A British nuclear-powered submarine has been damaged.

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Posted by Dervish on May-27-2008 22:07:

A British nuclear-powered submarine has been damaged.

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UK submarine hits Red Sea rocks
HMS Superb (Pic: MoD)
HMS Superb was launched by the Royal Navy in 1976

A British nuclear-powered submarine has been damaged after it hit rocks in the Red Sea, defence officials say.

HMS Superb hit an underwater rock on 26 May and damage to its sonar equipment forced it to surface.

No crew members were hurt and the submarine remains watertight, according to a Ministry of Defence spokesman.

He said the submarine's nuclear reactor was "completely unaffected", but a full investigation was under way to determine the cause of the collision.

The 272ft attack vessel had passed through the Suez Canal and was in the northern Red Sea, 80 miles south of Suez itself, when she hit an underwater rock pinnacle.

'No casualties'

There were 112 crew on board, but no other vessel was involved.

The MoD said: "There were no casualties and the submarine remains watertight, is safe on the surface and able to operate under her own power."

There was also "no environmental impact" from the collision, he added.

The Navy is now trying to work out how to return the vessel to port.

It is currently in international waters, but is unable to dive because of the damage to its sonar equipment.

HMS Superb was first launched in 1976. Most recently she has been deployed to Afghanistan to provide support for troops there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7422774.stm

I'm guessing the tabloids will have the headline "RN Red Faced In Red Sea!". Only twice they've done it too!

Posted by Q5echo on May-28-2008 01:56:

we yanks run into crap all the time.

actually a guy died from this impact so its pretty serious stuff.

Posted by Chryz707 on May-28-2008 10:21:

Thats the USS San Francisco SSN 711, That Boat is still being repaired currrently and wont be back for a while. Besides one person dying several others were severely injured as well...

Posted by Q5echo on May-28-2008 11:03:

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Originally posted by Chryz707
Besides one person dying several others were severely injured as well...

we were told the guy, a nuke, died while doing an at-sea helo tranfer. he had suffered severe head trauma b/c of the impact but was stabilized. then the gurney he was on in mid air tilted toward his head and he was gone.

Posted by Fir3start3r on May-31-2008 18:51:

They're still better than the ones you sold us!

Posted by Q5echo on May-31-2008 20:20:

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r
They're still better than the ones you sold us!

i was unaware we sell used boats

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jun-01-2008 05:43:

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Originally posted by Q5echo
i was unaware we sell used boats

We don't, we buy sh#tty UK diesels they were going to decommission...

http://www.espritdecorps.ca/Give%20...eir%20Boats.htm

Posted by Q5echo on Jun-01-2008 06:13:

my bad dude. that sucks.

i bet the Brits were like, "holy crap they bought'em?"

i don't know the first thing about diesel boats but i know they catch fire routinely. fire on any sub is dangerous. combine that with an unfamiliar crew and it's disaster waiting to happen.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jun-01-2008 15:26:

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Originally posted by Q5echo
my bad dude. that sucks.

i bet the Brits were like, "holy crap they bought'em?"

There were probably just as many Canadians asking that same question...