"The vertical scrapes on the bow of the liner look as though she rode up over the corvette (as that acute angled ice-strengthened prow is designed to do),"
I once crewed on an Ice Hardened ship. We were docking in a very tight Scottish port and moving a less than 1 knot when the bow gently touched the jetty, The ship rose effortlessly to an angle of 30 degrees till about 30 feet overhung the jetty, she then slipped quietly back into the water.
Any ship approaching the bow of an ice classed ship does so at her peril, as the unfortunate Venezuelan commander has found to his sorrow.
Last edited by reefrat; 9th Apr 2020 at 01:03.