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[tunnie]

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:



The Go-Fast (not exact but about this size)




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 

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   

[Tony H]

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?

[cem_devecioglu]

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..

[Ken T]

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.

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