Massive cargo ship carrying cars sinks in mid-Atlantic

[OnlinePoker]

Source: ABC News

LISBON, Portugal -- A large cargo vessel carrying cars from Germany to the United States sank Tuesday in the mid-Atlantic, 13 days after a fire broke out on board, the ship’s manager and the Portuguese navy said.

The Felicity Ace sank about 400 kilometers (250 miles) off Portugal’s Azores Islands as it was being towed, MOL Ship Management in Singapore said in a statement. A salvage team had put out the fire.

The 200-meter-long (650-foot-long) vessel listed to starboard before going under, the ship’s manager said.

The Portuguese navy confirmed the sinking, saying it occurred outside Portuguese waters. A Portuguese Air Force helicopter evacuated the 22 crew members when the fire first broke out, setting the ship adrift.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/massive-cargo-ship-carrying-cars-sinks-mid-atlantic-83179515

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At least the fire's out.

[NotHardly]

1. After the last one burned in the Pacific, I have money that says Insurance fraud to the MAX

2nd car carrying cargo ship sinks into the ocean (Pacific one day, Atlantic the next) ... either someone is sinking those puppies for insurance money or we have an unfriendly in the water.

[getagrip_already]

4. no explosions were reported.....

So at least it wasn't a torpedo. But russia may want to send a message and use shipping as a messenger.

War gets cray around the edges when leaders get angry and deserate.

It just doesn't seem like this is that kind of incident.

[RussBLib]

9. you mean the ship with Nissans in 2019?

the way you phrased it could be read as the 2 events happened almost back-to-back.

[3Hotdogs]

14. Sydney warned us about the Kraken............

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Better call flood insurance. /nt

[CaptainTruth]

3. I can get you a great deal on a slightly damp Lamborghini if you're interested.

[COL Mustard]

10. Put it in a big dish of rice

It'll dry right out and be fine. Trust me.

[blue sky at night]

5. I learned about the batteries...

on EV's from this accident when it happened...they are terrible fire risks and very hard to extinguish...so now the Atlantic can be more polluted than it was before. EV's are the panacea we all think they are. Fucking idiot repukes in Ohio sent the money back to Washington for highspeed rail, what a shithole I live in.

[whistler162]

6. Submariner at it again!

[Submariner]

13. Just doing my thing to take down British imports

[RockRaven]

7. Those salvage people are probably pretty bummed out. Getting it back to port would have

been a big fucking deal.

[C Moon]

8. BMW Sea-Class

[lagomorph777]

19. Ouch!

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Beware water damaged Porsches or Bentleys on the market in the near future.

That's one hell of an insurance claim: 1200 luxury cars along with the ship itself.

[3Hotdogs]

15. Will CarFax identify the ones that were dredged up from the bottom of the sea?

Or will the smell of dead clams give it away?

[LudwigPastorius]

12. ...

[littlemissmartypants]

16. All of those catalytic converters

Saved from theft.

[ZonkerHarris]

17. New Disney Crossover film: Finding Nemo a Porsche.

[mitch96]

18. Aw crap, And I wanted a Lambo in every color...oh well..