{"id":120157,"date":"2021-04-07T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=120157"},"modified":"2021-04-07T09:15:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:15:29","slug":"royal-navy-captain-smashes-hole-in-warship-after-trying-to-dock-it-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/royal-navy-captain-smashes-hole-in-warship-after-trying-to-dock-it-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Navy captain ‘smashes hole in warship’ after trying to dock it in the dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Royal Navy captain has reportedly smashed a hole in his warship, costing \u00a3100,000 in damage. <\/p>\n

Lieutenant Commander Simon Reeves was attempting to dock the HMS Chiddingfold in the dark for the first time on March 16.<\/p>\n

However, as he tried to parallel park he crashed into another vessel, HMS Penzance, two times resulting in a hole through the warship\u2019s hull.<\/p>\n

HMS Chiddingfold, known as \u2018Cheery Chid\u2019, will be out of commission for months while it undergoes serious repairs, sources have said.<\/p>\n

The repairs to the damages to the 200ft minesweeper, based in the Gulf, are thought to cost \u00a3100,000.<\/p>\n

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A source told the Sun: \u201cHe slammed her into reverse, but it was too late. Chiddingfold\u2019s side hit HMS Penzance.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe swung out and hit her again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The impacts are said to have caused two deafening bangs as they tore a hole in the 685-ton HMS Chiddingfold\u2019s plastic hull.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant commander Reeves had only taken over the Hunt-class minesweeper at the UK naval base in Bahrain less than a week before the accident occurred.<\/p>\n

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