Venezuelan Navy patrol ship sank after collision with passenger ship

Venezuelan Bolivarian naval forces lost patrol ship GC-23 Naiguata Coast Guard Command. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the country, the ship sank on March 30, 2020 near the island of Tortuga in the Caribbean due to a collision with the passenger ship Resolute under the Portuguese flag.

The clash reportedly occurred off the northwest coast of Tortuga on the night of March 30 at about 0.45 local time. Venezuelan Navy Coast Guard patrol ship GC-23 Naiguata was rammed by the Resolute cruise ship sailing to Buenos Aires without passengers. Venezuelan patrol ship sank, all 44 members of the ship were rescued.

The passenger ship Resolute did not receive serious injuries; there were no injuries on board, and in the morning of March 31 arrived in Willemstad in Curacao.

According to data provided by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, the passenger ship Resolute, which is more than 120 meters in length, illegally entered the waters of Venezuela, seven miles from the island of Tortuga. A coast guard ship came out to meet him. Resolute went ramming, as a result of which the Venezuelan ship sank. Venezuelan authorities do not exclude that this ship was transporting mercenaries to attack military bases in Venezuela.

Naiguata was one of three patrol ships of the BVL type (Buque de Vigilancia de Litoral, type Guaicamacuto, project Avante 1400), built for the command of the coast guard of Venezuela by the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia under a 2005 contract.

It is the third in the series, was laid down on November 28, 2007 at the shipyard in the city of San Fernando (Spain), launched on June 24, 2009, and became part of the Venezuelan Navy on February 1, 2011. Total displacement - 1453 tons, length 79,9 m, width 11,5 m, draft 3,7 m.

The main power plant includes two MTU diesel engines with a total capacity of 15 liters. with. The highest speed of 880 knots, cruising range of 22 miles at an economic speed of 4 knots.

Armament: 76 mm AU Compact, 35 mm AU Millennium and two 12,7 mm machine guns. Aft is equipped with a helipad for the AW-212 or AW-214 helicopter.

Comments

[Livonetc]

The displacement of the cruise liner Resolute is more than 8 thousand tons.

[Insurgent]

Quote: Livonetc

The displacement of the cruise liner Resolute is more than 8 thousand tons.

You mean that the patrol ship "applied properly", with no options to stay afloat?
Yes, with a displacement ratio of 1: 8 ...

Aft is equipped with a helipad for the AW-212 or AW-214 helicopter.

Is the helicopter also lost, or was it not at that time on board?

[Bashkirkhan]

The helicopter is a little thing, there was cocaine on board Maduro, 50 tons. They drove to Tortuga. In Haiti, no other cocaine is recognized.

[Sergey Averchenkov]

Where such confidence? What are you? Recipient?

[Bashkirkhan]

To do this, look at the map where Tortuga and where Venezuela. And why did the patrolman walk there? Cocainum definitely carried. The coast guard for 1000 miles from their native coast just does not go.

[Sergey Averchenkov]

That is, ordinary ships do not go there? So? Then let me ask, what did Resolute do there? So maybe it's just a disassembly of the drug mafia?

[Sergey Averchenkov]

I did not see more than one smile in these messages. That means he is serious. Well, or irony should be denoted somehow more explicitly. Let me tell you ... Navalny will be the president of Russia! Guess I was joking or not.

[Bashkirkhan]

I figured it out, it seems this is not an April Fool’s fake. In the Caribbean, there are at least two islands with the name Tortuga (Spanish tortoise). And one of them is Venezuelan. excuse me

[Vasyan1971]

Seriously, jokes without smiles do not understand?

[Sergey Averchenkov]

Keep deleting your posts, bye.

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

Keep deleting your posts, bye.

Ha ha ha! A technical error. He shook his finger. Immediately restored. What's wrong? What are the claims? Did resentment grow from scratch?
By the way, now I see that you really don’t understand the jokes ...

[Sergey Averchenkov]

Drink - your hands will stop shaking. No complaints, no offenses - go in peace. No really.

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

No complaints, no offenses

Then what is it about? What was it

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

Keep deleting your posts, bye.

?

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

walk in peace.

Well, God be with you! Do not be ill.

[Bashkirkhan]

Dear Sergey! The Republic of Haiti occupies the western part of the island of Haiti, as well as several adjacent islands, the largest of which are Tortu (north of the island of Haiti). The publication says:

According to data provided by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, the passenger ship Resolute, which is more than 120 meters in length, illegally entered the waters of Venezuela, seven miles from the island of Tortuga.

So the island has long been no longer Tortuga, but Tortu, and the Venezuelan patrolmen have nothing to do there.

[major147]

Quote: Bashkirkhan

Cocainum definitely carried.

