Norwegian Frigate collides with a tanker

[DA SWO]

Norway warship collides with oil tanker

Just finished up with an exercise and almost home.

I can't imagine this one getting salvaged.

 

[medicchick]

At least they ran it aground to make salvage easier.

Link with better pictures of the damage.

Norwegian frigate takes on water after collision with oil tanker

 

[Cookie_]

I missed Norwegian in the title, and just assumed it was our Navy crashing into/getting hit by other ships again.

Thankful there were only minor injuries.

 

[DC]

Norwegians will patch it up and get back at it.

 

[Gunz]

They are Vikings. They don't crash a lot. Unlike some other navies.

 

[Marauder06]

I think their Navy and Coast Guard together have something like 70 ships. Most of them don’t go on long trips into unfamiliar waters. When you have almost nothing, go almost nowhere, and do almost nothing, it’s easy to have a good safety record.

 

[DA SWO]

Norwegians will patch it up and get back at it.

If they can afford it.
IIRC they just bought some new submarines, so repair money may not be available.

 

[Marauder06]

Their defense spending is miniscule. Not even the NATO target of 2%.

 

[DA SWO]

Norwegians will patch it up and get back at it.

It sank.

Sway

 

[DC]

Raise it fix it back at it.

 

[4859]

I did what now?

Oh. That kind of tanker.

Damn.

That's uh, that's gonna need a lotta a drysweep.

 

[DA SWO]

Raise it fix it back at it.

Cheaper to start over.

 

[DC]

When your tax rate is 60% and gov socialist cost doesn’t matter

 

[Gordus]

Cheaper to start over.

So roughly how greater and effort would it actualy be to raise and fix a sunken ship compared to constructing a new one from scratch ?

 

[DC]

A lot more than building a new one. These days throwing away is always cheaper.

 

[Gunz]

USS West Virginia. Hit by two bombs, seven torpedos and sunk. Returned to service, 1944.

That Norwegian frigate is right side up in 30 feet of water. Patch it, pump it, float it, fix it. Right? Or not, whatever...

 

[AWP]

USS West Virginia. Hit by two bombs, seven torpedos and sunk. Returned to service, 1944.

That Norwegian frigate is right side up in 30 feet of water. Patch it, pump it, float it, fix it. Right? Or not, whatever...

Different times, tech, and materials. Our nuke carriers are "one-shot" deals because of the cost to replenish the reactors.

 

[SpitfireV]

When your tax rate is 60% and gov socialist cost doesn’t matter

I'm not sure I follow.

 

[DC]

I'm not sure I follow.

Joke...

 

[SpitfireV]

Joke...

I see.