Destroyer Fleet Wiped Out!

[Njaco]

How a volcano wiped out a fleet of USN destroyers in 1923,

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTveGOZo1_g

 

[GreenKnight121]

Blaming the volcano for the Admiral ignoring the RDF beacon bearings - the testing of which was a major part of the reason they were conducting the exercise - is like blaming the song on the radio for you deciding to drive the wrong way on the freeway.

 

[Gnomey]

Good one!

 

[pbehn]

Blaming the volcano for the Admiral ignoring the RDF beacon bearings - the testing of which was a major part of the reason they were conducting the exercise - is like blaming the song on the radio for you deciding to drive the wrong way on the freeway.

Funny you should say that, my colleague in Mulheim set off for Dusseldorf, put Christine Aguilera on the CD player and ended up in Venlo (Netherlands). I know because I was sat next to him. I just wanted to know how long he would go before he realised he should be going to work instead of buying spliff.