A French boat has been spotted ramming a British vessel.

[Oceander]

Interesting, Sky has removed the story....try this one



Royal Navy gunships patrol sea off Jersey as 100 French fishing boats threaten to blockade harbour | Daily Mail Online

Watched the video, and I'm not sure if the word "ramming" really captures the essence of the action. More like nudging or bumping. I agree that it was an aggressive move - boats should not be trying to collide with other boats, but I'm not sure if "ramming" was really what the Frenchman accomplished there.

[UKSmartypants]

The French ran away, again, as usual.....



Victoire! Two Royal Navy ships send French fishing flotilla scurrying back home | Daily Mail Online

[Swedgin]

Why did we save France again? Any one know?

Because they helped us become a nation?

Because, despite all of our differences, they are a friend and ally?

[Big Dummy]

Because they helped us become a nation?

Because, despite all of our differences, they are a friend and ally?

Yeah, that’s why George Washington ambushed and took the French Emissary’s scalp.

[Swedgin]

Yeah, that’s why George Washington ambushed and took the French Emissary’s scalp.

Different War.....

To be 100% honest, based on my understanding of Military History: There would have been NO United States, if the French Navy had not managed to blockade Cornwallis' troops.

At the very least, the Revolutionary War would have continued, perhaps for years, or decades.

The sequence of events that allowed Washington to pin the British down at Yorktown are not very common in war....

[Gator Monroe]

Fishing business will be the realm of Big Fish ( Not smaller operations ) in near future

[ruthless terrier]

There would have been NO United States, if the French Navy had not managed to blockade Cornwallis' troops.

now if only the French would have helped the Confederates in the Civil War.

[Gator Monroe]

now if only the French would have helped the Confederates in the Civil War.

Screw that I'm thinkin South African Scientists who developed a Time Machine in 1981 and transported 2 cases of AK 47 and 5 pallets of Ammo & Magazines to The Confederacy in 1862

[UKSmartypants]

Because they helped us become a nation?

Because, despite all of our differences, they are a friend and ally?

you need to stop smoking that stuff. The French are no more anyones friends than Herr Schiucklegruber was.

[Swedgin]

now if only the French would have helped the Confederates in the Civil War.

France was a mess at that point and time.

And, Europe had a glut of Cotton, immediately prior to the Civil War, so, they really had no reason to get involved.

(Again, though...we should give credit to the British, as they could have mucked the whole deal up, out of spite and vengence.)