ARCHIVE 2024: Philippine Coast Guard video of Chinese ship 5205 ramming BRP Teresa Magbanua

Text poster only. The source clips, filmed from the Philippine cutter's helicopter deck, show a white China Coast Guard ship with red and blue stripes and the number 5205 on its hull turning toward the camera through open sea, and a close view from the bow as the Chinese ship's foredeck, with crew in orange vests, scrapes along the Philippine ship's rail. — Philippine Coast Guard (video courtesy of PCG, posted by Commodore Jay Tarriela), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Video released Aug. 31, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard's West Philippine Sea spokesman, Commodore Jay Tarriela. The PCG says China Coast Guard vessel 5205 deliberately rammed its cutter BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) three times at Sabina (Escoda) Shoal that afternoon, starting at about 12:07 p.m., damaging its bridge wing and freeboard with no crew injured; China's coast guard said the Philippine ship deliberately rammed its vessel. The clips, filmed from the Philippine cutter's helicopter deck and bow, show the white Chinese ship marked 5205 closing in and making contact. Archive item tied to the Oct. 20, 2026 dispute over USS Charleston's transit near the same shoal (exeindex record dispatch:2026-10-20-sabina-charleston).

What: ARCHIVE 2024: Philippine Coast Guard video of Chinese ship 5205 ramming BRP Teresa Magbanua
Where: Sabina (Escoda) Shoal, South China Sea
When: Aug 31, 2024
Who: Philippine Coast Guard (Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, @jaytaryela)
Status: Claim unverified
Warning: Content warning: None. Two coast guard ships colliding at sea; no injuries reported. Graphic level: none.

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Philippine Coast Guard (Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, @jaytaryela) · PCG spokesperson Jay Tarriela on X (Aug. 31, 2024)

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Record details

Captured 31 August 2024. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Philippine Coast Guard (Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, @jaytaryela). Location: Sabina (Escoda) Shoal, South China Sea.

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Credit: Philippine Coast Guard (video courtesy of PCG, posted by Commodore Jay Tarriela), watch at source. License: Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted).

Archive · 31 August 2024