Dreadnought Holiday / is on Nostr

Worse things happen at sea, and frequently do.

If it's horrible and floats it'll wash up here eventually. #Histodon-adjacent (mostly) nautical nonsense.

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Last Notes

2024-08-30 09:14:14

The Royal Malaysian Navy's KD Pendakar concluded its voyage this week in a manner unlikely to result in coffee and biscuits.
Although everybody got off safely, unfortunately a diver has lost his life during the salvage operation.
#FailureFriday
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2024-08-23 07:52:01

Built in Scotland for the Russian royal family, superyacht Livadia was unlikely to capsize and kill everyone due to a) being exceedingly round, and b) the royal family flatly refusing to use it.
Surprisingly, the performance was reported to be pretty good in almost all respects. The only real issue was a tendency for the hull to hammer itself to pieces on waves, which, y'know, disturbs your sleep.
A perfectly Pringular #FailureFriday that proves once you Popov you just can't stopov.
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2024-05-10 09:14:59

Tech bros love to boast about moving fast and breaking things, so it comes as some relief to find an instance where they've moved at a more stately 17 knots and yet still utterly fucked it.
In this case the "it" being carpool vehicles. Programmed to treat movement without the engine being switched on as either theft or witchcraft, they instantly bricked themselves in response.
What happened when these vehicles travelled by ferry was perhaps predictable...
#FailureFriday
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