The world’s second largest sailing ship, Russia’s Krusenstern barque, has rammed two Iceland Coast Guard vessels in the port of Reykjavik, considerably damaging the deck of one of the vessels.
Local tugs were apparently a little over-enthusiastic while pulling the Russian ship on Thursday. The Krusenstern was preparing to head out of Reykjavik’s harbor, which required it to be turned around with the help of local tugs, according to TASS.
The incident involved half of Iceland’s Coast Guard fleet, consisting of the Chilean-built ICGV Þór, the Danish-built ICGV Týr and ICGV Ægir and the Icelandic-built ICGV Baldur.
Some of you may ask, "News for Nerds?" Well, I find the whole thing rather humorous. After decades of technological advances, one tired old sailing ship inflicts some moderately serious damage on a pair of warships - and suffers almost no damage to itself. Need I point out that it's an UNARMED sailing ship?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @11:59AM
Nice clickbait title you got there. Why not just simply say it took out 2 ships?
You can always add the humorous 90% figure to the summary instead. That way it can be both not-clickbait AND humorous.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @12:01PM
50%*
(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @12:43PM
nice fuck up
now you're 10% troll and 90% stupid
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 15 2015, @12:38PM
Don't look, Ethel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUfg3uCBbg [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @02:05PM
Why not point out that it was the tugs that caused it. Using anything as a battering ram would have done it, regardless of age or technology.