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

YouTube ^ | Jan 21, 2024

[11th_VA]

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)

[SharpenedEdge]

“Women on the ships not talking to each other in a snit?”

That is exactly what happened on USS FITZGERALD. The OOD and CICWO were not speaking due to a longstanding estrogen-fueled conflict. The OOD was incompetent and the CICWO was focused on routine paperwork instead of watchkeeping.

[BenLurkin]

Interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt-class_mine_countermeasures_vessel#Development

[shotgun]

No backup cameras?

[Leaning Right]

Some folks have opining that both ships might have been captained by incompetent women. Wrong. My sources at the British Admiralty just forwarded to me a picture of the captain who was responsible.

(I wonder if anyone under 40 knows who that is. His initials are BH.)

[Seruzawa]

They are two screw vessels also, which makes this even worse.

[gloryblaze]

No backup cameras?

No nothing. This is just wrong in so many ways.

[hinckley buzzard]

Sounds like the USN.

[lowbridge]

Hey, you scratched my anchor!

[EEGator]

Why are hot chicks in underwear chasing him and the skinny old guy?

[SuperLuminal]

Moslems, faggots, and trans do not make good “docking” decisions...

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Maybe the two ships’ Captains can now open a turkey ranch together. It being the UK, maybe Bershire pigs?

[shotgun]

Probably all down in the bunks watching gladiator movies. /S

[fretzer]

You should like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

[Thud]

The minesweeper moored at the pier might be a constructive total loss due its fiberglass hull. I believe a similar fiberglass-hulled minesweeper in Britain was totalled from a collision because significant hull damage cannot be safely repaired.

[11th_VA]

I’m pretty sure it’s a complete loss

[Colt1851Navy]

The Navy’s DEI has deaded many American sailors already.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Brittania rules the waves. 😂

[ABN 505]

As if that could ever happen!

[FarCenter]

Planned decommissioning in 2025 may be accelerated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bangor_(M109)

[TalBlack]

Was there some kind of current or wind condition? If not then that was just plain stupid maneuvering that close together.