According to the statement, “While the Master was in contact with the head office, gun shots were fired and, shortly thereafter, the navy vessel approached the starboard side at speed with an angle of 135° 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.”
Should I be laughing? Is it really that funny? Just the image in my head of some hapless Venezuelan captain giving the order to ram a cruise ship again and again makes me giggle.
Today’s “feel good” story.
This is so idiotic it sounds like the 3 little Pigs tale.
Things are not going well for Maduro Oblongatta!!
These are Finnish and Yugoslav classes of ship primarily built under Russian specifications for the Soviet cruise lines between mid-1970s and 1990s has enough distinguishing features not to pull such foolish thicks against them. They are breaking ice most other ships are sinking upon hitting.
A destroyer ramming it is alike an egg trying to break a frying pan.
This is such a feel good story it has been reposted a number times this week. But it never gets old.
And it you silly Germans do not leave we shall send another ship and sink ourselves again!
To help with their toilet shortage?
It’s good to be rooting for the Germans again.
No guts, no glory.
JoMa
This is the funniest story I have read in a long time.
This is the part that makes me laugh,
“RCGS Resolute is a purpose built polar expedition vessel of the highest ice class, rated 1A Super, designed to operate in difficult ice conditions.”
Really bad idea to ram one of these.
Lol!
On Democrat sites, they a blaming Trump.
Convoluted theory about Trump being evil for calling out Madours for being a drug smuggler and using Wuhan virus as cover for invasion.
lol
Maybe a couple of surface raiders like the Atlantis might be a good idea.
Did they know there were no rich tourists on board? If they did, that eliminates kidnapping for ransom.
Maybe they wanted the ship, for some reason?
Maybe they just wanted the Buffet...
This is undeniably an act of war, but against whom? The ship is owned by a German company, but is registered in Portugal.
Venezuela is reaching Somalia levels. I have no doubt the ship captain and his commander back at base merely intended to loot the ship once they had it back at port.
They keep doing this crap they will run out of warships which would not be bad.
They thought the ship was stealing salt water.