Sad news last evening from Nance and Commodore Tompkins. WANDER BIRD, aka ELBE No.5, a 136 year old, historical National Treasure to Germany and to the World, was rammed abeam the foremast and sunk by Cypriot flagged containership ASTROSPRINTER in narrow confines of the Elbe River, 18 miles downstream from Hamburg.
The 'BIRD would not have been “nimble”, but it appears a prudent master would have maneuvered to keep WANDER BIRD out of the way of the overtaking and oncoming ship.WANDER BIRD is the brown track on the below AIS chart, and ASTROSPRINTER the green.
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