2007-03-24 18:21:40 · 5 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Come on... remember the Maine?
2007-03-24 18:33:27 · update #1
It wasn't even a ship, just a small-boat patrol, and their actual ship didn't blow up in the harbour.
(from sabotage OR accident)
And I'm very certain that the captain's bathtub is still on board, and not a historical monument with a history of neglect and rediscovery. (URL)
The only HMS Cornwall that was lost to enemy action, of the six that the Royal Navy have had, was sunk by Japanese aircraft in WW2.
2007-03-24 21:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.S. and British officials said a boarding party from the frigate HMS Cornwall was seized about during a routine inspection of a merchant ship inside Iraqi territorial waters near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway.
2007-03-25 01:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt the Royal Marines would have a boat named after an American state. But I don't think it was that big of a boat anyways.
2007-03-25 01:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by DewBerry 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
perhaps the Luisitania?
2007-03-25 01:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by einzelgaenger08 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No butthead, it was not. The name is similar to what your boyfriend is doing to you right now, cornhole.
2007-03-25 01:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