MV ''Banglar Samriddhi'' is a

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built in 2018 which was struck by a missile in the

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during the

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Description

The ''Banglar Samriddhi'' is an LR-class

built by the Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilders in

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. It has a beam of , is long, and has a draft of . Its gross tonnage is and it has a deadweight of 38,894 tons. In 2022 it was valuated at $21.5 million with a $6 million scrap value.

History

''Banglar Samriddhi'' was

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, China, and built by Jiansu New Yangzi Shipbuilding under the

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1237. The ship was completed on 18 September 2018 for the

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Missile strike incident

On 24 February 2022, the ''Banglar Samriddhi'' arrived in the port of Olvia in the

bearing no cargo. It was intended to load

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and then steam for Italy. However, when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the ''Banglar Samriddhi'' was stuck in port. On 1 March, the vessel was struck by a missile while still at anchor. One of its crew,

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Hadisur Rahman, was killed by the missile after it detonated on the bridge. The rest of the crew were unharmed and the fire on the ship was put out. Following the incident, the vessel was left in port and its surviving 28 crewmembers were evacuated to Bangladesh. Hadisur Rahman was a 29-year-old sailor from

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. He had three younger siblings. Rahman admitted the Chattogram Marine Academy after scoring GPA-5 in SSC and HSC. Afterwards he joined Banglar Samriddhi as an engineer in 2018. On the vessel he was the third engineer. Rahman was the sole breadwinner for the family. He planned to build a new house for his family upon his return. The body of Rahman was sent to Bangladesh and arrived in

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via Romania and Turkey 3 March 2022. The

, which owns the ''Banglar Samriddhi'', announced that it would seek $22.4 million from its insurers, the

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and Tysers. The action represents the first marine insurance claim caused by the conflict in Ukraine. Following the evacuation of the ship's sailors, Bangladesh also announced that it was abandoning the ''Banglar Samriddhi'' in Ukraine, a move approved by Ukrainian maritime authorities.

References

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