Posted on 04/02/2020 3:53:41 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Venezuelan navy ship fired shots at a German-owned cruise ship on March 30 and rammed into the passenger vessel, leading to the sinking of the warship in the Caribbean.
The Iranian regime-allied Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the captain of the RCGS RESOLUTE cruise ship of “terrorism and piracy" and sought to force the ship into a new direction on the high seas. The cruise ship, which had no passengers on board and was flying under a Portuguese flag, has a reinforced hull that enables it to sail through ice water.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
Thats beautiful!
The engineer, Eduardo Moreno, told investigators that he wondered if the ship had some unstated purpose, or something to do with a government takeover, one of several baseless conspiracy theories emerging about the government’s handling of the outbreak.
Sounds like he could be related.
Is she sending the Graf Spee? Oh, wait.
Should have taken the warship as prize.
Certainly good to know that if the Venezuelan Navy sets sail against the US we can just divert a few Royal Caribbean vessels to the area. Free comedy show for the passengers.
According to an article about the Venezuela ship that was sunk there is ongoing issue with Portugal. Portugal does not recognize Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.
Spain built this warship for venezuela as it was making its third ship in the class, the economic crisis in Venezuela has made problems for the ship honoring Hugo Chavez not to be completed.
Not zero. If they were, the Venezuelans should have run down their colors first.
Dat’s how da surface raider play: Act like a dumb ol’ cruise ship. Sink ‘em when dey get close.
Next up: Venezuelan army rams heavy tank with Volkswagen.
there are two paragraphs at the end that discusses political strife between Portugal and Venezuela in the link you provided.
Did you ever think about proof reading what you typed?
It’s not unusual (or wasn’t) for a warship to fire a warning shot across the bow of another ship the warship is trying stop. It does no harm to the other ship but is supposed to alert them to the trouble they’re in for if they don’t heave-to.
Woulda been cool to see the cruise ship haul away the patrol ship as a prize under tow. But the patrol ship sank.
“Isn’t this an act of war?”
No. International maritime law is quite clear on this. It’s an Act of Comedy.
“Scratch one tin can!”
Why bother, the warship was too busy sinking.
I wonder if they knew there were no passengers?
Melamine hulls are not made for ramming.
It’s certainly pining for the fjords.
Landlocked Bolivia has a Navy?
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