This cruise ship until the Venezuelan Navy offshore patrol sank
Posted on 04/02/2020 11:06:38 AM PDT by PIF
Not an April Fools joke but funny.
The Venezuelan ship appears to have been trying to seize the cruise ship, which is designed to safely sail through icy waters.
This Venezuelan Navy offshore patrol repeatedly rammed
This cruise ship until the Venezuelan Navy offshore patrol sank
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Once again, Newton wins.
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with a Darwin Award on the side
A little-known piece of ship-handling doctrine: hitting things is bad
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Worse is continuing to do it until you sink.
Maduro’s swabbies should have known better than to tangle with a ship named Resolute....
Historical factoid....HMS Resolute was a mid-19th-century barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy, specially outfitted for Arctic exploration.
...and there’s the presidential desk made from timbers of HMS Resolute, a gift from Queen Victoria.
Not click bait - is well respected all things military site
Also failed to follow social distancing rules.
Maduro’s Navy mostly consists of the politically reliable, not the competent seamen. They would not have known. :P
Ramming speed!
Did the liner crew then rescue the Venezuelan sailors?
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