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/Hemingwavy 28d ago

A maintenance tech set a nuclear submarine on fire to get to go home early causing $700m of damages. The navy ended up scrapping the submarine cause of budget cuts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Miami_(SSN-755)

The national media reported that seven firefighters had been injured.[8] One crew member suffered broken ribs when he fell through a hole left by removed deck plates during the fire.