmed by Russian forces. (Feb. 14)

FILE - A Russian ship named Caesar Kunikov passes through the Dardanelles strait in Turkey en route to the Mediterranean Sea, on Oct. 4, 2015. Ukraine’s military said Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024 it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea using naval drones, a report that has not been confirmed by Russian forces. The Caesar Kunikov amphibious ship sank near Alupka, a city on the southern edge of the Crimean Peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014, Ukraine’s General Staff said. It said the ship can carry 87 crew members. (Burak Gezen/DHA via AP, File)

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military said Wednesday it used high-tech naval drones to sink a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea, a report that has not been confirmed by Russian authorities.

The Caesar Kunikov amphibious ship sank 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) off Alupka, a city on the southern edge of the Crimean Peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014, Ukraine’s General Staff said. It said the ship can carry 87 crew members. The ship was also transporting ammunition, a Ukrainian official said.

Sinking the vessel would be another embarrassing blow for the Russian Black Sea fleet and a significant success for Ukraine 10 days before the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the claim during a conference call with reporters Wednesday. He said questions should be addressed to the Russian military.

Several Russian military bloggers confirmed the attack on the ship but stopped short of confirming that it had been sunk.

Ukraine has moved onto the defensive in the war, hindered by low ammunition supplies and a shortage of personnel, but has kept up its strikes behind the largely static 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line.

It is the second time in two weeks that Ukrainian forces have said they sank a Russian vessel in the Black Sea. Last week, they published a video that they said showed naval drones assaulting the Russian missile-armed corvette Ivanovets.

Ukraine’s Military Intelligence, known by its Ukrainian acronym GUR, said its special operations unit “Group 13” sank the Caesar Kunikov using advanced Magura V5 sea drones on Wednesday. Explosions damaged the vessel on its left side, it said, though a heavily edited video it released was unclear. The same unit also struck on Feb. 1, according to officials.

GUR’s Andrii Yusov declined to say how many drones were deployed. But he told reporters that the operation took “a long time to prepare — routes are tracked, data is collected.”

The private intelligence firm Ambrey said the video showed that at least three drones conducted the attack and that the ship likely sank after listing heavily on its port side.

The Caesar Kunikov probably was part of the Russian fleet escorting merchant vessels that call at Crimean ports, Ambrey said.

The landing ship can carry tanks, troops and other cargo to support amphibious assaults, with doors in the bow that open onto land without the ship needing to dock.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian aircraft and ships in the Black Sea have helped push Moscow’s naval forces back from the coast, allowing Kyiv to increase crucial exports of grain and other goods through its southern ports.

A new generation of unmanned weapons systems has become a centerpiece of the war, both at sea and on land.

The Magura V5 drone, which looks like a sleek black speedboat, was unveiled last year. It reportedly has a top speed of 42 knots (80 kph, 50 mph) and a payload of 320 kilograms (700 pounds).

The Russian military did not immediately comment on the claimed sinking, saying only that it downed six Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea overnight.

Caesar Kunikov, for whom the Russian vessel was named, was a World War II hero of the Soviet Union for his exploits and died on Feb. 14, the same day as the Ukrainian drone strike, in 1943.

In other developments, an overnight Russian attack on the town of Selydove in the eastern Donetsk region struck a medical facility and a residential building, killing a child and a pregnant woman, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on social media. Three other children were wounded, he said.

Selydove is just 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the front line.

Nine Ukrainian civilians were killed and at least 25 people wounded by Russian shelling over the previous 24 hours, the president’s office said Wednesday.

Associated Press writers Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv, Ukraine and Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.

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Ukraine braces for revenge attacks from Russia after Moskva sinking

Kremlin yet to release details of possible casualties on Black Sea flagship, as Ukrainians hail its demise

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Ukraine has said it is bracing itself for revenge attacks from Russia after the “significant and symbolic” sinking of Russia’s flagship cruiser, the Moskva.

The government in Kyiv said it had destroyed the giant missile cruiser during a combat operation against Russian vessels in the Black Sea on Wednesday. The boat’s ammunition deck exploded after it was hit by two Neptune anti-ship missiles, it added.

According to Lithuania’s foreign minister, Arvydas Anušauskas, the cruiser sent out a distress call. By 1.14am local time (2314 BST) on Thursday the Moskva was lying on its side and about half an hour later “all the electricity went out,” he posted on Facebook.

From 2am a Turkish ship managed to rescue 54 sailors. An hour later Turkey and Romania confirmed the ship had “completely sunk”. Ukrainian officials said stormy weather stopped Russian boats from carrying out an evacuation, adding: “Nature was on our side.”

