Two Dead, 11 Rescued After Ship Catches Fire and Sinks in Black Sea, Romania Says
- On Monday, the cargo ship Royad Mammadov caught fire following a suspected drone strike near the Pesc platform in the Black Sea.
- The vessel, which departed Izmail, Ukraine, for Ravenna, Italy, was struck around 9 nautical miles from the offshore oil and gas platform.
- Romania's Naval Authority confirmed that two people have died and 13 sailors are missing, while 11 crew members were brought to safety.
- The Maritime Coordination Center requested the Romanian Agency for Lifesaving at Sea to intervene, with multiple rescue ships dispatched to the sinking vessel.
- Rescue operations continue outside Romania's territorial waters as authorities investigate the incident, which occurred while the ship was transporting grain through the Black Sea.
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Drone hits Turkish grain ship in Black Sea, 2 killed
The Turkish ship Royad Mammadov, carrying grain and having earlier called at Ukraine's Izmail port, was hit by a drone in the Black Sea near the Pescarus oil platform, after which a fire broke out on board and the vessel sank, Romanian outlet Digi24 said.
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A Turkish commercial vessel, Royd Mammadov, sunk in the Black Sea as a result of an attack by drones. 2 crew members were killed in an incident, 11 were rescued. The boat was located within the Romanian economic zone at the time of the attack.
EADaily, 5 October 2026. In the Black Sea, a fire broke out on the freighter "Royad Mammedov" from Ukrainian Ishmael to Italian Ravenna, and a burning vessel was found at a Romanian oil platform in the economic zone of Romania.
The Romanian press links the fire, which has occurred near the Ukrainian border, to the impact of a drone, although for the moment there is no official confirmation by Romania that this is the cause
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