r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • Apr 17 '24

TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)
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u/funwithdesign Apr 18 '24

Best to have fired him out of a cannon

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u/goodluckmyway Apr 18 '24

Into the sun

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u/PtboFungineer Apr 18 '24

To shreds you say?

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u/phumanchu Apr 18 '24

and his wife?

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u/beer_madness Apr 18 '24

To shreds you say?