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xotGD
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Belgrano. Controversial because it was sailing away from the Falklands.
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If you mean that Japanese aircraft carrier that was sunk by an American submarine somewhere in the Pacific towards the end of WW2, that was not controversial. That was an Act of War.
Peterthegreat
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The Shinano (or something similar)? I didn't think it was controversial.
DaleCooper
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That makes it about 60,000 tonnes which is bigger than almost all warships. I wonder if it was the ship sunk by a Pakistani submarine during the war with India. Was it an oil tanker which caused pollution?
You assume I mean controversy as in "wasn't legal" rather than just severe disagreement between parties.
Gloster
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USS Indianapolis? Because nobody noticed. (Probably not big enough.)
I can see this isn't going to work as I'd hoped. So you two can fight over the floor by who responds first.
For what its worth the controversy I was after was until after the war the US Navy had no idea Shinano ever existed, at least as a carrier. When first reported Archerfish was credited with a cruiser as the USN thought it knew the location of every surviving carrier, when the captain drew a picture of the carrier they sunk it was eventually credited as a much smaller 28,000t escort carrier. It wasn't until after the war they became aware of the 69,000t converted Yamato class behemoth existed and it was finally credited to Archerfish and the captain awarded the Navy Cross and the ship the Presidential Unit Citation.
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I'll take the floor. What is being built on the Amur river (the border of Russia and China) which will be a world first?
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DaleCooper
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A giant boxing glove or did you mean a world first?
Is it anything to do with the tri-point with North Korea or is that a different river?
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Nice one! A world first (now amended).
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No, nothing to do with a tri-point (of which there are many in the world).
DaleCooper
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It's usually dams that are built on rivers. Is it a dam built from Lego bricks?
Peter Mugridge
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It's not that replica of the Titanic is it?
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Niet (Russian) 不 (Mandarin Chinese)
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Sorry, no (where near)
xotGD
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A floating customs post?
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An underwater city?
LSWR Cavalier
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An overwater floating city with dual-gauge rail connection?
GRALISTAIR
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I don’t want to overthink this but isn’t it a railway bridge which will be the first connecting the two countries?
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No
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You're the nearest so far @GRALISTAIR . It's not a bridge - but it will connect the two countries!
DaleCooper
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A causeway?
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Sorry, no.
GRALISTAIR
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A gas pipeline? But that is hardly a world first.
LSWR Cavalier
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A long tunnel for rail and road?