Russian ship stuck off UK coast has explosive power greater than Beirut blast 

If you were up to no good, clowning around appearing incompetent would be a very good way of disguising what you were really doing.

Do we know her name

Exactly but you will always get the ones on social media trying to make something of it anything to fill up there bank accounts

It didn't sail from Murmansk, it sailed from Kandalaksha. It could have stopped in Murmansk as it was passing by, but it didn't.

@@smiffdamista yes think it's ruby

@@gdutfulkbhh7537 damn spat my coffee everywhere on reading..

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@@gdutfulkbhh7537 you win the Internet today with that comment 🏆

Yeah but maybe not fire warheads at this ship?

@@martynlewis9020 Logic is lost here

Timothy McVeigh knocked down Oklahoma City Federal Bldg. with a mere van of ammonia nitrate....so multiply that blast by 500-1000 X ammonia nitrate volume....could get real messy !

What’s the deal with you guys and your commas? Never could figure out why people do that. You are obviously not spending quality time curled up with your Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style” guide…

You mean twenty kilotons, not twenty thousand kilotons.

The U.K. can’t even return rubber dinghies to their origin; so good luck turning this ship around.

And how would you convince this vessel to sink ?

Sooooo your genius idea is to poison the water with a hazardous and toxic substance?! Does it hurt when you think?! Idiot!

@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 It IS possible to punch holes in ships without explosives, you know.

​@@SA12Stringwithout sparks?

@@SariClark-z9j Yeah...its called "below the water line"...GET IT!!

waters

right now -- don't want - see above

It's a trap. Putin is going to wipe us out.

Who's "We" you and your overweight mother, sitting on the couch eating TV diners!?😆

@@TimothyCollins classic..

🤣🤣🤣🪦 Deceased

XD

Do you know anything about the unabomber? This is the tactic McVeigh used, not the unabomber.

Russia is a terrorist state.

As a retired firefighter who has studied that incident, I thought I was the only one who would remember it.

Thats Canada Halifax? If so solid reference

I was thinking the same

@@northleedspoppa yes the mont blanc

Just what I was thinking. For those who haven't read about it, a ship carrying explosives/munitions for war, annoyed at being delayed by submarine nets, collided with another ship because a ship was on the wrong side and exploded, causing great destruction.

thanks. so that's outside the 12 nm limit? but within the EEZ. seems like they could find a good reason to seize based on pollution threat.

There's a sunken ammunition ship from the 2ndww, also off the north Kent coast. Maybe they're that one safe by now.

no but it sounds like it was on Nato's

nah its just on his facebook

@@user-fl6ko9do5yHow ? By standing up to a bully ?

I bet their queuing for the toilet onboard that ship..

Gagging for a cigarette

Careful with that Doobie!

Its Russians, they smoking next to the stuff .

they all are Syrians, allies of Russians

I think it’s the same one. Denmark refused to allow it entry.

Is that the same one off the Norwegian coast?

Maybe Russian is just temporary fishing

@@lifessogood2995 with a 20kt grenade 😆

@@nickhtk6285 yes it is.

@boota1989 In Russia standard-of-life is lower than Peru. This is why.

​@@dpelpala lot of problems in Russia 🥶

@@jsaintr.i.r4018 Yes Sir, that is mild way of putting things🤷🏼‍♀️

Well you should care about your own country vast majority of people in UK cant afford simple living at the moment. So standard of liv8ng in your country is probably lower than RUSSIA because you dont have any sanctions 😂😂😂😂

​@@dpelpalYou have no idea... Russia debt gdp ratio is the lowest ! 18% Compare it with other countrys.. ever been to Russia ?

Stop watching the news

@@grahamd8356 another Vatnik bot

Just its precence is an act of war

Er hello, we are at war, proxy war, grow up

Not considering... It is!

Bit of a scallywag isnt he!

That's how propaganda works and if you lived in Russia you would be saying that about western leaders.

Least he hasnt done damage to our pensioners right?

@@simonelliott3791 yes comrade

@@simonelliott3791 oh no, they tricked me into living in freedom and prosperity. 🙄

Like the Soyuz spacecraft that just saved 3 astronauts today , 2 of them Americans because there wasn’t another alternative.

@@muckle8so how are Russian tanks holding up in Ukraine. Are not half of all Russian tanks ever built already destroyed ?

I think that smoke leads directly to their end... You were talking about the Russian missiles on standby...

@@jamesdykes517 I don't know what you mean. Your translation from ruzzki is not good, Ivan.

They must be suicidal.

^^ Definitely. 20 megatons would be almost half tsar bomba.

Experts hey?

