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HMS Superb damaged in the Red Sea

#1 User is offline   vardulli 

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Posted 27 May 2008 - 1708 PM

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.

http://news.bbc.co.u.../uk/7422774.stm
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Posted 27 May 2008 - 1717 PM

Well, it could have been worse.

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Posted 27 May 2008 - 1748 PM

Seem to be a lot of subs running into things lately.
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Posted 27 May 2008 - 2252 PM

So how many Trafalgar's haven't crashed into underwater rock formations this year? <_<

So was it the tracing paper to blame?
Or mabey the crayons?

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Posted 27 May 2008 - 2344 PM

View PostJeff, on Wed 28 May 2008 0048, said:

Seem to be a lot of subs running into things lately.

And surviving. Which is a Good Thing™.
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 0055 AM

View PostLuke_Yaxley, on Wed 28 May 2008 0452, said:

So how many Trafalgar's haven't crashed into underwater rock formations this year? <_<

HMS Superb is a Swiftsure.
If I remember correctly, she is to be decommissioned in the course of 2008 or 2009 anyway.
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 0145 AM

View PostLampshade111, on Tue 27 May 2008 1517, said:

Well, it could have been worse.


It wasn't hijacked by Somali pirates. Yet.
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 0534 AM

View PostJeff, on Wed 28 May 2008 0848, said:

Seem to be a lot of subs running into things lately.

It probably just hit another one of these non-Euclidean intrusions into normal space. Or possibly the earthquake in China had some unforeseen consequences on distant underwater topology.

Certainly nothing to worry about. http://www.the-emperor.org/graphics/forticons/cthulhu_smiley.gif
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 1159 AM

Behold, the Kraken!!! :blink:

Nice they brought the boat back, rather more important they brought the crew back.
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 1517 PM

Reading "Silent Steel" and collisions / groundings seem to be pretty common among US Submarines
It sounds like the Sea Wolf (SSN-575) would have been lost if it was not for SUBSAFE modifications
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Posted 29 May 2008 - 1625 PM

Well I hope the Minister of Defense in Canada does not answer the phone when the MOD calls saying it has a great deal on some gently used subs...
been there done that, have the subs :D
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Posted 30 May 2008 - 0533 AM

View PostT19, on Thu 29 May 2008 2125, said:

Well I hope the Minister of Defense in Canada does not answer the phone when the MOD calls saying it has a great deal on some gently used subs...
been there done that, have the subs :D



Have they been allowed to go operational since the unfortunate occurence?
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