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PN Navy ship "accidentally" ram a Chinese towboat
Topic Started: Oct 19 2011, 03:24 AM (3,737 Views)
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As far as I'm concerned, China is waiting for "things" like this to happen for it to reiterate it's claim that they were the one's being harassed or bullied. And they are well-known to think what they want to think...


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Navy ship scares off Chinese towing boat

By Jaime Laude and Marichu Villanueva (The Philippine Star) Updated Oct 19, 2011

MANILA, Philippines - An “accidental” collision with a Navy gunboat on patrol in the West Philippine Sea yesterday forced a large Chinese fishing vessel to beat a hasty retreat, leaving behind 25 smaller boats it was towing.

Navy chief Vice Admiral Alexander Pama confirmed the “freak” incident in the vicinity of Recto Bank but said Maj. Gen. Juancho Sabban, commander of the Western Command (Wescom), has the details of the incident. Wescom has jurisdiction over the waters covering the Recto Bank.

“It was really an accident, not a hostile act when our ship was verifying the activity of the (Chinese) shipping boat,” Pama told The STAR from the US where he was on an official trip. He stressed the Navy gunboat experienced steering difficulty.

The Chinese embassy has been informed of the incident, but the embassy spokesman said it has yet to confirm the report.

“We have no report on that. We will verify,” said Deputy Chief of Political Section and spokesman Sun Yi.

“It happened at about 6 a.m. within the vicinity of the Recto Bank involving our own PS-74 and a Chinese mother ship,” Sabban told The STAR in a telephone interview.

“Our ship went to their direction to check as we normally do,” Pama also said.

Recto Bank is within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but is also among the islets in the hotly contested Spratlys Group, also being claimed in whole or in part by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

Sabban said the Navy’s PS-74 chanced upon the Chinese vessels and made a maneuver to take a closer look.

“As our patrolling ship was approaching to check on the encroaching Chinese vessels, it incurred a steering problem and accidentally hit the mother ship of the Chinese fishermen,” Sabban said.

He said big waves affected the ship’s steering, causing it to move uncontrollably toward the Chinese vessels. After being rammed by the Navy gunboat, the Chinese vessel quickly disengaged and released the smaller boats.

“After cutting the towing line, the mother ship fled, leaving behind 25 sampans it was towing,” Sabban said.

With its steering problem fixed, the gunboat towed the Chinese boats to Hulugan Bay in Palawan.

But Pama said reports reaching him indicated that the captain of the Chinese vessel, thinking that the PS-74 was approaching to ram his boat, released the smaller boats and hurriedly sailed away.

“So the fishing ship captain cut the towing ropes. So it was not a big accident really,” Pama said.

Sabban also stressed there was no intention on the part of the patrolling Navy gunboat to harm or harass the Chinese fishing vessels and its crewmembers.

The PS-74 returned to its port intact. “It was just a minor derangement,” Pama said.

No Chinese fisherman was arrested, the Navy chief disclosed.

Pama is in Newport, Rhode Island for the International Sea Power Symposia. He is presenting the Philippine papers at the symposia attended by chiefs of navies of 65 countries.

He left Sunday and will return to Manila this weekend.

The Department of Foreign Affairs called the incident “a little accident.”

“The Chinese vessel strayed into our waters. As a result of the accident, the Chinese vessel left behind some small fishing boats in our possession, which we may consider returning,” DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez said.

Yesterday’s incident happened a day after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officially opened an annual joint naval drill in the country.

Dubbed as PHEBLIX (Amphibious Landing Exercises 2011), the joint naval drill would be held in an undisclosed area in the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday next week.

At least 1,000 Filipino Marines and 2,000 US servicemen are taking part in this year’s joint naval drill being conducted on a yearly basis in line with the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the US.

In March this year, two Chinese gunboats harassed a civilian research vessel commissioned by the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct research and seismic studies in the Reed Bank Basin.

The two Chinese gunboats were forced to leave the area when Wescom dispatched its OV-10 bombers in response to the distress calls from the DOE research vessel.

The Spratly Islands Group is considered a potential regional flashpoint but there are ongoing efforts to resolve the territorial disputes peacefully.

Taiwan, considered a renegade province by China, has made known its plan to install an advance missile system in Itu Aba, the biggest island in the island group that it occupies.

The second biggest island, Pag-Asa is occupied by Filipino troops. – Pia Lee-Brago


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Navy ship scares off Chinese towing boat

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MANILA, Philippines - An “accidental” collision with a Navy gunboat on patrol in the West Philippine Sea yesterday forced a large Chinese fishing vessel to beat a hasty retreat, leaving behind 25 smaller boats it was towing.

Navy chief Vice Admiral Alexander Pama confirmed the “freak” incident in the vicinity of Recto Bank but said Maj. Gen. Juancho Sabban, commander of the Western Command (Wescom), has the details of the incident. Wescom has jurisdiction over the waters covering the Recto Bank.

“It was really an accident, not a hostile act when our ship was verifying the activity of the (Chinese) shipping boat,” Pama told The STAR from the US where he was on an official trip. He stressed the Navy gunboat experienced steering difficulty.

The Chinese embassy has been informed of the incident, but the embassy spokesman said it has yet to confirm the report.

“We have no report on that. We will verify,” said Deputy Chief of Political Section and spokesman Sun Yi.

“It happened at about 6 a.m. within the vicinity of the Recto Bank involving our own PS-74 and a Chinese mother ship,” Sabban told The STAR in a telephone interview.


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I bet some of these "Fishing vessels" are really intel gathering vessels similar to those use by the Soviet Navy tug boats and fishing boats off the shore of Hawaii.
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Is it possible that this incident might not have been an accident... :armyroleyes:


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I bet our naval personnel just wanted a little payback to all the Chinese incursions from the past.
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Seems like they are also testing our response time just as they are testing Japan.
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Navy ship scares off Chinese towing boat

“It happened at about 6 a.m. within the vicinity of the Recto Bank involving our own PS-74 and a Chinese mother ship,” Sabban told The STAR in a telephone interview.
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She was also involved in a collision with a Chinese fishing boat off Scarborough Shoal on 23 May 1999. China claimed it was done on purpose.
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For me this are more like pot shots.
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It would be hard to believe for the Chinese side that the PN patrol ship PS-74 encountered steering problems resulting in the collision...

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