Venezuelan naval boat rams passenger cruise liner, damages itself, sinks

[Boiler 43,434]

With all this bad news time for some entertainment:

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/americas/venezuela-navy-cruise-liner-incident-intl/index.html

 

A Venezuelan naval boat picked and lost a fight with a passenger cruise liner off the country's northern coast this week, ramming it several times before accidentally taking on water and sinking.

The proprietors of the German-owned RCGS Resolute cruise ship said its vessel had been receiving maintenance in international waters on Tuesday morning when the armed navy boat approached it and ordered it to change direction.

The encounter escalated when, according to the company, "gun shots were fired and, shortly thereafter, the navy vessel approached the starboard side at speed with an angle of 135 degrees and purposely collided with the RCGS Resolute."

"The navy vessel continued to ram the starboard bow in an apparent attempt to turn the ship's head towards Venezuelan territorial waters," Columbia Cruise Services' statement read.

However, the RCGS Resolute is reinforced with steel plating to help it navigate through ice.

"While the RCGS Resolute sustained minor damages, not affecting vessel's seaworthiness, it occurs that the navy vessel suffered severe damages while making contact with the ice-strengthened bulbous bow of the ice-class expedition cruise vessel RCGS Resolute and started to take water," the company's statement said.

[Ban Hammer 12,837]

well that's one commander who won't get a good fitness report.........

[TBoneTX 43,058]

Cool fact:  Cars careen, but boats career.

[Dashinka 23,245]

On 4/3/2020 at 8:05 PM, Boiler said:

With all this bad news time for some entertainment:

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/americas/venezuela-navy-cruise-liner-incident-intl/index.html

 

A Venezuelan naval boat picked and lost a fight with a passenger cruise liner off the country's northern coast this week, ramming it several times before accidentally taking on water and sinking.

The proprietors of the German-owned RCGS Resolute cruise ship said its vessel had been receiving maintenance in international waters on Tuesday morning when the armed navy boat approached it and ordered it to change direction.

The encounter escalated when, according to the company, "gun shots were fired and, shortly thereafter, the navy vessel approached the starboard side at speed with an angle of 135 degrees and purposely collided with the RCGS Resolute."

"The navy vessel continued to ram the starboard bow in an apparent attempt to turn the ship's head towards Venezuelan territorial waters," Columbia Cruise Services' statement read.

However, the RCGS Resolute is reinforced with steel plating to help it navigate through ice.

"While the RCGS Resolute sustained minor damages, not affecting vessel's seaworthiness, it occurs that the navy vessel suffered severe damages while making contact with the ice-strengthened bulbous bow of the ice-class expedition cruise vessel RCGS Resolute and started to take water," the company's statement said.

Was Venezuela trying to get a cruise ship to convert to a hospital?

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On 4/4/2020 at 2:23 AM, TBoneTX said:

Cool fact:  Cars careen, but boats career.

Maybe he can start a consulting business with the idiot commander of the aircraft carrier,  that wrote that letter.

A darn brand new 2nd Lt would have known better