Has Vince joined the US Navy 
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Sinking feeling
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How did they not spot that???
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Wee double AA battery was flat in the radar...
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Not Vince, too good for US navy is Vince, real sailor.
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I know you cant be looking out of the window all the time but i would have thought alarms would be ringing, that is now out of action for a very long time, 
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Looking at the damage on both ships it looks like the container ship steamed into the navy ship bow first...
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Italian Captain maybe Major cock up for sure
Major cock up for sure
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Seems the container ship made a u-turn at some point...
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Mmm Terrorist attack 
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Tory captain ???
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Nah, cargo ship seemed lost, but why the navy ship got in its way ???
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Man over board would be only reason for U-turn. Makes no sense.......
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And there were seven on the deck of the US ship why,,, squished to death me thinks sitting at cumputer desks, plus bulbous nose of container ship must have done lot of damage to warship, but looking at photos more 45% degree angle of impact..l
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Adam Mint wrote:And there were seven on the deck of the US ship why,,, squished to death me thinks sitting at cumputer desks, plus bulbous nose of container ship must have done lot of damage to warship, but looking at photos more 45% degree angle of impact..l
That's exactly what happened to them. They've been found in the crushed part of the ship and are being taken to Japan to be identified...BBC News
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Well i dont understand how they hit each other, same tools as a plane really, sat nav and radar, something really really wrong
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Or someone went for a cup of tea...
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Campbell Brodie wrote:Adam Mint wrote:And there were seven on the deck of the US ship why,,, squished to death me thinks sitting at cumputer desks, plus bulbous nose of container ship must have done lot of damage to warship, but looking at photos more 45% degree angle of impact..l
That's exactly what happened to them. They've been found in the crushed part of the ship and are being taken to Japan to be identified...BBC News
Bit from the BBC article, sounds like bulbous nose of container ship ripped in to hull as I suspected:-
"The damage was significant," 7th Fleet commander Vice-Admiral Joseph P Aucoin said. "There was a big gash under the water."
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The first clip, it only lasts a few seconds...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy5sohODeTc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy5sohODeTc