If you follow your argument, then you (cocainum) definitely consume it!

[Bashkirkhan]

Quote: major147

then you (cocainum) definitely consume it!

I just thought that many have a sense of humor and a knowledge of geography.

[major147]

Quote: Bashkirkhan

I just thought that many have a sense of humor

You "joke" just like Comrade Trump

The US authorities accuse Mr. Maduro of "direct involvement in the drug trade" and the desire to "flood the United States with cocaine."

[Igor Gul]

Have you completely tried to read the news?

[Piramidon]

Quote: Bashkirkhan

And why did the patrolman walk there?

The Resolute passenger ship, which is more than 120 meters long, illegally entered the waters of Venezuela, seven miles from the island of Tortuga. A coast guard ship came out to meet him.

[Dreamboat]

I think this is not without reason. Why is this 8 thousandth empty on other people's waters rummaging around and ramming ?!
Prepare a provocation! It is a pity the sailors set up the board, but did not work out firing from 76 missiles. To stop the intruder.

[Lipchanin]

Yeah what is it
Yesterday the Chinese trawler with the Norwegian warship was not divided the sea, today these ...
Space in the sea has become scarce?

[knn54]

"The Portuguese" was in the territorial waters of Venezuela and CONSCIOUSLY went to the ram.
You can’t just leave it that way. Don't be vindictive. It is enough to be evil and with a GOOD memory.

[Lipchanin]

Quote: knn54

"The Portuguese" was in the territorial waters of Venezuela and CONSCIOUSLY went to the ram.

Well, actually, I jokingly asked a question, I forgot to put a smiley
Just the second day in a row clash

[Marconi41]

Quote: knn54

The Portuguese "was in the territorial waters of Venezuela and CONSCIOUSLY went to the ram.

Is it on a passenger ship then on a ram ?! Come on you!
Maybe then TARTUGA worked ?! At one time, a haven of pirates!

[Normal ok]

Quote: knn54

"Portuguese" was in the territorial waters of Venezuela and CONSCIOUSLY went to the tarantaran
.

This is what the authorities of Venezuela have said (and what else remains for them to say). What was really covered in darkness.

[VohaAhov]

Most likely with a Japanese destroyer.

[Lipchanin]

Quote: VohaAhov

Most likely with a Japanese destroyer.

Well, yes.
Again, all beguiled)))
"Japanese Navy destroyer collided with Chinese fishing vessel and suffered a hole"

[Victorio]

how are they so substituted?

[rotmistr60]

Resolute, which is more than 120 meters long, illegally entered the waters of Venezuela ... Resolute went to ram

If this is true, then this is an international scandal. Will claim Portugal (under its flag) or what?

[Dart2027]

The next time you need to immediately open fire to defeat.

[donavi49]

Attack a ship of a NATO country. This is precisely what Venezuela does not have to immediately connect humanitarian bombing. Moreover - now Maduro will definitely not help anyone. Oil is not worth anything. China is busy with its own affairs. Russia flirts with the US and the EU on the subject of lift sanctions.

[Dart2027]

Quote: donavi49

China is busy with its own affairs. Russia flirts with the US and the EU on the subject of lift sanctions.

What they are really busy with, none of us knows.

[Paranoid50]

Quote: donavi49

Russia flirts with the US and the EU

To whom, and here - again Wishlist cram their own. The trouble is the trouble ...

[Artemiy_2]

Happy April XNUMXst !!

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Artemiy_2

Happy April XNUMXst !!

Well, why call names?

[Paul Siebert]

The clash was reportedly off the northwest coast of Tortuga

Truly I tell you, the NATO-Portuguese pirates from Tortuga are to blame for everything!

[BREAKTHROUGH READY]

Ram is a weapon of heroes.

[askort154]

I recalled such a case. We are a crew in Istanbul, we hired a pleasure boat that took us to the sea, we rested and swam. Coming back
from the Bosphorus there was a huge "filling" towards us at 90 degrees. We noticed, visually, that judging by its speed and ours, in ten minutes we will find ourselves in one point. We told our "helmsman-captain" about it. is he
grinned and continued his course. We tensed up. A few minutes later, we again turned his attention. The reaction is the same. And only when the tanker rang out
"hard, siren warning signals", our captain slowed down and turned to the left. In moments, this "colossus" (empty), passed 50-70 meters from us. Several people from the crew were on board, and they threatened us with their fists, it even seemed that their mate could be heard. The "filling" was ours.

[Sniper]

It would be necessary on busy routes in the ocean. Install DPS posts ... preferably ours. )

[svp67]

Armament: 76 mm AU Compact, 35 mm AU Millennium and two 12,7 mm machine guns. Aft is equipped with a helipad for the AW-212 or AW-214 helicopter.