@@abofrey You don’t need to be an expert to know what the prefixes kilo and mega mean. 😃

@@abofreygod forbid someone slips while speaking. 20 kilo or megatons of explosives is still dangerous. 🙄

This "expert" isn't. TNT and Am nitrate are not equivalent by weight.

It's Russia. They have no regards for safety or common sense.

well google how much fertiliser Britain imports every year 😂..... how old are you ?

It's Russia your dealing with

Because clearly industry can do so safely.

@@zakjuly6721 Be Nice!

Not true, we can, it's just that we have not had and do not have a government willing to do so. 👍

@@ginojaco so true buddy

+10 for deflection. It's immigrants, not Russia threatening to blow up Britain

Gotta find people to work the tug boats. I imagine no volunteers.

maybe ask a migrant boat if they could help you with that

@@annaoeste2470 Ukraine`s sea drones could tow it back to a russian port

@@mastermindvideos898 Yes, either Iran or China since they are helping Russia, I'm sure they wouldn't mind

@@annaoeste2470 Long, very long tow lines?

If you are so bothered, why don't you join the Navy and do the job. Typical Armchair comment.

It IS monitored!

I, also thought way was it allowed in.

@@KimThomas- Rules of the sea allow innocent passage of ships through all but sovrig waters (generaly accepted as 12 miles from the coast) they can only be intercepted by an other nations warships if they are commiting an international crime This works mostly to everyones advantage but in this case.. breaking down and hovering out side the limit is not a crime and its hard to prove otherwise with out breaking the law to find out.

Wow, sounds like the U.S.

Seem to remember it was some idiot doing welding repairs on the storage silo.

In small amount it burns like a cigar. Even if you mix it with fuel oil it will just not detonate without a primer (think stick of dynamite); blasting cap won't work. But with tons to kilotons it becomes self-confining; it burns like a cigar, but there's no where for the heat to go but to heat the surrounding material, eventually it is burning fast enough that the pressure and heat can't escape fast enough it just runs away towards a full on detonation. The problem is just the amount; in a 50 kg bag it is a safe chemical that might at worst accelerate a fire.

​@soylentgreenb a fire broken out in the warehouse. Fireworks as well as the Ammonium Nitrate which had been sitting too long. It was removed from an old Russian ship that was not allowed to sail. The Ammonia was off loaded and apparently forgotten about.

@@mrb.5610 The blame of the welders is still pretty unreasonable. Lots of experts deny the welders were at fault. Who knows? The only people clearly to blame were the government at the time, who has resigned, and the port authority, who just ignored the problem until it essentially removed the port from existence in less than a second. Still, no one is being held responsible. Criminal charges against those most closely involved were dropped. Corruption is rampant in the government...ALL governments, everywhere.

Nukoolar

Another clown.

@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 exactly. On RU-vid, probably 80% of speakers - legit, knowledgeable people - are saying this. Drives me nuts.

I was looking for just this comment. You would think an expert would get the pronunciation right.

And something similar will happen here. This looks like a Putin plan which he'll deny of course. The crew will put a couple of timers on it, abandon it overnight and half of Kent will sink in the sea.

That's not what happened. The company went bankrupt while it was at port, the crew were kept effectively as prisoners on the ship for over a year before being allowed to leave. The ammonium nitrate was then moved from the ship, seized by the Beirut government, and badly stored inside a warehouse which was then suspected to be ignited due to sparks from welding equipment that was fixing a breach in the warehouse. Beirut are completely responsible for that catastrophe. Theres no strange conspiracy, Beirut let that happen, and the way they dealt with it after was a disgrace.

Shhh don't tell the russian spys on this comment section,, your no james bond !!!

Probably why the Russian ship is/wants to be close to the sunken ship and then go "it wasn't us!, it was the other ship that went off while we were passing by!".

@@super_happy_alien509 you're not English are you.

It’s in the Medway not far from Chatham docks.

@@jimjoelliejack Just outside of the Medway. I've sailed past it, the SS Richard Montgomery.

the amount of nuclear weapons in american submarines is more shocking then anything the north sea is full of it

Given Jeremy's love of blowing things up - maybe not the best idea .

Putin may have sent this ship - fall short of nuclear weapons use - but has enough power to have the same effect.

​@@ykst6685and of course it would release the taps giving long range weapons to Ukraine.

Fertiliser ships are extremely normal, it is legitimate to cargo fertiliser around

Article 5 would be judgment day

Article 5 doesn't apply to Great Britain because they have preemptively attacked Russia with storm shadow missiles.

Can't they use the WINDOWS?

That would be some serious dynamite fishing

I worry about all the dinghies that cross the English channel illegally everyday 👀

​@@KeepingTheFaith123you mean 'all' the dingies that cross the channel in your imagination

I don't think the fish have lighters or matches so we should be ok.

