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Nuclear submarine which hit rock may have to be scrapped { HMS Superb }
The Herald (UK) | 5/29/8 | IAN BRUCE

Posted on 05/29/2008 10:23:45 AM PDT by SmithL

Nuclear submarine which hit rock may have to be scrapped


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: grounding; hmssuperb; navigationbybraille; submarine
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Can't even excerpt. Here's the link: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2303795.0.nuclear_submarine_which_hit_rock_may_have_to_be_scrapped.php
1 posted on 05/29/2008 10:23:46 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..

Follow-up to UK submarine hits Red Sea rocks

2 posted on 05/29/2008 10:25:19 AM PDT by SmithL (Reject Obama's Half-Vast Wright-Wing Conspiracy)
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To: SmithL

I hope they can do something with it,, make an amusement park out of it ,, scrapping it, ouch.


3 posted on 05/29/2008 10:26:25 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: SmithL

The Captain is going to have to do a couple more tours to pay for this one.


4 posted on 05/29/2008 10:26:56 AM PDT by RightWhale (We see the polygons)
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To: SmithL

I’ll bet that the captain of *that* particular vessel will have some explaining to do.


5 posted on 05/29/2008 10:30:25 AM PDT by SayNoToDems (Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
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To: RightWhale

The sub is 32 years old. Not sure how much more life it had regardless.


6 posted on 05/29/2008 10:30:59 AM PDT by visionary
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To: RightWhale

Oh his career is over. Count on that.


7 posted on 05/29/2008 10:32:50 AM PDT by Danae (Remember: Obama = Pull out from Iraq. PLAN on voting, or accept responsibility for the consequences.)
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To: SmithL

Bummer. I have a White Ensign from that boat (swapped a jack and a commissioning pennant for it).


8 posted on 05/29/2008 10:34:41 AM PDT by Doohickey (SSN-681; SSN-671; SSN-669; SSN-712)
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To: RedRover

I guess the window fogged up.


9 posted on 05/29/2008 10:35:22 AM PDT by lilycicero (Darn defrosts always on the fritz on the subs.)
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To: visionary

It looks like the trade-off for repairing damage to the sonar stuff may not be worth the effort.. the estimated life of a nuclear reactor on a ship or sub? I don’t know, it’s maybe 50 years best case... scrap value , not sure, probably not a lot.


10 posted on 05/29/2008 10:36:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: lilycicero
I guess the window fogged up.

Nah, somebody left the screen door open........

11 posted on 05/29/2008 10:38:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
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To: Red Badger

:)


12 posted on 05/29/2008 10:42:09 AM PDT by lilycicero (Baton down the screen.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Thirty-two years is a LONG time for a steel ship in salt water.


13 posted on 05/29/2008 10:43:27 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Danae
Oh his career is over. Count on that.

Not necessarily ... this is the British Navy. They aren't as judgmental as the U.S. Navy ... depends on the circumstances.

14 posted on 05/29/2008 10:45:37 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: SmithL
Different sub, rock damage.

15 posted on 05/29/2008 10:45:56 AM PDT by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: SmithL
United States: USS — United States Ship
Great Britain: HMS — Her Majesty’s Ship
Italy: AMB — Atsa Ma Boat
16 posted on 05/29/2008 10:49:12 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: Slicksadick

Somebody was hiding something big in that blue bag to cause all that damage!

17 posted on 05/29/2008 10:52:13 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: SmithL

Someone’s got some splainin to do.


18 posted on 05/29/2008 10:53:45 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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To: econjack
Italy: AMB — Atsa Ma Boat

Lol! So true!

19 posted on 05/29/2008 10:59:32 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: econjack
Italy: AMB — Atsa Ma Boat

Lol! So true!

20 posted on 05/29/2008 10:59:57 AM PDT by rawhide
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