Chinese warship crashes into own coast guard vessel while chasing Philippines boat in South China Sea

The Guardian via Agence France-Presse ^ | 08/11/2025

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Footage shows Chinese coast guard vessel with its entire bow caved in after colliding with Chinese warship near contested Scarborough Shoal

A Chinese warship collided with a vessel from its own coast guard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, Manila said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.

The incident occurred near the contested Scarborough Shoal as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted vessels distributing aid to fishers in the area, said coast guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela in a statement.

Video released by Manila showed a China Coast Guard ship and a much larger vessel bearing the number 164 on its hull colliding with a loud crash in the wake of the Philippine vessel.

Additional footage and photos released later by the Philippine Coast Guard showed the stricken Chinese vessel still afloat but with its entire bow crumpled inward.

“The [China Coast Guard vessel] CCG 3104, which was chasing the [Filipino coast guard vessel] BRP Suluan at high speed, performed a risky manoeuvre from the [Philippine] vessel’s starboard quarter, leading to the impact with the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] Navy warship,” Tarriella said in a statement.

“This resulted in substantial damage to the CCG vessel’s forecastle, rendering it unseaworthy.”

Earlier in the confrontation, the BRP Suluan was “targeted with a water cannon” by the Chinese but “successfully” evaded it, Tarriela’s statement said.

At a later press briefing, Tarriella said crew members aboard the smaller Chinese vessel had been visible in its front section just before the collision. “We’re not sure whether they were able to rescue those personnel who were in front prior to the collision. But we are hoping that these personnel are in good condition,” he told reporters.

Tarriela said the Chinese crew “never responded” to the Philippine ship’s offer of assistance.

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Gan Yu, a Chinese coast guard spokesperson, confirmed that a confrontation had taken place, without mentioning the collision.

[ETCM]

Karma is a bitch.

[BigEdLB]

Just like Chinese drivers here.

[Vigilanteman]

The G-7 bears most of the responsibility for enabling China to build a belligerent and aggressive blue water navy by hollowing out their own domestic manufacturing to make China into the factory of the world to save labour costs.

Those costs, I might add, have become a public expense to support unemployment, drug and narcotic consumption and all the social problems that result therefrom.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

I think they both ganged up to strike the ship and screwed ip, striking each other. Lol. Should become a meme for idiocy of democrats.....the nyc commie and former ny gov ramming into one anither

[doorgunner69]

Destroyer captain screwed up bad.

Organ donor soon.

[Reeses]

to save labour costs

Communism is unbeatable at two things: creating starving workers that work for cheap, and fighting obesity. It's surprising no socialist commune utopia ever rebranded themselves as a fat farm. They'd make a fortune off "capitalist pigs".

[BradyLS]

I saw that in a Star Wars movie once. Close to it, anyway…

[USCG SimTech]

“Chinese fire drill”

[sit-rep]

I see circles and arrows hit the top tiers of the media now... how have we survived this long without being shown where to draw our attention?

[sergeantdave]

With grandpa and grandma Han in the wheelhouse pushing their walkers, what other result could be expected?

Tang ping! Tang ping! Don’t wake the old goats and we may survive.