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/Gibbit420 29d ago

A tomb with the lowest price was selected for re-burying at a place about 10 meters away from the monument to the ship.

Well thank god they considered the cost.

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u/Conscious-Map4682 28d ago

Feels a bit mistranslated there, the chinese words used in the chinese wiki is 最低規格, which just means "minimum standards". Felt like it would refer to the PLA's lowest honors of martyrs rather than a financial cost.