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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 21 February 2011, 22:17:50
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Just been watching this on C5, it does not inspire any confidence in the modern Royal Navy!
For those that did not see it, a British Destroyer HMS Manchester (Type 42), came across a 'Go-Fast' which was abandoned.
Essentially they are fibre glass boats, with big engines for drug running.
It was decided that this boat posed a 'major' hazard to international shipping, not sure why it was a boat about 12/15 feet long. Any tanker would have just ploughed through it.
So the Captain ordered it to be Sunk.
The Destroyer:
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/02/16/hms_manchester_400x300.jpg)
The Go-Fast (not exact but about this size)
(http://images.travelpod.com/users/adampalmer87/1.1295975022.drug-runner-boat.jpg)
They let the 'Big Gun' blast about 15 rounds at it, its a 4.5 inch gun, 55-calibre. 15 rounds, about a foot long, failed to sink it :-?
So they sent out a Helicopter, with a heavy machine gun, and a feking big sniper rifle. That failed to sink it. :-?
So the Destroyer moved in closer, and let rip the gating gun type thing, again that failed to destroy it. :-?
In the end, they had get a saw out, cut through it, fill it with petrol, set it alight and capsize it :o
When they did finally catch a drug running boat (a wooden fishing boat capable of 4 knots) it had to escort it back to Colombia (250 miles away) which took 4 days!
No wonder drug running is a big business, its almost impossible to get sunk, and if your caught your chauffeured home ::) ;D
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I also watched it I was suprised when it was stated that about 10 kilos of cocaine out of a total haul of 40 kilo was to be handed over to the Columbian coastguard as a "sample" for evidence ::). Hmmm I wonder how much of that will go missing on route to the courts? ::)
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I also watched it I was suprised when it was stated that about 10 kilos of cocaine was to be handed over to the Columbian coastguard as evidence. Hmmm I wonder how much of that will go missing on route to the courts? ::)
that makes serious money.. ::)
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Does this not suggest we are using the wrong sort of equipment, the proverbial sledge hammer to crack a nut. We should have a fleet of small but agile fast patrol boats to hunt these down, and a larger ship to dock and supply them while on long journeys. Also choose more appropriate weapons, like flame throwers. :y
I didn't see it, but it sounds like the Captain should check his gunnery crew's eyesight. Come on, a 4.5" gun and gatling gun should have turned it into small pieces very quickly.
Ken