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Royal Navy ships collide in Bahrain
Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:08 am
Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:08 am
Jealous at the incompetence of the modern US Navy, His Majesty's Fleet vows that they too can 'Eff up their own vessels:
Video of the incident in the LINK
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Two British minesweepers collided while alongside at Bahrain on Thursday, video footage and the Ministry of Defence confirms, with level of damage observed suggesting ships may be out of action for some time.
Two of the three Royal Navy minesweepers assigned to the Gulf appear out of service, quite possibly for a considerable period of time, after a dramatic collision saw HMS Chiddingfold power into the flank of HMS Bangor while she lay alongside at Bahrain. While the cause of the collision has not yet been revealed, video footage obtained of the incident by the MilitaryBanter-Fill Your Boots UK Twitter account shows Chiddingfold appearing to accelerate as she backed towards Bangor, at least suggesting mechanical failure rather than operator error may have been to blame.
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:10 am to DesScorp
Biden's Britain
Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:17 am to DesScorp
DIE
Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:28 am to DesScorp
Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:45 am to hg
We are sultans of swing
Posted on 1/20/24 at 12:54 am to DesScorp
A fiberglass warship? 
Posted on 1/20/24 at 1:07 am to AutoYes_Clown
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A fiberglass warship?
I had the exact same question.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 1:27 am to slackster
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A fiberglass warship?
I had the exact same question.
Minesweepers aren't metal for obvious reasons
Posted on 1/20/24 at 1:30 am to AutoYes_Clown
Would you rather a minesweeper attract mines?
Posted on 1/20/24 at 1:37 am to nick__21
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Minesweepers aren't metal for obvious reasons
There are still some wooden vessels in service, though they’re getting rarer.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 2:03 am to AutoYes_Clown
Most minesweepers are, all of the fasteners are stainless as well.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 2:05 am to DesScorp
Flex Seal tape ought to fix her right up.
Was it a woman driver?
Was it a woman driver?
Posted on 1/20/24 at 2:28 am to DesScorp
The “Mon-Back Officer” must have been on a tea break…
Posted on 1/20/24 at 2:38 am to AutoYes_Clown
The nonmetallic hull is for the ship's protection in case a mine detonates not next to the ship, but near the ship. Metal hull would crumble much quicker and cause the ship to sink faster. Learned this when touring a minesweeper early in my career directly from the source.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 3:25 am to DesScorp
Posted on 1/20/24 at 5:42 am to DesScorp
That'll buff out
Posted on 1/20/24 at 7:43 am to DesScorp
Posted on 1/20/24 at 8:28 am to DesScorp
Loss of propulsion casualty. Normally you’d have some one stationed at the auxiliary controls to take local control during the maneuvering watch… it would appear that didn’t happen.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 8:29 am to DesScorp
Probably had a female at the wheel
Posted on 1/20/24 at 8:33 am to Captain_Morgan
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