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  • UK's two Royal Navy warships collide off coast of Bahrain

    01/24/2024 10:39:45 AM PST · by 11th_VA · 45 replies
    YouTube ^ | Jan 21, 2024
    Two Royal navy warships have suffered damage after colliding with each other in Bahrain. Footage of the incident, which happened in Bahrain Harbour on Thursday, shows the HMS Chiddingfold smashing into HMS Bangor, in what appeared to be a bungled attempt to reverse alongside it. The collision is being investigated by British naval authorities (Video at the link)
  • Eleven alleged Somali pirates indicted in US federal court

    05/04/2010 5:05:34 PM PDT · by Bad~Rodeo · 14 replies · 472+ views
    CSMonitor ^ | Tuesday, 4 May 2010 | Warren Richey
    (AXcess News) Washington - Eleven suspected Somali pirates have been indicted in Norfolk, Virginia, on charges of attempting in the dark of night on the high seas off Somalia to attack and plunder what they believed were defenseless cargo ships. They were mistaken. Instead of cargo ships, the vessels they attacked turned out to be two US Navy warships. At this early stage in the two cases, one huge mystery looms: How these alleged pirates lived to tell the tale. According to the indictments, one attack took place March 31 against the USS Nicholas, a frigate. The second attack took...