1988 Black Sea bumping incident

Incident where USS Yorktown bumped into Soviet frigate Bezzavetney in the Black Sea
Event collision Q4442934
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1988 Black Sea bumping incident

Summary

1988 Black Sea bumping incident is a collision[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (collision category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's instance of is recorded as collision[3].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's point in time is recorded as +1988-02-12T00:00:00Z[4].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.25, 'lon': 33.59}[5].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011sm5j5[6].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's participant is recorded as Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy[7].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's participant is recorded as SKR-6[8].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's participant is recorded as USS Yorktown[9].
  • 1988 Black Sea bumping incident's described by source is recorded as Diplomacy at Sea[10].

Why It Matters

1988 Black Sea bumping incident draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (collision category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . tv.cctv.com. Retrieved . tv.cctv.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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