According to foreign media reports on January 11, a recent offshore oil driller off the coast of Thailand accidentally found an abandoned "ghost ship". The "ghost ship" is very strange, originally located 100 nautical miles from the Thai city of Songkhla. After being discovered, it was found floating on the surface of the sea and swaying, and later the Thai Navy personally boarded the ship.
What is even more bizarre is that the ship was three days later, just when the Thai Navy was about to tow the ship ashore, it gradually sank in the middle of the storm and torrential rain near the West Air District of Thailand's Sitamara Province. According to the Thai Navy's estimates, it may be located 18 meters below the water surface, about 28 nautical miles from the coast of Sai Joan.
Interestingly, this scene is very close to the movie "Smart: Ghost Movie", which is simply a reproduction of the realistic version. It comes and goes without a trace, no matter who the owner is? Or where did it come from? All the details about the ship became a mystery. So what exactly is the situation with this ship, and how does the Thai Navy deal with it after it sinks?
A "ghost ship" appeared off the coast of Thailand! There was no one there, no identifiable object
Chevron workers in the Gulf of Thailand who saw the "ghost ship" said that the hull of the "ghost ship" was about 80 meters and seemed to have some special marks on it. When the local official visited the ship, it was found that the "ghost ship" not only had no seafarers, goods or documents, but all other things that could identify disappeared, but the strange thing was that the hull of the ship was written with Chinese "Jinshuiyuan No. 2".
At present, it is not clear how long the "ghost ship" has been floating at sea and "idle". As can be seen from the relevant video footage of the Navy's ship visit, this "ghost ship" is made of materials like iron and stainless steel, and when it crosses to the "ghost ship", you can vaguely see that the guardrail has been seriously rusted, and fragments have been peeled off in some places. There are one or two small rooms on the second floor under the ship, but there is nothing, so it is not possible to identify.
In addition, from the details of the "ghost ship", it can be seen that there are deep fuel pits on the ship's board. Because I was going to salvage it ashore, I didn't expect to be sunk by the huge waves set off by the storm. Afterwards, the Thai Navy had no choice but to mark buoys where the "ghost ship" sank, and reminded passing fishermen to take a detour while preventing fuel leakage. It is worth mentioning that the official said: At present, the Thailand National Marine Interest Center Area 2 is under investigation, and if the owner of the ship will be found, it may be indispensable to pay huge cost compensation.
"Ghost Tank" just happened at sea before the "Ghost Ship", what is the situation of the "Ghost Ship"?
Interestingly, I actually just experienced the "Ghost Tank" incident not long ago. On December 20, 2021, the Russian (RT) website reported that a mysterious "tank" was found on the surface of the Natuna Sea near Indonesia, which is adjacent to the South China Sea.
From the appearance, the tank is rusty, but due to the rough waves at the scene, Indonesia has not salvaged it out of the water after several salvages. So the rumor about this mysterious tank is even more powerful, and they have expressed why the tank is so heavy and can float, and some netizens are even guessing which model.
Finally, after 8 days, Russia (RT) announced its investigation that the tanks had been salvaged. It turned out to be a well-made model of a tank that looked similar to the American Abrams and the Chinese Type 15 light tank. Of course, the owner of it has not been clarified so far, and it is still a mystery. However, the "ghost ship" found on the coast of Thailand this time is a little different, the navy has been on the ship, oil drillers have seen it with their own eyes, obviously this is not a model. So why does it float empty on the sea?
The front side of the floating tank model is taken, and the part of the front and bottom of the tank that is in contact with the sea water indicates that it is a "hollow"
Netizens have imagined that some people think that they have been "robbed by pirates", and some people think that "it is an abandoned smuggling ship", "typhoon days drift away by themselves", "some years, there are Chinese characters are not necessarily Chinese ships", and some people have questioned, who compensates whom? Why pay huge sums of money? Of course, at present, the incident of the "ghost ship" is still under investigation, and the above reasons are possible. But no matter what the reason, as the netizens said, there is already a ship number, I believe that using this information to finally find out who the owner of the ship is naturally what is going on.
