Have you ever reversed and hit another car? That's nothing compared to when a warship does it

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Royal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’ | Royal Navy | The Guardian

There is a video. Ouch.

A big bang. Faulty rewiring apparently.

"“HMS Chiddingfold’s motor was wired incorrectly and full ahead gave full astern,” a navy insider said. The vessel had been recently inspected by officers at the maritime capability, trials and assessment team, they added."

How on earth didn't the person in charge realise what was happening?!

I am sure they realised - but I don't know how you don't realise you have reversed motors.

Someone will be having "an interview without coffee"

Ha ha! Easily done if not paying attention one presumes.

A good thing no one was hurt.

Turns out rewiring a warship is quite different from fixing a skateboard after all

I can see the spin off videos from this already.
Someone has mashed up the scene in Independence Day where the alien spacecraft goes backwords

Please say it has the music to the star trekkin song as it’s back ground track!

They probably did but I expect it is faster to stop a car than a warship!

Many years ago, I knew a bloke who was an engineer for Laker airways (anyone remember them?). He was moving one of their new, big planes, and managed to slice into the nose cone of one, with the wing tip of the other. 😱
The boss, Freddie Laker, was extraordinarily good about it - poor chap didn’t get the sack, or even a major bollocking. FL apparently said it was bound to happen sooner or later, they were so short of space.

I bet the Captains are wiring unprintable messages to each other. 🤣