r/TheFrontFellOff • u/Eric848448 • Jun 18 '25

Forward Sectioned The front of the boat fell off

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u/heliosh Jun 18 '25

A wave hit the ship

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u/shapeshfters Jun 18 '25

Chance in a million

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u/program13001207test Jun 18 '25

At sea? 😲

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u/SadIdeal9019 Jun 18 '25

No, inland.

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u/Scary_Technology Jun 19 '25

Not very common though. I'd just like to point that out.

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u/JoshuaCalledMe Jun 21 '25

Well the ship was towed out of the environment.

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u/SadIdeal9019 Jun 18 '25

Rogue waves are terrifying. Buddy of mine served in the Brit merchant navy for years, and encountered them twice. He said that on both occasions there was no warning, and no chance to steer into it.

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u/Cute_Ad_9730 Jun 19 '25

No it didn't, It was a collision with another ship.

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u/heliosh Jun 19 '25

No wave? What kind of sea is this

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

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u/heliosh Jun 19 '25

Get out of this sub

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u/Educated_Top_ Jun 20 '25

It’s a ship not a sub

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u/ianbattlesrobots Jun 18 '25

That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point

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u/program13001207test Jun 18 '25

Some of them are built to the front doesn't fall off all

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u/Outrageous-Egg-2534 Jun 19 '25

We'd just tow it outside of the environment if that happens.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

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u/_A_Friendly_Caesar_ Jun 19 '25

Yeah, that's outside the environment

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u/Outrageous-Egg-2534 Jun 19 '25

There's nothing out there.

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u/_A_Friendly_Caesar_ Jun 20 '25

Just sea, birds, and fish

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u/Outrageous-Egg-2534 Jun 20 '25

Nope. There is nothing out there. It's outside the environment.

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u/Rent-Kei-BHM Jun 19 '25

Cardboard?

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u/fromthe80smatey Jun 19 '25

Cardboard derivatives.

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u/Elastickpotatoe2 Jun 20 '25

I get that one!

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u/Sheepherder8537 Jun 20 '25

Well what sort of standards are these uh, oil tankers built to?

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u/Breitsol_Victor Jun 19 '25

Would you say that it was … most unusual?

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u/Rent-Kei-BHM Jun 18 '25

Quick! Tow it outside the environment!

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u/sunburntandblonde Jun 18 '25

Wasn’t this built so that the front wouldn’t fall off?

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u/Accomplished-Clue145 Jun 18 '25

Not this one, obviously.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

Well it's still on. Just not up to code.

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u/YevonZ Jun 18 '25

Cardboard and cardboard derivatives obviously used at some point.

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u/CLONE-11011100 Jun 19 '25

So papers out then?…

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u/Fretsurgeon Jun 20 '25

That's planes.

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u/TotallyNotAReaper Jun 18 '25

Ramming another ship into it causes such things...

In case anyone is curious how it got that way..

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u/towerfella Jun 19 '25

That makes sense. Thank you.

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u/IndustriousLabRat Jun 21 '25

Thank you for the link. Always looking for a good source of damp news since the beloved maritimebulletin.net lost her Captain. RIP Mikhail.

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u/TotallyNotAReaper Jun 22 '25

You're welcome! Was just a quick Google search and seemed credible.

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u/DisastrousBison6774 Jun 18 '25

Ship builders typically expect waves will hit the ship and plan accordingly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

The plan in this case being "hope for the best and pray it doesn't happen"?

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u/TheReverseShock Jun 22 '25

Waves hitting a ship? Chance in a million

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u/Eric848448 Jun 18 '25

I’m no sailor but I’m pretty sure that’s not supposed to happen when a wave hits it.

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u/seanmonaghan1968 Jun 18 '25

I saw another post that said they were hit by another ship ?

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u/gudbote Jun 18 '25

Was this ship safe?

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u/rocketfishey Jun 19 '25

Well I was thinking more about the other ones

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u/gudbote Jun 19 '25

The ones that are safe?

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u/CLONE-11011100 Jun 19 '25

Yeah the ones that the front didn’t fall off.

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u/huckinfappy Jun 18 '25

Was that a Commonwealth ship?

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u/15750hz Jun 18 '25

I don't suppose this vessel is registered to the Stromberg Shipping Company?

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u/jawsofthearmy Jun 19 '25

Was it towed out side the environment?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

They dangled the anchor in the water teasing Godzilla. He finally caught it.

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u/IndustriousLabRat Jun 21 '25

Gotta eat what you catch. Gojira katsu, anyone?

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u/Brokenspade1 Jun 19 '25

That's just for ventilation

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u/llcdrewtaylor Jun 19 '25

Don’t worry. This photo was taken in a different environment. It’s not a problem.

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u/Tellywacker Jun 19 '25

What was the minimum amount of crew?

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u/Smaptastic Jun 19 '25

Well, one, I suppose.

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u/Jakesmills Jun 19 '25

Godzilla!

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u/BarBoth3825 Jun 20 '25

I love ships and the ocean. For all of man’s mastery of the world, technology and shit, nothing can help you if you’re out at sea and something goes fucked. The oceans claims us

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u/Eric848448 Jun 20 '25

The sea takes what the sea wants.

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u/neddie_nardle Jun 18 '25

Serious question: Is this the actual ship that they wrote the sketch about? Seems too recent, but I can't bring to mind the actual incident that led to the sketch being written (yes, there was a real incident. Of that I'm sure).

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u/imadork1970 Jun 19 '25

iirc, the original incident was in 1993

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u/ChiefTestPilot87 Jun 19 '25

Is that another Russian ship missing its front?

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u/misterman416 Jun 19 '25

Not the first ship to split in two. But it seems to have survived better then the titanic did!

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u/Weary-Animator-2646 Jun 19 '25

Ships loosing their bows isn’t very rare, and Titanic could’ve EASILY survived the iceberg if she didn’t try to turn.

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u/HomeworkTop2217 Jun 19 '25

Gee, that kinda shaped like the front of another shipp

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u/Equal_Sprinkles2743 Jun 19 '25

A North American ship made from wood and drywall.

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u/Prestigious-Log-1100 Jun 21 '25

Anchor broke it.