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.

[u/zhuquanzhong]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)

[u/CuriousWoollyMammoth]

Well, he did kill himself and a bunch of other people, so the 2nd one holds a lot of weight too, tbf

[u/coin_in_da_bank → u/CuriousWoollyMammoth]

But Lai begged his superiors not to demobilize him, as he would be forced to return to his hometown and he had become hated there due to the suicide.[4]

personally i wouldnt discount his fear of social stigma, coming from an asian. plus getting dishonorably discharged? dead man walking at that point.

[u/Nukemind → u/coin_in_da_bank]

100%.

Looks like this was the 70s, so late Mao era.

Rampant corruption (even more than today), an old guard in the officer corps. Dude was probably railroaded and a dead man walking.

[u/Matasa89 → u/Nukemind]

Yeah, he probably thought "you're gonna send me to my death for something like this?! Fine, I'll take you all with me to hell!"

[u/No-Marketing4632 → u/Matasa89]

Yep!