My first thought. "Accidentally" drift into that, bad day.

There's the whole of Kent in the way. As long as it's kept out of the Thames estuary there's no chance of an explosion on one setting off the other.

Because Russia is poverty country, does not have a standards. I know, I live here

​​@@dpelpalSo is the UK and we're wasting money that we need by sending it to the Ukraine. We're also annoying Mr Putin which is something which most people don't support but our treasonous government is not following the requests of the people. This is not our war.

Strange but no accident.

@@davec9399 Due to poverty. Low.standard of ship-maintenance if u know Russia ship

the Russian military has a way of being places they're not supposed to be, and I don't just mean Ukraine. Why should their unsupervised weapons be any different. You'd be shocked by how often the Canadian Navy and Air Force get buzzed by Russian jets in our air space or while in allied waters.

Yes sir we're on it sir yes sir 🥱

@@la7dfa here here..

только идиоты паникуют от каждого "сенсационного" сообщения из телевизора. большая посылка у твоих дверей? а где ей следует быть если её заказали в британию? её надо было отвезти в африку?! теледиктору платят большие деньги чтоб по другую сторону телевизора люди со слабыми мозгами требовали отдать больше полномочий ворам в парламенте.

yep that'd be 20M tons 😞

At the tug boat union hall: “I need a volunteer”

@@magic_hotel got plenty of nukes though

not sure if anyone noticed that he actually said "twenty thousand kilotons" when I assume he simply meant to say twenty kilotons - lol 20,000 kilotons would be 20,000,000 tons or 20 megatons, tsar bomb range 🤣

I notice this too. The expert also does not know how 'nuclear' is pronounced.

But, isn't ammonium nitrate only one part of an explosive? Surely you need a fuel?

He said tactical nuke. Which are smaller yield than that

Besides he said it would explode with the power of 20 000 kilotons (0:07). Not 20 kilotons. How ammonium nitrate is supposed to have 1000 times the explosive yield of TNT is beyond me.

Not everyone in North korea is human waste what is wrong with you?

It's nuts, isn't it?

dislexia is a common ailment

Nakoolar

Stop saying "stop say". However, grammar and pronunciation aren't really the issue at hand are they?

@@JC-jv5xw not nuts, it's nukes

you mean terroist state not 'country'

Biden basically sold Ukraine to Russia

It’s a ship full of fertiliser not grenades .

@muckle8 right. Because putin is a lying, manipulative coward. So, it's not TECHNICALLY a weapon...just a big ship that could blow up without russia facing the consequences (which they would not survive). "Shame if that type of "accident" happened so close to your shoreline..." It's standard mafia/coward/scumbag tactics.

by 'we' your talking about trump and his loony toons circus right? In the alternate reality where he wins the election....?

If you in the UK stay away from major cities

Great....I live in Margate 😢

@GLENLYNAS I'm sure it'll be fine but no harm in making sure your will is up to date.

​@@wingzero7316😂 sure thing comrade lol

Don't be ridiculous.

Ye. Because we really need to escalate this

только идиоты паникуют от каждого "сенсационного" сообщения из телевизора. большая посылка у твоих дверей? а где ей следует быть если её заказали в британию? её надо было отвезти в африку?! теледиктору платят большие деньги чтоб по другую сторону телевизора люди со слабыми мозгами требовали отдать больше полномочий ворам в парламенте.

Sounds like the avg day for any Brit who wants control of England's borders

Or, just look at the source... If it's Russian, it's lies.

@@bivvystridents3752 denied. Russia is living evidence of its righteousness. They are not wrong.

Exactly what Dubya did to give himself more power after the 9/11 attacks.

@@Deadlycalling Does it? You don't sound British, you sound like a total w⚓.

This sounds as fake news. No country would let the vessel near coast or definitely not harbours, knewing its content.

The migrants have more chance of towing it away, they got more boats than us lol

It's not in UK waters, needs to be within three miles of our shores.

@@gee3883 Incorrect.....there are NO International waters in the English Channel. There are UK waters and there are French waters, the English Channel is almost unique in this respect. Any foreign registered ships using the English Channel do so in good faith.

@@JsJourney-nz7ci so its in UK waters?

Any channel would love viewers like you! Thank you for your interest.

This is legit, right?

@@la7dfa I'm not interested. I asked if this is legit or not.

@@semirecumbentoneYTconfused are we?

really ! i do not agree, 20,000 tons of fertiliser !! F F sake that`s a floating bomb by any consideration...........somebody needs to do something very serious very very soon !

... and what of the sub shadowing it?

