MV Namura Queen

MV Namura Queen is a Japanese-owned, Panamanian-registered, and Philippine-operated bulk carrier cargo ship.

The Namura Queen is a Panamax-sized bulk carrier built by the Japanese shipbuilding company Sasebo Heavy Industries.

On 25 February, while in transit in the Black Sea, heading to Istanbul, Turkey, after departing from Yuzhne, the cargo ship was struck on its stern side by ordnance fired from a Russian warship participating in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[4] The explosion caused a fire to start on the ship, and one of the twenty crew received a slight injury to their shoulder.

[5] The Namura Queen was able to continue under its own propulsion, but it was assisted to a port in Yalova, Turkey, by the Ukrainian tugboat P&O Star, arriving on 27 February.