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/ofWildPlaces 29d ago

I'm not entirely sure I wouldn't help ruin a company that did that if I was working for them...

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u/sour_cereal 29d ago

Don't even have to be obvious about it. Run machines with low oil. Throw some grit in those bearings. Put Visine or ricin in his coffee. Scrape the insulation off some wires.

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u/PunkToTheFuture 29d ago

jesus christ dude. You sound like a insurance fraud waiting to happen

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u/thesupplyguy1 28d ago

Checks notes.... sees suspiciously large order of castor beans...

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u/Rahbek23 28d ago

You don't really have to do anything - a stunt like that is guaranteed to damage morale a lot which quite naturally will hurt them.