HMS Astute grounded

[wellinghall]

"Nuclear submarine 'grounded on rocks' off Skye"

"Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute has got into difficulty off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11605365

Comments

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Ruddy sludgemariners :p

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

:-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_submarine_accidents

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

Didn't this happen last time we built a new lot of subs, too?

(In fact it turns out that the BBC article mentions HMS Trafalgar in 2002. Don't the navy have, you know, charts or something for their training grounds?)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_submarine_accidents

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed that only five of the K-series subs qualify, given the pretty appalling things that happened to most of them.

[malaheed.livejournal.com]

I guess it was stealthy that the nasty island didn't notice it and ran the poor lilt sub over

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

:-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_submarine_accidents

[thecatsamuel.livejournal.com]

Whoops.

So embarrassing for the senior service when these things happen!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_submarine_accidents

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Things do get grounded around there from time to time - before the bridge was built I once nearly got stuck on the island because the frequent ferry sat high and dry...

I see the sub is free now, but I like the suggestion that the greatest worry was the tide exposing the top-secret propulsion system!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_submarine_accidents