As for the huge amount of compensation, it is actually obvious, of course, the owner of the ship has compensated. And why to compensate, in fact, is because this ship was abandoned for use at sea, if its owner or related responsible persons can really find, its hidden fuel leakage seriously threatens the marine ecological environment. At the same time, it also lays a safety hazard for passing fishing vessels, whether it is from the perspective of responsibility or obligation, and ultimately the relevant responsible persons should pay a price.
The world's most suspenseful "ghost ship" event! One piece is more bizarre than the other
As we all know, since the 19th century, the maritime industry has ushered in a golden age of vigorous development, opening up many maritime trade routes in the past few hundred years. With the more full utilization of shipping in modern times, it has formed a maritime trade network all over the world. However, the boundless sea will always cause people to imagine infinitely, and one of the rumors of the "ghost ship" incident has attracted the attention of many people because of its rarity and suspense.
Japan frequently has "ghost ship" incidents
Interestingly, it really has many realistic prototypes, and one is more bizarre than the other. Consider the following real-world examples:
In June 1947, a large sea vessel named Medan, passing through the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia, was killed by a leak of sulfuric acid from the ship. At the same time, however, nearby ships received a distress signal from the ship that sent a distress signal through Morse code.
But after decoding, the contents of the message frightened everyone, and the message read: We are floating, all the officers, including the captain, have been killed in the communication room and on the bridge, and probably all the crew members have been killed, and so have I.
Newspaper coverage of the matter
Upon arrival at the nearest vessel, it was found that 22 crew members had been killed, and even the crew's dogs had lost signs of life. To the great confusion of the rescue team, the ship was not damaged, the crew's body decayed surprisingly fast, and just when it wanted to investigate further, smoke suddenly came out of one of the cargo compartments of the Medan. For safety reasons, the connection between the two ships had to be cut off, but fortunately it was also done, because the Medan was damaged by an unprovoked explosion a short time later.
CIA documentation on the matter
There are many doubts about the ship, but the German naval historian Milke did mention the Medan in a pamphlet called "Dead Ships in the South China Sea." The booklet states that medan is transporting potassium cyanide and nitroglycerin. So some people said that perhaps the crew collectively suffocated because of the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas released by potassium cyanide. The explosion may be due to the instability of nitroglycerin, which led to fires and explosions. Of course, others say that perhaps this is due to the influence of supernatural forces.
In the history of navigation, in 1872 there was also the famous Mary Cyrus "Ghost Ship" incident. It is real, but at the same time inexplicable. Mary was a 31-meter-long, 281-ton brig that was scheduled to transport 1,701 barrels of alcohol from Staten Island in New York to Genoa, Italy. However, when the 10 crew members were found on the way, they were mysteriously missing, but 6 months of supplies and food were still on board. Nine of those barrels of alcohol were empty, but all the paper except for the captain's logbook was missing.
To this day, there is still no answer to the Mary incident, and some people speculate that it may be that the people on the ship thought that the ship was about to explode, so they abandoned the ship and left, and indeed accidentally lost their lives in the sea. The end result was that another ship sailed Mary's ship to its destination, and the local naval court paid the crew a sum of money. However, because things were full of doubts and feared that it might be a conspiracy, the reward was not much. At this point, the Mary ship incident was dubbed "ghost ship" and has been passed down to this day.
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It is worth mentioning that although the historical "ghost ship" incident is indeed full of suspense and cannot be verified. However, it has to be admitted that the reason why these "ghost ships" were not known before was on the one hand because of the limited navigation conditions and the ability to communicate with other ships during navigation, and on the other hand, because of insufficient rescue capabilities. Therefore, in the end, under the combined action of various factors, the navigation crash became one unsolved case after another.
As far as the "ghost ship" that appeared on the coast of Thailand is concerned, the technology and traceability of today are getting stronger and stronger, and the ship is also printed with a model mark, I believe that it is still very promising to find the original owner of the ship, it is only a matter of time sooner or later. What do you think?