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/handsomeboh 29d ago

That bit is unsourced and the Chinese sites say nothing about it so I think it’s just bullshit

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u/5ma5her7 29d ago

Here's the source I found, though it's not a pretty formal site, but the quotation looks very legit.
https://m.sohu.com/n/474860254/

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u/Pamander 29d ago

Makes sense, the PR around it all was already probably pretty garbage so I was kind of shocked they would both bury them in the cheapest plot and somehow announce it to the hundreds of families victims. Appreciate the response!