Mine hunter collision in Gulf

[Getragdogleg]

The Minehunter HMS Chiddingfold seems to have reversed into HMS Bangor.

Error or mechanical failure ?

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-minehunter...

[Portofino]

Ouch, doesn’t look good.

Surely the controls failed/jammed as why on earth would it be heading directly at the dock anyway? Just happens that there was another boat there…..

[johnymac]

Looking at the damage, that hull doesn't look very robust for a warship.

[Rotaree]

johnymac said:

Looking at the damage, that hull doesn't look very robust for a warship.

The article explains...
'These small, but extremely effective Mine Counter Measure Vessels (MCMVs) boast glass-reinforced plastic hulls to conceal their presence from the threat of sea mines.'

[Rough101]

Ah, an MOD pal said he was being rushed to Bahrain last night.
Now I know why!

Because of the way mine sweepers work, they have GRP hulls, not steel, so looks worse than it is (maybe).

[Eric Mc]

Maybe they should go back to wooden hulls.

[demic]

Are they insured by Admiral?

[normalbloke]

Was Tyrone driving?

[LotusOmega375D]

To be fair the weather conditions looked horrific!

Strange how they can locate a football at 1000 metres, but not a warship parked right behind them.

[MitchT]

Parking sensors don't beep if you're not actually in reverse... as my OH once discovered.

[ferret50]

Fibreglass repair kit and T Cut on their way?

[Panamax]

If you watch above the top of the funnel you can see how late the power kicked in.

[PlywoodPascal]

Looks like repairs to my lotus are renowned further delayed.
Based on my experience no way an “insurer approved body shop” is going to touch that.

[Cold]

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Oops... Someone is due a stand up meeting without coffee.

[Countdown]

MitchT said:

Parking sensors don't beep if you're not actually in reverse... as my OH once discovered.

The ones on my wife's Auris do. They'll go off if anything gets too close even if it's in forward gears.

[eharding]

normalbloke said:

Was Tyrone driving?

This is PH. The traditional process is that we should now spend 3 pages conjecturing over the age of person in command of the vessel, assertions that elderly people should be prohibited from operating minehunters, countered by other posters claiming that their grandfather operated an aircraft carrier every day well into his nineties before swapping it for a mobility frigate.

[Southerner]

normalbloke said:

Was Tyrone driving?

Deserves more credit!

[Southerner]

I notice that it doesn’t ‘bounce’ off after impact, but seems to pin the second vessel to the quayside. Presumably it was still under propulsion for a time after the crunch?

[dxg]

Masters of the Seas!

Doesn't look great for our reputation, does it.