5 ms·
Maybe we could get rid of the Gorch Fock [1] while we're at it. A sailing ship in the 21st century, causing repair costs well in excess of 100 million EUR, and
by adwn 5y ago
Maybe we could get rid of the Gorch Fock [1] while we're at it. A sailing ship in the 21st century, causing repair costs well in excess of 100 million EUR, and killing sailors in training. JFC. A lot of people had to pay a lot of taxes to finance that shitty exercise in futility.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_training_ship_Gorch_Fock_(1958) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_training_ship_Gorch_Foc...
- waffleiron 5y agoI am not in the navy but I assume there is a good reason tall ships are used for training as quite a few countries do, just a few examples: Portugal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRP_Sagres_(1937) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRP_Sagres_(1937) US Coast Guard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327) Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_Vespucci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_training_ship_Amerigo_... Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS_Mir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS_Mir Peru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAP_Uni%C3%B3n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAP_Uni%C3%B3n See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_ship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_ship
- jupp0r 5y agoThe USCGC Eagle was actually built in Nazi Germany and seized by the US after world war II.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- waffleiron 5y agoI really like how the steel hull looks on these boats, specifically the Eagle and the Peruvian boat. It's seems so out of place, my mind just expects to see a wooden hull.