(Top) The RCGS 'Ice Class' RCGS Resolute, (Bottom) The Guaicamacuto-class Naiguatá | One Ocean Expeditions, Instagram, Luis García Curado, Cádiz
Venezuelan Navy attempts midnight boarding of five-star Antartic cruise ship RCGS Resolute. Resolute rams BVL Naiguatá capsizing and sinking warship. All crew accounted for. Resolute safely in Curacao port with minor damage to strengthened hull. https://t.co/2ObpkjxKOv— Venezuela BTH (@VenezuelaBTH) April 1, 2020
DW: Venezuelan Navy boat rams German cruise ship and sinks
The German vessel was heading to a Venezuelan island for repairs when it was shot at and rammed by the Navy patrol boat. The cruise firm says its ship suffered minor damage but the smaller boat sank.
A Venezuelan Navy patrol boat purposefully collided with a German cruise ship in international waters off the South American country, German media reported on Friday.
The Resolute cruise ship had a crew of 32 but no passengers on board at the time of the incident, just after midnight on March 30.
The Hamburg-based Colombia Cruise Services said the vessel was the target of "an act of aggression" by the Venezuelan Navy as it was traveling to Isla de Tortuga for routine maintenance.
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3 comments:
HAHAHA wtf :D can you imagine what the captain of the Venezuelan war ship must have thought?
Did they die? Did they go down with their ship? OMFG I gotta read this story
Resolute has a reinforced hull for navigating Ivey waters. So its basically a low grade ice breaker No wonder the VEN patrol boat bounced off or it.
One less asset for Brasil and Columbia to take out, when they go in.
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