Russian CO steals his own bronze propellers

[Mr Quatro]

Russia should pay it's officers more, uh?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38659/russian-navy-commander-stole-two-13-ton-bronze-propellers-from-his-own-destroyer?fbclid=IwAR0wygPS8tCxaWgGDkSO6jhInkkfYLQ 9eOdzTQtUwoxvzWCjioOGLrD_Nlw

https://www.thedrive.com/content/2021/01/destroyer-theft-top.jpg?quality=85&width=1440&quality=70

The Russian Navy says that a former commander of the now-decommissioned Sovremenny class destroyer Bespokoynyy conspired with others and stole the ship's two bronze propellers while it was in dry dock being converted into a floating museum. The alleged caper sounds like it was ripped straight from the plot of a comedic Hollywood heist movie, with the thieves reportedly swapping out the pair of screws, each weighing approximately 13 tons, for ones made out of a cheaper metal.

[Cybermat47]

Well... if it’s decommissioned, who’s going to miss them? :D

[Aktungbby]

as the article says with a straight face: "it was a brazen heist...and somebody got screwed..."nice to know this goes on behind the Iron Curtain too:arrgh!:

[samll]

Russia should pay it's officers more, uh?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38659/russian-navy-commander-stole-two-13-ton-bronze-propellers-from-his-own-destroyer?fbclid=IwAR0wygPS8tCxaWgGDkSO6jhInkkfYLQ 9eOdzTQtUwoxvzWCjioOGLrD_Nlw


I didn't believe what a read the first time
that's genius but also the stupidest thing that man could do because being the sole officer responsible for the safety of a decommissioned ship all responsibility in on him

[Mr Quatro]

Welcome aboard samll :up:

[Aktungbby]

samll! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim samll :Kaleun_Salute:

[ikalugin]

More of the pension thing, the ship was being converted into a museum and the Captain decided to get some sweet retirement money going by swapping the bronse screw with a cheaper imitation, while selling the bronse.