Lead Ship,Destroyer ARV Neuva Esparta pictured in 1952.
They were a Class of three Destroyers used by the navy of Venezuela.These ships were ordered in 1950, and were built by Vickers-Armstrong's Shipyards at Barrow-in-Furness between 1951 and 1954.They were a derivative of the Batch 3 Battle-Class Destroyers built for the United Kingdom and Australia.
Venezuelan Navy
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Brian James
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Venezuelan Navy
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designeraccd
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Re: Venezuelan Navy
Handsome and well armed destroyers for their time. 
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Venezuelan Navy Patrol Craft Rams Cruise Ship and Loses
The incident took place in the early hours of Mar. 30, 2020, but the cruise ship operator only released an official statement on April 1st. It could almost be taken for an April Fool’s joke. It wasn’t.
The Portuguese flag expedition cruise ship RCGS Resolute was drifting just over 13 miles off the coast of Isla La Tortuga, a Venezuelan island 60 miles off the country’s northern coast. With no passengers aboard the crew was performing maintenance on one of the two engines. Around midnight on the 30th, the Venezuelan Navy patrol ship ANBV Naiguatá approached the cruise ship. The Resolute was ordered to follow Naiguatá to Puerto Moreno on Isla De Margarita, located to the east. The Venezuelans accused it of violating the country’s territorial waters.
See:
https://www.columbia-cs.com/statement-o ... -incident/
https://www.losbarcosdeeugenio.com/barc ... _GC23.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCGS_Resolute
See internet for more details.
The incident took place in the early hours of Mar. 30, 2020, but the cruise ship operator only released an official statement on April 1st. It could almost be taken for an April Fool’s joke. It wasn’t.
The Portuguese flag expedition cruise ship RCGS Resolute was drifting just over 13 miles off the coast of Isla La Tortuga, a Venezuelan island 60 miles off the country’s northern coast. With no passengers aboard the crew was performing maintenance on one of the two engines. Around midnight on the 30th, the Venezuelan Navy patrol ship ANBV Naiguatá approached the cruise ship. The Resolute was ordered to follow Naiguatá to Puerto Moreno on Isla De Margarita, located to the east. The Venezuelans accused it of violating the country’s territorial waters.
See:
https://www.columbia-cs.com/statement-o ... -incident/
https://www.losbarcosdeeugenio.com/barc ... _GC23.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCGS_Resolute
See internet for more details.
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