The Kremlin has not given any details on possible casualties among the 510 crew of the Moskva, and has not released any photographs of the stricken ship.

An article published by the Tass state-run news agency initially claimed the “entire crew” had been evacuated. It was later edited to remove the word “entire”. One unconfirmed Ukrainian report said 14 sailors including the chief of Moskva’s medical service were taken to the Crimean port of Sevastopol. The fate of the other 494 was unknown, it said. If they are confirmed to have drowned it would amount to the largest number of deaths of Russian servicemen in a single incident since the second world war.

Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian interior ministry adviser who has a popular Telegram channel, posted a photo of the Moskva’s captain, Anton Kuprin. Kuprin was killed during the explosion and fire on the ship, Gerashchenko claimed.

It was Kuprin who gave the order for the Moskva to shell Snake Island in the Black Sea during the first hours of Moscow’s invasion. Its Ukrainian defenders refused to surrender and said: “Russian warship ‘go fuck yourself’” – a slogan that has become a national meme.

Ukrainians on Friday celebrated the ship’s demise. The defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, trolled his Russian counterparts by tweeting a photo of a scuba diver and a giant turtle. “A ‘flagship’ Russian warship is a worthy diving site,” he wrote, adding: “Will definitely visit the wreck after our victory in the war.”

A "flagship" russian warship is a worthy diving site. We have one more diving spot in the Black Sea now. Will definitely visit the wreck after our victory in the war. BTW, I already have 300 scuba dives pic.twitter.com/q2Buc51qeI — Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) April 15, 2022

Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern security and defence forces, said the sinking had dealt a blow to Vladimir Putin’s “imperial ambitions”. She added: “We understand that attacks will increase. The enemy will try to retaliate. It will increase rocket strikes and artillery shelling.”

Russia has said it is investigating what caused the Moskva to sink. Its defence ministry has promised to bomb targets in Kyiv in response to what it said were “terrorist and sabotage” attacks on its territory carried out by Ukraine’s “nationalist regime”. On Friday Moscow said it had struck a plant that made and repaired Ukrainian missiles, including anti-ship missiles, on the outskirts of the city.

On Russian television, hosts and pundits came perilously close to admitting that the loss of the cruiser was the result of an enemy attack as opposed to the result of an accident onboard. They also talked in vehement terms about wiping out “Ukraine-ness”.

“Just the fact there is an attack on our territory is casus belli, an absolute cause for war. A real war, no fooling around,” said the Russian film director and former MP Vladimir Bortko, on the popular 60 Minutes talkshow on state-run television. The special operation, as he was reminded Russia’s war is called, “ended tonight”.

When asked if he was speaking about the Moskva, he said: “The Moscow cruiser is absolutely a cause for war. One hundred per cent. It’s our flagship. There’s nothing to think about. We need an answer.”

On Telegram, prominent Russian officials sought to downplay the loss of a ship valued by Forbes at $750m (£575m). “The Moscow cruiser is a year older than me,” wrote Margarita Simonyan, the head of the state propaganda channel RT.

Andrei Medvedev, a deputy in the Moscow city parliament and a Russian state news journalist, paraphrased the Russian imperial field marshal Mikhail Kutuzov by writing: “The loss of [the] Moscow does not mean that Russia is lost.”

In a long post, he told his 70,000 subscribers on Telegram that the cruiser may indeed have been struck by a western missile with help from Nato and that the incident should be investigated.

“We are not fighting Ukraine, but Nato,” he wrote. “Strikes against our forces are made with the aid of Nato systems. And often with their weapons.” Like others, he added that the ship was old. “The Moskva, with all due respect, was not a young cruiser,” he wrote.

Ukraine says it has damaged or sunk eight Russian ships and boats, reducing Russia’s capacity to attack the south of Ukraine and the port city of Odesa. It said about 20,000 Russian soldiers and officers had been killed since the beginning of Putin’s military operation on 24 February.

In an intelligence update on Friday, the UK’s defence ministry said the Moskva “served a key role as a command vessel and air defence node”. Moscow was now likely to review its “maritime posture” in the Black Sea, it said. The Soviet-era boat had been through an extensive refit, only returning to service last year, it added.

The last time Russia lost its flagship cruiser was in 1904, when the imperial vessel Petropavlovsk went down in the tsar’s war with Japan. Ukrainian officials acknowledge the sinking of the Moskva does not mean Russia is beaten. But they see it as a signal event.

Russia, meanwhile, has used long-range Tupolev bombers for the first time to attack the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukraine’s defence ministry spokesperson, Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, said on Friday. Russia had not managed to fully control the port city, he added, despite a six-week siege.

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