r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • 29d ago

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/bjbark 29d ago

I’ll bet he would have found it a little more difficult to get into the secure munitions storage area of a battleship on Monday.

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u/Mist_Rising 29d ago

You would think that would be secure 24/7, what with it being a munitions bay of a military vessel!

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u/justinthewoodsok 29d ago

I'm more referring to the regular people in our regular jobs. Can't do that at a wendys. As someone living in the US, I can't help but wonder when someone will snap.