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Ramming (or "shouldering") is not that uncommon. The Chinese Coast Guard has built large, lightly-armed ships[1] partly because the size helps them ram/shoulde
by i_am_proteus 7y ago
Ramming (or "shouldering") is not that uncommon. The Chinese Coast Guard has built large, lightly-armed ships[1] partly because the size helps them ram/shoulder other ships out of the way in the course of attempting to build artificial islands and claim sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Of course, ramming an 8500-ton icebreaker with a 1500-ton corvette is a different story, and in the Venezuelan case, the stupid have been punished.
[1] https://thediplomat.com/2016/01/beijing-builds-monster-ship-for-patrolling-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/01/beijing-builds-monster-ship-...
(edited for grammar)
- greedo 7y agoThe Russians also used ramming to capture several Ukrainian ships near Crimea.
- agapon 7y agoThis is not correct. Russian did not achieve anything by ramming, they even damaged one of their ships instead. The Ukrainian ships effectively surrendered after overwhelming Russian forces opened live fire near and on them. The Wikipedia has it right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch_Strait_incident#The_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch_Strait_incident#The_inci...
- greedo 7y agoThey damaged their own ship, not by ramming the Ukrainians, but by accidentally colliding with each other.
- aparsons 7y agoThe Tamil Tigers (?) also used ramming boats to great effect.