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    Venezuelan Navy ship attempts ramming

    A much larger ship with a hull reinforced for ice.

    https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...einforced-hull

    In what sounds like it could be an April Fools joke, a Venezuelan Navy offshore patrol vessel recently sank after ramming a cruise liner in the Caribbean Sea. The cruise ship, which had no passengers on board at the time and has a reinforced hull to sail through ice-filled waters, suffered only minimal damage in what the operating company, Columbia Cruise Services, has called an "act of aggression ... in international waters."

    The incident occurred in the early hours of Mar. 30, 2020, but Columbia Cruise Services only released an official statement on Apr. 1. The company, which is headquartered in Germany, said the RCGS Resolute was drifting just over 13 miles off the coast of Isla La Tortuga, a Venezuelan island situated some 60 miles off the country's northern coast, when ANBV Naiguatá, also known by its hull number GC-23, approached it. The Venezuelan Navy ship ordered the cruise ship to follow it to Puerto Moreno on Isla De Margarita, located to the east, accusing it of violating the country's territorial waters.
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    Site Supporter Totem Polar's Avatar
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    WTF? That’s even weirder than the Paul Harrell thread.

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    The R in F.A.R.T RevolverRob's Avatar
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    Damn.

    I mean, stupid is as stupid does. But I was kinda hoping it was going to be an American, not German ship. How else are we going to get out of this depression?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RevolverRob View Post
    Damn.

    I mean, stupid is as stupid does. But I was kinda hoping it was going to be an American, not German ship. How else are we going to get out of this depression?
    Me yesterday.

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    Venezuela, pretending not to be a banana republic for 70 years...
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    This would be the best worldstar video ever.

    Patiently waiting.

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    "Venezuelan Navy". That's all you need to know.
    We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......

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    Which is why the new Venezuelan Navy will have glass bottom boats...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe in PNG View Post
    Which is why the new Venezuelan Navy will have glass bottom boats...
    Already do, apparently...

    Certainly don’t compare with ice bottom boats!

    (Rimshot)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleLebowski View Post
    Me yesterday.

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    Thanks for reminding me I live much of the year in Illinois. Where the mere possession of silencer parts, even legally NFA registered ones, is more verboten than murder.

    Hell Blago got less time than I’d get for having a “wipe” here; which fortunately isn’t really a problem, since there is a TP shortage. (Rimshot)

    I better quit while I’m ahead, before I sink like GC-23 did!

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