(While hoping there was no loss of life ... this is freaking hilarious! When I first started reading and the article said “performing some risky maneuvers” I though maybe they were within maybe 100, maybe 75 feet. But NO, they were right up on the Philippine CG ship … skin of the teeth. The two Chinese ships were actually as close as you can get two ships.)
Two Chinese ships collided with each other in the South China Sea on Monday while trying to harass the Philippines’ coast guard, video shows.
In a high-speed chase, the China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel 3104 was pursuing the Philippine patrol ship BRP Suluan approximately 10.5 nautical miles east of the contentious Scarborough Shoal, deploying water its water cannon at one point, according to Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Spokesperson Jay Tarriela. As the CCG vessel approached the boat, it collided with a larger Chinese Navy destroyer that attempted to intervene by positioning itself between the Philippine ship and the coast guard cutter.
“The CCG 3104 … performed a risky maneuver from the PCG vessel’s starboard quarter, leading to the impact with the PLA Navy warship. This resulted in substantial damage to the CCG vessel’s forecastle, rendering it unseaworthy,” the spokesman wrote.
The incident reportedly caused “substantial damage” to the CCG vessel, rendering it unseaworthy, with offers of assistance by the Philippine Coast Guard being ignored by the Chinese.
(This second video clip is longer although some DF put stupid music over the video.)
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1954812633363664949
The footage shows significant damage to the focsle of CCG-3104 as well as a large hole in the forward port side of DDG-164. Right before the collision, several sailors can be seen on the focsle of the Chinese Coast Guard vessel, with them likely to have been killed or at least suffered serious injuries.
Now, Chinese Communist Party or not, we can hope there was no loss of life on that Chinese Coast Guard vessel. As it happens, the Philippine Coast Guard promptly assisted with recovery and medical treatment, which strikes me as not only a good humanitarian effort but something that one would think would be an elementary law of the sea.
After the crash, the PCG assisted with recovering overboard crew members and provided medical aid for injured CCG personnel, Tarriela said.
“The Philippine Coast Guard reaffirms its dedication to safeguarding all maritime operations in the area and wishes for the swift recovery and proper treatment of any affected CCG personnel,” he said.
In the United States Navy, this is the kind of thing that gets ship commanders relieved in disgrace - or, at least, it should. I'm not sure what penalties for a cluster foul-up like this are in the PLAN, but China being a Communist country, I can imagine that the punishment would be... stringent.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/08/11/terrific-chinese-ships-collide-while-harassing-philippine-coast-guard-n2192684
When I was getting ready to post this, I found another Twitter/X account which had more on the story and more video than the other two Twitter/X accounts.
