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The internet is full with happy ladies and meteor impact calculators.

This one even let you simulate the impact crater.

I put there the data for an 12 km diameter iron meteorite (I assume your ship is made of metal, so iron is the closes thing), travelling at 6 km/s and hitting the ground made of sedimentary rock at 45 degrees.

This is what the impact crater would look like if hitting Albania simulated impact crater

This other one gives a description of the effects at 5000 km from the impact point:

Seismic effect

The major seismic shaking will arrive approximately 16.7 minutes after impact. Richter Scale Magnitude: 9.6 (This is greater than any earthquake in recorded history)Mercalli Scale Intensity at a distance of 5000 km:

 

III. Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Many people do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibrations similar to the passing of a truck.

 

IV. Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.

Ejecta

The ejecta will arrive approximately 26.2 minutes after the impact.At your position there is a fine dusting of ejecta with occasional larger fragmentsAverage Ejecta Thickness: 1.23 mm ( = 0.486 tenths of an inch ) Mean Fragment Diameter: 23.8 microns ( = 0.937 thousandths of an inch )

Air blast:

The air blast will arrive approximately 4.21 hours after impact.Peak Overpressure: 4540 Pa = 0.0454 bars = 0.645 psiMax wind velocity: 10.5 m/s = 23.5 mphSound Intensity: 73 dB (Loud as heavy traffic)Damage Description: glass window may shatter

The internet is full with happy ladies and meteor impact calculators.

This one even let you simulate the impact crater.

I put there the data for an 12 km diameter iron meteorite (I assume your ship is made of metal, so iron is the closes thing), travelling at 6 km/s and hitting the ground made of sedimentary rock at 45 degrees.

This is what the impact crater would look like if hitting Albania simulated impact crater

This other one gives a description of the effects at 5000 km from the impact point:

Seismic effect

The major seismic shaking will arrive approximately 16.7 minutes after impact. Richter Scale Magnitude: 9.6 (This is greater than any earthquake in recorded history)Mercalli Scale Intensity at a distance of 5000 km:

 

III. Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Many people do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibrations similar to the passing of a truck.

 

IV. Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.

Ejecta

The ejecta will arrive approximately 26.2 minutes after the impact.At your position there is a fine dusting of ejecta with occasional larger fragmentsAverage Ejecta Thickness: 1.23 mm ( = 0.486 tenths of an inch ) Mean Fragment Diameter: 23.8 microns ( = 0.937 thousandths of an inch )

Air blast:

The air blast will arrive approximately 4.21 hours after impact.Peak Overpressure: 4540 Pa = 0.0454 bars = 0.645 psiMax wind velocity: 10.5 m/s = 23.5 mphSound Intensity: 73 dB (Loud as heavy traffic)Damage Description: glass window may shatter

The internet is full with happy ladies and meteor impact calculators.

This one even let you simulate the impact crater.

I put there the data for an 12 km diameter iron meteorite (I assume your ship is made of metal, so iron is the closes thing), travelling at 6 km/s and hitting the ground made of sedimentary rock at 45 degrees.

This is what the impact crater would look like if hitting Albania simulated impact crater

This other one gives a description of the effects at 5000 km from the impact point:

Seismic effect

The major seismic shaking will arrive approximately 16.7 minutes after impact. Richter Scale Magnitude: 9.6 (This is greater than any earthquake in recorded history)Mercalli Scale Intensity at a distance of 5000 km:

III. Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Many people do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibrations similar to the passing of a truck.

IV. Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.

Ejecta

The ejecta will arrive approximately 26.2 minutes after the impact.At your position there is a fine dusting of ejecta with occasional larger fragmentsAverage Ejecta Thickness: 1.23 mm ( = 0.486 tenths of an inch ) Mean Fragment Diameter: 23.8 microns ( = 0.937 thousandths of an inch )

Air blast:

The air blast will arrive approximately 4.21 hours after impact.Peak Overpressure: 4540 Pa = 0.0454 bars = 0.645 psiMax wind velocity: 10.5 m/s = 23.5 mphSound Intensity: 73 dB (Loud as heavy traffic)Damage Description: glass window may shatter

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The internet is full with happy ladies and meteor impact calculators.

This one even let you simulate the impact crater.

I put there the data for an 12 km diameter iron meteorite (I assume your ship is made of metal, so iron is the closes thing), travelling at 6 km/s and hitting the ground made of sedimentary rock at 45 degrees.

This is what the impact crater would look like if hitting Albania simulated impact crater

This other one gives a description of the effects at 5000 km from the impact point:

Seismic effect

The major seismic shaking will arrive approximately 16.7 minutes after impact. Richter Scale Magnitude: 9.6 (This is greater than any earthquake in recorded history)Mercalli Scale Intensity at a distance of 5000 km:

III. Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Many people do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibrations similar to the passing of a truck.

IV. Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.

Ejecta

The ejecta will arrive approximately 26.2 minutes after the impact.At your position there is a fine dusting of ejecta with occasional larger fragmentsAverage Ejecta Thickness: 1.23 mm ( = 0.486 tenths of an inch ) Mean Fragment Diameter: 23.8 microns ( = 0.937 thousandths of an inch )

Air blast:

The air blast will arrive approximately 4.21 hours after impact.Peak Overpressure: 4540 Pa = 0.0454 bars = 0.645 psiMax wind velocity: 10.5 m/s = 23.5 mphSound Intensity: 73 dB (Loud as heavy traffic)Damage Description: glass window may shatter