ANKARA (Reuters) - A dry cargo vessel broke in two in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwest coast, television images showed early on Sunday, while the 11-man crew was rescued.

Mongolian flag carrying Leonardo, a 114-meter-long dry cargo ship, started buckling and broke in two while on anchor off Istanbul’s Kilyos coast.

Half of the ship was taken ashore by tugboats, while the remainder is in the water gradually sinking.

Turkish media reports said the ship, constructed in 1975, was going to Istanbul’s Tuzla dockyard for repairs.</s>ISTANBUL, Aug 28 — A dry cargo vessel broke in two in the Black Sea off Turkey's northwest coast, images shot by Turkey's Kaptan News Agency showed early yesterday, while the 11-man crew was rescued.

Mongolian flag carrying Leonardo, a 114-metre-long dry cargo ship, started buckling and broke in two while on anchor off Istanbul's Kilyos coast.

Screengrab from the Reuters video of a cargo vessel breaking up in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast.Half of the ship was taken ashore by tugboats, while the remainder is in the water gradually sinking.

Turkish media reports said the ship, constructed in 1975, was going to Istanbul's Tuzla dockyard for repairs. — Reuters</s>Footage captured a dry cargo vessel split in two in the Black Sea off Istanbul’s Kilyos coast, Sunday. A total of 11 crewmen were rescued and taken to the hospital. The 114-meter (374 feet) long cargo vessel, built in 1975, was reportedly carrying a Mongolian flag. According to reports, the vessel was en route to Istanbul’s Tuzla dockyard for repairs. Following the operation, half of the ship was taken ashore by tugboats, while the other half was left sinking.

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One of the main jobs of a ship is to stay in one piece.

But this Mongolian cargo ship couldn’t manage that – as it split right in two while in the Black Sea.

Fortunately, the 11-man crew that was on board was quickly rescued by Turkish authorities.

The Leonardo, a 114-metre-long dry cargo ship, was anchored near Istanbul at the time.

However, it suddenly buckled and broke clean in two.

Tugboats came along to pull away half of the ship to shore, while the other half was left to sink.

Turkish media reported that, at 42 years old, the ship was pretty much on its last legs.

It was sailing to Istanbul’s Tuzla dockyard – ironically, for repairs.

Turkey’s General Directorate of Coastal Safety sent eight ships, including search and rescue towboats, to the scene.

All crew members were then taken to the hospital to be looked over, and are believed to be safe.</s>This is the horrifying moment a cargo boat breaks in two as an 11-man crew are dramatically rescued from the middle of the sea.

The dry cargo vessel started buckling and literally split in to two neat halves just off the coast if Kilyos in Istanbul.

It carried a Mongolian flag on it and bore the words: "Leandro" on the side.

In tense scenes, the two chunks of boat can be seen floating in the water just metres apart from eachother.

Half of the ship was taken ashore by tugboats, but the other half is still in the sea and is expected to gradually sink.

Those aboard the 114 metre long ship had to be carefully rescued and were taken to hospital .

Eight ships, including the search and rescue boats, were sent to the scene.

The ship was constructedi n 1975 and is believed to have been going to Istanbul for repairs.</s>My groin and thighs are dry & itchy with redness. What could it be?
A dry cargo vessel broke in two in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwest coast, television images showed early on Sunday, while the 11-man crew was rescued. Leonardo, a 114 meters (374 ft)-long dry cargo ship flagged from Mongolia, started buckling and broke in two while on anchor off Istanbul’s Kilyos coast.