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posted by n1 on Monday June 15 2015, @10:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-don't-make-'em-like-they-used-to dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Monday June 15 2015, @01:31PM

    by The Archon V2.0 (3887) on Monday June 15 2015, @01:31PM (#196475)

    > but... it's iceland (Score:4, Insightful)
    > so i guess what i'm trying to say is... who wants to invade Iceland? :D

    Less insightful and more inciteful, I'd say.

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