How many 'modest' deaths would that be?

still a lot!

If that were the case the stuff would not have been shipped in the first place, ammonium nitrate is shipped all over the world.

Putin's standard M.O.

Ships like this from various nations go through the channel pretty much daily. This has nothing to do with "woke", simply international trade. It "breaking down" is not exactly something anyone can foresee. Or do you suggest stopping all ships going through the channel? You realize you are on an island right? But sure, if you are so "anti-woke" that you would ban all ships with fertilisers, dangerous chemicals etc from getting close to your shore, go ahead, you'll soon need to start planting turnips on every part of open land just to survive. Ah yes, and plant them by hand, because you won't have enough oil and gas to do it any other way. Not everything is about "woke". Try thinking for once.

The exploding Sarmat missile was just a distraction so this 'floating pseudo-nuke' could get real close to NATO borders without anybody noticing.

yeah, can't help but wonder if this boat IS the sum total of putlers 'nuclear' deterrent.

Did you see the blast in Beirut from a lot smaller amount. definitely looked like TNT going off

8:25

Where ships are registered has nothing to do with the owner of the ship. This is common practice even with much western shipping. This is a Russian ship.

Isn't this legit?

@@7171jay The ship, owned by Maltese firm Ruby Enterprise, set off from the northern Russian port of Kandalaksha in July. Credit BBC.

So it broke down due to a storm off Norway in July. Norway told it to leave so it tried to get back to the Baltic but would have to pass the narrow stretch, 5km off Copenhagen and Malmö so Sweden and Denmark said no. It will probably creep on to the Canaries...old news.

@@7171jay 12 likes for your wrong answer.. 5 for my correct answer. Welcome to TR😀

There is about 1400 tons left of ammunition left on the wreck. Some was removed after she broke her back and some more removed over the years.

He obviously misspoke. Get a life.

Yes, yes you're very clever and never ever misspeak 🙄

It's 20 Megatons. Just add 3 places to the decimal. 2K Kilotons is 2 Megatons.

@@mikejohnson9118 yep although I guess it doesn't matter as has already been pointed out ;)

😂😂😂

Last couple of tests say they all may not

In fact tow it back to Russia..

People with experience are handling the situation

That will help you sleep at night? 🤦‍♂️

Return to sender put it back in the poooooo-tin 😂

If its of Dungeness theres 22 miles from UK to France , so it will have to be towed up into the North Sea but could do some damage if it exploded when in tow , the other way is to tow it along the English Channel to the Atlantic which is a fair way.

Yep total bull 💩

Yes, yes you're very clever and never ever misspeak 🙄

Pollution of the waters?

@@timgoode3342 If she really did explode the ships metal work would be shredded and a good percentage of the diesel fuel oil would be vaporised.... yes there'd be some localised small amount of pollution but nothing like an oil tanker or bulk carrier. This is based on the ship explosions that there have been. You can see her on Marine Traffic as a small green diamond about 12 miles of The North Foreland in a NE direction. I'll be watching where she goes Regards Andrew

Il est trop prêt des côtes et pourrait faire des dégâts avec le souffle de l'explosion et peut être même un tsunami.

Severe Enviromental issues.

water makes this chemical unstable

HOW ?

As I understand it because a sunken wreck leaking 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate into the North Sea or Channel would a) be a colossal environmental disaster and b) potentially require rerouting globally significant volumes of shipping.

No we would not

Bit of diesel etc

My thought exactly. Quite safe at the bottom of the north sea.

No one cares about your culture war.

lol

Female .. all ships are female.

@@super_happy_alien509 Thank God! I feel safer now!

Why, you wanna f..k it?

They will probably send it too Liverpool ha ha

This is incorrect; the ammonia ion is the fuel. It contains both fuel and oxidizer but it's not in an optimal ratio. It can still full on detonate without any added fuel. In small amount it burns like a cigar. Even if you mix it with fuel oil it will just not detonate without a primer (think stick of dynamite) to set it off; blasting cap won't work. But with tons to kilotons it becomes self-confining; it burns like a cigar, but there's no where for the heat to go but to heat the surrounding material, eventually it is all burning fast enough that the pressure and heat can't escape fast enough and it just runs away towards a full on detonation. The problem is just the amount; in a 50 kg bag it is a safe chemical that might at worst accelerate a fire. There have been detonations with ammonium nitrate on the scale of a truck crashing in a ditch and catching fire. That big red mushroom cloud in Beirut was a pure ammonium nitrate explosion; that red stuff is excess NO2.

@@soylentgreenb Special conditions are necessary for it to occur, unlikely to happen on that ship. The explosion in Lebanon was the result of a long-burning fire.