Topic: How come the british didn't win the cod wars against iceland
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #39,563
I mean, look up iceland, how could they fail so hard against an opponent like that?Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 7 minutes later[^] [v] #526,422
Because they weren't real wars, so there is no winning or losing. And because the UK at the time didn't want to sink any boats or cause any major diplomatic shit.
On the evening of 6 May 1976, after the outcome of the Third Cod War had already been decided, the V/s Týr was trying to cut the nets of the trawler Carlisle, when Captain Gerald Plumer of HMS Falmouth ordered it rammed. The Falmouth at the speed of 22+ knots (41+ km/h) rammed the Týr, almost capsizing her. The Týr did not sink and managed to cut the nets of Carlisle, after which the Falmouth rammed it again. The Týr was heavily damaged and propelled by only a single screw and pursued by the tug-boat Statesman. In this dire situation, Captain Guðmundur Kjærnested gave orders to man the guns, in spite of the overwhelming superiority of firepower the Falmouth enjoyed, to deter any further ramming.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #526,424
@previous (B)
Not real wars yet managed to come out of it badly?
A multimillion-pound compensation deal and apology were granted by the British government in 2012 for fishermen who lost their livelihoods in the 1970s. More than 35 years after the workers lost their jobs, the £1,000 compensation offered to 2,500 fisherman was criticised for being insufficient and excessively delayed.[28]
I see this as a symptom of something systematically wrong with Britain at the time.
Not real wars yet managed to come out of it badly?
A multimillion-pound compensation deal and apology were granted by the British government in 2012 for fishermen who lost their livelihoods in the 1970s. More than 35 years after the workers lost their jobs, the £1,000 compensation offered to 2,500 fisherman was criticised for being insufficient and excessively delayed.[28]
I see this as a symptom of something systematically wrong with Britain at the time.
netscape joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 23 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #526,429
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im gonna move to
da fawklands
im gonna move to
da fawklands
Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 23 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #526,437
@526,424 (A)
Yes, just like "Thatcher closed the mines!" -- it was an industry in trouble at the time, regardless. Can't blame Iceland (though Iceland do suck).
Yes, just like "Thatcher closed the mines!" -- it was an industry in trouble at the time, regardless. Can't blame Iceland (though Iceland do suck).
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #526,446
everybody lost because the cods got fished down to the nubs
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 14 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #526,554
*codpiece wars