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This Venezuelan Patrol Ship Sunk Itself After Ramming A Cruise Liner With A Reinforced Hull
The War Zone ^ | April 1, 2020 | By Joseph Trevithick

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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KEYWORDS: cruise; navy; sink; venezuela
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To: nuke_road_warrior

Once again, Newton wins.

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with a Darwin Award on the side


41 posted on 04/02/2020 2:35:19 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Billthedrill

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.


42 posted on 04/02/2020 2:36:31 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Spktyr

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.


43 posted on 04/02/2020 2:38:02 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: TexasGator

Not click bait - is well respected all things military site


44 posted on 04/02/2020 2:40:03 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF
They're not doing it right.


45 posted on 04/02/2020 2:46:02 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: PIF

Also failed to follow social distancing rules.


46 posted on 04/02/2020 2:47:42 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Covenantor

Maduro’s Navy mostly consists of the politically reliable, not the competent seamen. They would not have known. :P


47 posted on 04/02/2020 3:37:19 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: PIF

Ramming speed!


48 posted on 04/02/2020 3:39:33 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Red Badger
Germany: 1
Venezuela: 0


Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903

TR: 1
Germany: 0
49 posted on 04/02/2020 8:40:55 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: PIF

Did the liner crew then rescue the Venezuelan sailors?


50 posted on 04/03/2020 1:28:00 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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