Icelandic-British cod wars

>>74958462
It wasn't really a war. Wilson's government had to stand down or else Iceland threatened to withdraw from NATO, which had an outsized effect on the potential for NATO to deal with Soviet submarines. It was basically political blackmail.

I've read that almost 80% of Royal Navy can't swim lol.

>>74958597
lol is this true?

>>74958597
they can swim but not very well

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>Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
>6 defence tugs
reads like satire

>1 trawlerman wounded
let me guess, he slipped on the deck?

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>>74958552
>It was basically political blackmail.
Yes
with the royal navy bullying a small country
>A second incident occurred in January 1976, when HMS Andromeda collided with the Þór. Þór sustained a hole in its hull, while the Andromeda's hull was dented. The British Ministry of Defence said that the collision represented a "deliberate attack" on the British warship "without regard for life".

>>74958746
You had it coming. Putting the safety of a military alliance you signed up for second to fishing waters?

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>>74958795
fishing = about 70% of the icelandic economy in 1970

>>74958597
It certainly would have been true up until the mid 20th century
It seems perverse to an Australian. Sometimes I can't imagine a world where the vast majority of people couldn't move 10 metres in water without drowning but then I see Chinese tourists in the surf.

>>74958597
>I've read that almost 80% of Royal Navy can't swim lol.
Bullshit, you need to pass 3 swimming tests in phase 1.

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>>74959083
There is some pretty intense footage, that's for certain.

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>>74959217

>>74958707
I'm pretty sure a Royal Navy shiplad kliled himself during one of these meme-wars, didn't he?

>>74960907
ww2

Stop fighting kids.

>>74958857
i can only doggy paddle, and just barely stay afloat. but i'm great at swimming under water

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>>74960907
>meme-wars
MEME-WARS?
Next you'll say this was just a meme-war too?

Give us back our fishi fuckin codniggers

>>74963511
>doggy paddle
do you have autism by any chance

>>74963789
Hmmm....mmm.....hmhmhmmm.............No

>In April 1899 the steam trawler Caspian was fishing off the Faroe Islands when a Danish gunboat tried to arrest her for allegedly fishing illegally inside the limits. The trawler refused to stop and was fired upon. Eventually the trawler was caught but, before the skipper left his ship to go aboard the Danish gunboat, he ordered the mate to make a dash for it after he went on to the Danish ship. The Caspian set off at full speed. The gunboat fired several shots at the unarmed boat but could not catch up with the trawler, which returned heavily damaged to Grimsby, England. On board the Danish gunboat, the skipper of the Caspian was lashed to the mast. A court held at Thorshavn convicted him on several counts, including illegal fishing and attempted assault, and he was jailed for thirty days.

>>74966545
>Eventually the trawler was caught but, before the skipper left his ship to go aboard the Danish gunboat, he ordered the mate to make a dash for it after he went on to the Danish ship. The Caspian set off at full speed.
haha top bants, that skipper was cheekier than a nando's

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*blocks your path*

looks like the anglos

got put on ice

>>74958462
>15 frigates damaged

lmao what

>>74963752
Where can i find more meme-info about it?

Upp