1986: Mikhail Lermontov Sinking
February 16, 2019
By AHNZ
Today in history, 16 Feb 1986, The Soviet Union cruise ship MS Mikhail Lermontov sinks on the rocks in the Marlborough Sounds. This was while the ship was, as is conventional, under the charge of the Picton Harbour pilot, Don Jamison.
Jamison assured the nervous captain it was safe but…glug glug glug.
Yeah, I’ll take New Zealand’s Justice System over the Soviets’ any time. Jamison walks away and the Rusky’s off to the Gulag Archipelago..
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Anarchist History of New Zealand: Not Politically Correct. Just correct.
Mystery still surrounds the sinking. Was the pilot drunk, was he on a mission from God?
In the meantime we wait for Richard Prebble to pass so the truth might be told.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/documentary-missed-secrets-of-lermontov-sinking-says-critic/ESEV2KUE5TSNVJLNUU7RAP6C2U/
Well well well. I’ll keep that in mind when Prebs signs off. Plenty of life in him yet.