ℂ𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕠 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝

The captain of the cargo ship that crashed into a tanker carrying oil for the US military was a Russian national, the ship’s owner has said.

MV Solong struck tanker Stena Immaculate off the Yorkshire coast on Monday.

In a statement, Ernst Russ, the Hamburg-based owner of MV Solong, said the captain was Russian, and added that the rest of the crew were a mix of Russian and Filipino nationals.

Jerome Mayhew, the shadow transport minister, said the nationality of the Solong’s captain raised “further questions” about the incident.

He told PA news agency: “Where military assets are damaged it is vital that motives are fully investigated to exclude foul play. The nationality of the captain of the Solong raises further questions about potential motivation that the Government must now get to the bottom of it.”

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