All 12 crew were evacuated after a Turkish cargoship suffered a hull breach in the Black Sea.
The 3,300-dwt Berg (built 1974) had asked for help early on Wednesday morning 16 miles off the Crimean coast, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
A rescue vessel took eight Ukrainians and four Azeris off the vessel, while a tug brought it into the port of Feodosia.