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There was an Iranian UAV/LM attack on a vessel a few days ago - a UK national was killed.

It's sub-threshold stuff, but if you don enough sub-threshold stuff, it kind of nudges over the line.
 
I'd quite like to know the process by which the name "Asphalt Princess" was chosen. The imagination of an inspired executive? The work of a committee? Competition for primary school kids?
 
The ship's had a few names and a few incidents too

Initially named Joasla, the vessel was sold in 1979 and renamed Orinoco, then again in 1981 to Rio Orinoco. As Rio Orinoco, the vessel went aground on Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in October 1990 and spilled 200 metric tons (200 long tons; 220 short tons) of oil into the gulf before being freed. The ship was acquired by Groupe Desgagné following this and renamed Thalassa Desgagnes. While in service with Groupe Desgagné, the vessel suffered a fire and ran aground. Previously it was called Groupe Desgagné from 1993 to 2017.

Asphalt Princess - Wikipedia
 
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