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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: 3, Informative) by TWX on Monday June 15 2015, @01:52PM

    by TWX (5124) on Monday June 15 2015, @01:52PM (#196485)

    Iceland is strategic in any cross-Atlantic circumstance involving air coverage or transport; there's not a lot of safe places for large aircraft to land, if they have an emergency, between the Northeastern tip of Canada and Scotland. Iceland is also potentially strategic for resupply of surface warships and submarines without having to spend the time to head back to a North American or European port if that area is where they need to operate.

    I wouldn't doubt that Iceland is planned to be well-protected in any event of war in the Atlantic.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @09:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @09:34PM (#196653)

    there's not a lot of safe places for large aircraft to land

    Greenland is bigger and closer to the center of the pond--but is less developed.

    This reminds me of a PBS presentation I saw in 1996.
    NOVA - B-29: Frozen in Time [pbs.org]

    a perilous mission to repair and re-fly a B-29 bomber stranded on the Greenland icecap since 1947

    Spoiler alert

    When the ice melts, what's left of the Kee Bird, the new engines and propellers, will sink and come to rest on the dark bottom of the lake, forever.

    -- gewg_