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After the "Notojima" and the "Jeikei 3" were in collision on June 26 around midnight in the Seto Inland Sea, te minesweeper was being towed by the MSDF to a shipyard on Innoshima Island, Hiroshima, as it lost navigational control. The 510-ton minesweeper had 41 people on board and the 699-ton cargo vessel ´five crew members, when they collided approximately 1.5 kilometers northeast of Hiroshima's Koneshima Island. The starboard side stern of the "Notojima" was hit by the port side bow of the cargo ship. The "Notojima" belongs to the 44th Mine Warfare Force based in Maizuru city in Kyoto and was heading toward an MSDF base in Hiroshima's Kure city. The unloaded cargo ship was headed to Fukuyama city, also in Hiroshima, from Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It was cloudy at the time of the accident, but there was clear visibility, and the waters were calm. Report with photo: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/06/ffc064d1ed70-msdf-minesweeper-cargo-ship-collide-in-western-japan-sea.html

General cargo ship JEIKEI 3 collided with Japanese minesweeper NOTOJIMA in Inner Japan sea SW of Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefectur, at around 0100 Tokyo time Jun 27, according to track. Freighter bow struck minesweeper stb stern, damages sustained by minesweeper can be seen on photo. Freighter suffered bulbous bow dent. JEIKEI 3 is en route from Kitakyushu to Fukuyama, the ship resumed moving some time after collision.