They need to start hanging the entire higher levels of command on these ships when this happens.
HNoMS Helge Ingstad collides with civilian ship
Austin Gomez
Austin Nguyen
If the mere presence of a sufficiently large civilian cargo ship is enough to sink just about any modern warship, how effective would a converted "civilian" freighter armed with Sea Sparrows and anti-ship missiles be?
Asher Rivera
Psst, you there… Kraut… You're asking some dangerous questions right now. You remember what happened to the last German who did that, right? Just be thankful we're helping domestic industry.
Isaiah Smith
Hush my German friend, don't say that around here, you're going to get us both firebombed again!
Angel Peterson
Look up "Q-ships" in WW1.
Owen Reed
I think the story of the commerce raider/auxiliary cruiser, the most successful perhaps being HSK8 Kormoran. (Ich denke es heißt Handelsstörkreuzern , Hilfskreuzern im Deutsche). I'm still learning German, so pls no bully
stories.anmm. gov.au/sinking_of_sydney/hsk-kormoran/
tl;dr
germans couldn't have a proper navy after WW1 so decided to make merchant ships in a way so that they can be outfitted with armament, all sneeky breeki like, and was able to sink an Australian cruiser in 1941 despite having to scuttle ship
Christian Morgan
Evan Reyes
It sunk some more.
Lucas Butler
Yeah, they tried to beach it but it's too steep, each tide is dragging it out a sea a bit more.
I think it's the first NATO warship to be properly sunk in a collision.
Also this is quite something, what is modern day average merchantmen can sink a modern day average ship of the line that easily.
I'd be chink I'd order the insane amount of merchant ships they have to be fitted with this.
William Carter
Why do you want to waste money when unarmed ships already sink American warships with impunity.