{"id":119983,"date":"2021-04-07T01:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=119983"},"modified":"2021-04-07T01:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:05:44","slug":"royal-navy-vessel-suffers-100000-of-damage-after-docking-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/royal-navy-vessel-suffers-100000-of-damage-after-docking-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Navy vessel suffers \u00a3100,000 of damage after docking accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Royal Navy captain &#8216;smashes \u00a3100,000 hole in warship as he tries to dock it in the dark for the first time&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HMS Chiddingfold was being docked in Bahrain when it struck HMS Penzance\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 685 tonne Hunt-class mine hunter suffered two holes in her plastic hull<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The vessel, which was launched in 1983, is in the Persian Gulf to protect shipping<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Royal Navy minesweeper has been damaged after it crashed while trying to dock at a naval base in Bahrian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HMS Chiddingfold was being docked by Lieutenant Commander Simon Reeves when it twice struck another warship causing damage to its plastic hull.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hunt-class mine hunter suffered approximately \u00a3100,000 of damage and will take several months to repair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/07\/00\/41424742-9442671-image-a-81_1617753064143.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>HMS Chiddingfold, pictured, was damaged while its captain was trying to dock the vessel in Bahrain\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/07\/00\/41424744-9442671-image-a-82_1617753072285.jpg\" height=\"621\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Commander Simon Reeves, pictured, was commanding Chiddingfold when it struck HMS Penzance<\/p>\n<p>Lt Cdr Reeves took command of the 200ft vessel which was launched in October 1983 last month. The incident happened on his first attempt to dock the vessel after dark.<\/p>\n<p>One source told The Sun: &#8216;He slammed her into reverse, but it was too late. Chiddingfold\u2019s side hit HMS Penzance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She swung out and hit her again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Royal Navy, the incident on March 16 was caused by &#8216;wind, tide and equipment failure&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiddingfold is one of eight Hunt-class minehunters of the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM2).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite being more than 30 years old, Chiddingfold has high definition sonar which can scan the seabed searching for mines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The minesweeper is equipped with the Seafox mine disposal system and has a team of explosive ordnance disposal divers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was deployed to the Gulf in 2014 to protect shipping lanes and identify possible threats to shipping.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like her sister ships of the Hunt-class, HMS Chiddingfold is a highly effective minehunter. Using high definition sonar, she scours the world&#8217;s seabeds for mines and lost explosives. Once her crew detect a danger, they get to work and destroy it safely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has approached the Royal Navy for a comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9442671\/Royal-Navy-vessel-suffers-100-000-damage-docking-accident-Bahrain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Royal Navy captain &#8216;smashes \u00a3100,000 hole in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":119982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Royal Navy vessel suffers \u00a3100,000 of damage after docking accident - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/royal-navy-vessel-suffers-100000-of-damage-after-docking-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Royal Navy vessel suffers \u00a3100,000 of damage after docking accident - 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