Bringing over from bunker
Nord Stream 2
Paul Allen ship blown over
33 hurt and 21 rushed to hospital after billionaire Microsoft founder's ship blows over
The fire service and ambulances have arrived at Leith Docks in Edinburgh, Scotland.
A rescue operation has been launched at the Imperial Dock area in Leith.
The ship, a research vessel named RV Petrel, is owned by the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
RV Petrel is operated by the US Navy and is used as a deep submergence research vessel.
RV Petrel, or R/V Petrel (IMO: 9268629, MMSI: 235102789),[2] is a 76.45 m (250.8 ft) research vessel owned by the United States Navy and once owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The ship is named after the petrel, a type of sea bird. In 2016, Allen purchased the offshore service vessel formerly named Seven Petrel from Subsea 7, a subsea engineering, construction, and services company. In 2017, the ship completed an extensive retrofitting to become a deep-submergence research vessel. It was then the only privately owned vessel in the world equipped to explore 6,000 m (19,685 ft) depths. It also served as a testing bed for new deep-sea equipment that has never been deployed on any other ship.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1749416/boat-capsize-leith-dock-pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Petrel
>It also served as a testing bed for new deep-sea equipment that has never been deployed on any other ship.
Wonder if that would include explosive devices used to blow up a pipe line.
A specialized deep water dive vessel would've been needed to attack the Nord Stream pipes.
Knowing US involvement is the prime suspect then this vessel fits the bill nicely.
It has all the right capabilities and can masquerade as a civilian vessel to allow a degree of plausible deniability to the navy.
Baltic to Edinburgh Scotland is only a day's sailing ~800-1000 miles.