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Catamaran Torn Apart by Sharks During Re-enactment of 19th Century Russian Adventurer
Catamaran Torn Apart by Sharks During Round-The-World Navigation
Crew send SOS after boats’ hulls damaged in shark attacks off Australian coast during re-enactment voyage of 19th century Russian adventurer
BBC 7 SEP 2023
Evgeny Kovalevsky, Stanislav Berezkin and Vincent Thomas Etienne were rescued after sharks attacked their catamaran
A catamaran tracing the round-the-world trip of a 19th century adventurer was ripped apart by sharks, forcing the three men on board to escape to a shipping vessel.
Two Russians and a Frenchman who were sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns activated an SOS signal after both of the boat’s hulls were damaged during “several shark attacks” 519 miles off the Australian coast, southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea.
Recounting the experience online, the crew of the expedition entitled Russian Ocean Way said the first attack came on Sept 4. The following day their boat was again set upon by sharks, causing it to sink
Coordinated by Russian Geological Society
The journey which has been coordinated by the Russian Geological Society (RGO) launched on July 1 2021.
The RGO was founded in 1845 but was relaunched by Vladimir Putin in 2009.
Putin personally chairs the board of trustees which until the launch of the Ukrainian invasion included Russia’s richest tycoons and well-known foreign delegates including Bernard Looney, the chief executive of BP, who resigned on the day after the war began.
Putin has used his seat at the RGO to promote his imperialist agenda, seeking to restore the glory of Russian geographical discoveries.
A few months before the invasion, several thousand Russian troops took part in a nationwide quiz organised by the RGO and promoted by Putin.
RGO missions have over the years given Mr Putin a chance to show off his sportsmanship.
In 2011, he famously joined an archeological expedition in the south of Russia only to stumble upon ancient amphorae at the site of a newly discovered shipwreck on the bed of the Black sea
Aerial photos captured by a rescue plane sent by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) showed the catamaran submerging under water.
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