DawieO Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Less damage to the container ship, makes you wonder on what boat you would rather be.Wow that looks bad. From where the damage is, it looks like they were in a crossing situation, with the freighter coming from starboard. If that is so, the destroyer would have been the give-way vessel, and should have made an early and obvious turn to starboard to pass behind the freighter. An overtaking situation, with the destroyer overtaking the freighter,, also requires the destroyer to keep well clear of the vessel being overtaken. The only potential situation where this isn't the destroyers fault, is if the freighter was overtaking, and even then the destroyer is imminently more capable of avoiding a collision than a freighter. Having spent nearly ten years driving warships, the bridge on a warship is normally MUCH more heavily manned and managed than any freighter, so the doodoo is going to fly thick and fast regardless of the interpretations of the rules of the road. The tanker hit the destroyer in one of the softest and most vulnerable spots, and did so with her bow and anchor, the hardest. Would have gone in like a knife, in the very area where a number crew quarters are. Thoughts and hopes for the missing sailors, and sadness for those lost. Edited June 17, 2017 by DawieO Beattbox, Hairy and DJR 3
Thor Buttox Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 I honestly think that is she puts her back into it, that should could ride a Ritchey broken!If you ever saw that movie 'Body of Evidence'you wouldn't have to think... How she didn't win an Oscar, i' ll never know
jimmycool Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Less damage to the container ship, makes you wonder on what boat you would rather be. At least they don't use warships as ramming weapons these days otherwise those dudes would be paying Davey Jones a visit sooner or later.. Edited June 17, 2017 by jimmycool
Eddy Gordo Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Boer maak'n plan.how long would that last, huge weight advantage over conventional e bikes, hmm or is this a drill bike?
DawieO Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) This is freakishly similar looking damage! USS Porter collision with a tanker in the Gulf in 2012. http://gcaptain.com/intense-bridge-conversation-porter/ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/us-navy-ship-collides-with-tanker-in-gulf/news-story/034965f03f31279f785bee34bb00b2ff Edited June 17, 2017 by DawieO
Slowbee Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Less damage to the container ship, makes you wonder on what boat you would rather be.with all that radar and all that protection (I mean destroyers are not out there on their own), and all that engine power, how the heck did the systems not pick up an accident like this. Those radar's on those ships can detect missiles at mach speed. Something was wrong with the destroyer, it got destroyed that is for sure!
Patchelicious Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 If you ever saw that movie 'Body of Evidence'you wouldn't have to think... How she didn't win an Oscar, i' ll never knowI have seen it, many many times, and certain parts even more times.
BSG Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Oops, someone is in BIG (!!!!) pawpaw Commercial ship hits a $1,5 billion naval destroyer 417B580F00000578-4612334-The_7th_Fleet_revealed_that_the_ship_is_proceeding_back_to_her_h-a-18_1497663060952.jpg test3.jpg test2.jpg http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4612334/USS-Fitzgerald-involved-collision-merchant-vessel.htmlDon't they have radars etc to help them seeing what's going on around them? Ai toggie [emoji33] Keep the rubber on the gravel!
Fat_Bastard Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Wow that looks bad. From where the damage is, it looks like they were in a crossing situation, with the freighter coming from starboard. If that is so, the destroyer would have been the give-way vessel, and should have made an early and obvious turn to starboard to pass behind the freighter. Indeed - "Red over Red means the Captain’s Dead, and Red Over Green is a Sailing Machine. The most important rule: IF IT’S GREY STAY AWAY!" The gcaptain.com website reports that the freighter was doing around 18 knots when it struck the navy vessel. Big fish eat little fish.
Patchelicious Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 https://instagram.com/p/BVcrNaqFG7f/ the nerd, DJR and Lurch 3
BSG Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 My Pa is so sterk, hy skeur n bladsy uit Facebook uit. My pa wa s al op Mars, dis hoekom daar geen lewe meer is nie. My pa kan jou verwurg met n cordless Die skape op my pa se plaas, is die soort wat vir ons staalwol gee. My pa kan Braille praat. As my pa ‘n boemerang gooi, durf dit nie terugkom nie. My pa sal nooit n hartaanval kry nie, sy hart sal nie waag om hom aan te val nie. My pa kan van n tiekkieboks af 'n whatsapp stuur Toe Alexander Graham Bell die telefoon uitgevind het, was daar al 3 missed calls van my pa af. Die Vredefort krater is nie deur n meteoriet gemaak nie, dit was toe my pa sy voet neergesit het. Wanneer my pa melk op sy rice crispies gooi, bly hulle doodstil. Die eerste ding wat my pa doen as hy by die Indiese oseaan uitkom, is om gou 2 lengtes te swem. Keep the rubber on the gravel! Ed-Zulu, Tothehills, fanievb and 3 others 6
BSG Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 Happy father's day to all dads out there! Keep the rubber on the gravel! Eddy Gordo 1
No Hare Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 the things a dad will do for their children... DJR, Kalahari Vegmot, Frail. "Will forever remain "Frail" and 3 others 6
Frail. "Will forever remain "Frail" Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 the things a dad will do for their children...18447557_1359636394116943_3161241837743735962_n.jpgAlien invasion? Kalahari Vegmot 1
Hairy Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 Oops, someone is in BIG (!!!!) pawpaw Commercial ship hits a $1,5 billion naval destroyer 417B580F00000578-4612334-The_7th_Fleet_revealed_that_the_ship_is_proceeding_back_to_her_h-a-18_1497663060952.jpg test3.jpg test2.jpg http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4612334/USS-Fitzgerald-involved-collision-merchant-vessel.html.....ok....they never saw that Moerse vessel coming......or were they trying to be manne being a combat vessel and expecting the merchant vessel to back off? Next week all the pirate vessels will be trying to ram the various navy's off the African east cost
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