There are more than enough "trump cards", but the commander of the patrol ship did not want to use them ...

[Avior]

Well, we waited on April 1
An excellent article was selected, the editorial staff of VO pleased!
Only Tortug needs to be returned to Haiti, to which she belongs.

[Artemiy_2]

unfortunately IN the public did not understand that this is an April Fool’s joke)

[Artemiy_2]

In serious cabbage, everyone is discussing this.

[Mavrikiy]

Sounds like humor like that. Tortuga is not Venezuela. It’s good that 1,5 tons of Maduro remained afloat.

[Cowbra]

Pirates from Tortuga all drown frigates

[Red Dragon]

Something vague doubts torment me. What are the territorial waters of Venezuela 7 miles from the island of Tortuga? Or did I miss something and Tortuga already belongs to Venezuela?

[Nemchinov Vl]

And who saved the coast guard sailors ?! The Portuguese went on a ram ?! Or they left after the collision, and who saved the Venezuelans ?! And why -

Venezuelan authorities do not exclude that this ship was transporting mercenaries to attack military bases in Venezuela.

?!

[Ros 56]

But the captain of the patrol ship was a fool or something, why did he substitute himself and did not use weapons, was he in his waters? A strange incident.

[Artemiy_2]

April first

[Ros 56]

But somehow it doesn’t make fun like in the days of my youth.

[Sergey S.]

April first

It seems like a serious matter.
The incident on the island of Aruba. Off the coast of mainland Venezuela ...

news address:
https://twitter.com/Simon85205764/status/1245083568013008896/photo/1

[Avior]

Aruba is part of the Netherlands
among the reviews seen?

Hannes wähler
@HannesWahler
In reply
@ Simon85205764

@RonaldJHElzenga
и
@ConflictsW
This fake must be stopped!

the message was cut, there Tortuga
https://venezuela.liveuamap.com/en/2020/31-march-the-venezuelan-navy-opv-vessel-the-gc23-naiguata

[Sergey S.]

I guess that to the place:
In Africa, a tribe of natives speaking the Russian language of the XNUMXth century was discovered.
Source:
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Read today.

[Mavrikiy]

Naiguata was one of three patrol ships of the BVL type. Total displacement - 1453 tons,

The loss is serious, at least for someone. But I think the Commander of the PC, something did not maneuver. Probably rushed across. And Resolute, as always, bastards.

[Oleg Olkha]

Shipowner's version: "Since March 29, Resolute has been drifting off the Venezuelan coast in international waters under the Portuguese flag. The captain of the ship decided to make a stop on the way to Curacao for scheduled engine maintenance. Soon after midnight, the ship Naiguata approached the liner, announced that the ship was illegally waters of Venezuela and ordered to proceed to the port of Puerto Moreno. "While the captain of the liner was in contact with the head office in Germany, the Venezuelan ship fired several shots, and then at speed approached the starboard side of RCGS Resolute and rammed it," says in a statement by the shipping company Columbia Cruise Services. - Naiguata continued to hit the side of the liner in a clear attempt to turn it towards the territorial waters of Venezuela "
After several strikes against the liner, the Venezuelan Navy ship began to collect water and ultimately sank. RCGS Resolute remained in place until it was convinced that its services were not required to rescue the 44 crew of Naiguata, and then continued on to Curacao, the shipowner said. “Ice-class vessel, handled by the Finns, as opposed to the patrol officer deployed by Spanish Navantia. (As and the sunken "Norwegian", although it shouldn't have ...)

[lvov_aleksey]

why not shoot, and if the terrorists?

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: Oleg Olkha

Shipowner's version: "Since March 29, Resolute has been drifting off the Venezuelan coast in international waters under the Portuguese flag. The captain of the ship decided to make a stop on the way to Curacao for scheduled engine maintenance. Soon after midnight, the ship Naiguata approached the liner, announced that the ship was illegally waters of Venezuela and ordered to proceed to the port of Puerto Moreno. "While the captain of the liner was in contact with the head office in Germany, the Venezuelan ship fired several shots, and then at speed approached the starboard side of RCGS Resolute and rammed it," says in a statement by the shipping company Columbia Cruise Services. - Naiguata continued to hit the side of the liner in a clear attempt to turn it towards the territorial waters of Venezuela "
After several strikes against the liner, the Venezuelan Navy ship began to collect water and ultimately sank. RCGS Resolute remained in place until it was convinced that its services were not required to rescue the 44 crew of Naiguata, and then continued on to Curacao, the shipowner said. “Ice-class vessel, handled by the Finns, as opposed to the patrol officer deployed by Spanish Navantia. (As and the sunken "Norwegian", although it shouldn't have ...)

a normal captain will not bite an elephant pug