Bummer on the Captain, he's toast.
At least they eat good.
The chef on a sister sub, the Tireless, is an award winning chef.
Posted on 10/22/2010 9:49:00 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
The grounding of the £1.2 billion Astute hunter-killer comes at the end of a dire week for the Royal Navy which has seen its carrier force halved, Harrier jump jets axed and warship force reduced by almost a quarter.
It is understood that the boat, which is first in its class, ran aground by its stern in a manoeuvre that “went slightly wrong” after it had dropped some sailors ashore in tidal waters off the Isle of Skye.
As the tide rapidly ebbed it is thought the skipper of Astute, Commander Andy Coles, decided not to power it off the obstruction as it would risk damaging the hull that carries some of the most advanced acoustic tiles that make Astute virtually undetectable beneath the seas.
Navy insiders insisted that there was no likelihood of a nuclear reactor leak or any other environmental issue.
No one was injured in the incident that happened earlier today. It came the morning after Trafalgar Day, where sailors celebrated the 205th anniversary of Nelson's victory.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It's a new ride tho too. Takes awhile to figure out what all the knobs and buttons do.
Instead he decided to end his career.
Running a ship aground is still a career killer in Navies the world over...
Bummer on the Captain, he's toast.
At least they eat good.
The chef on a sister sub, the Tireless, is an award winning chef.
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People on a beach watch as crew stand on the deck of the Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute near the Skye bridge off the Isle of Skye, northwest Scotland October 22, 2010. A new British nuclear-powered submarine ran aground off the coast of northwest Scotland on Friday during an exchange of crew members. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: MILITARY)
Give ‘em a break...have you ever tried using a backstaff in a conning tower?
Give ‘em a break...have you ever tried using a backstaff in a conning tower?
As a retired QMC I feel their pain. I spent 24 years making sure this didn’t happen to my ships but there were a couple of times I thought for sure I was going to end up at the long green table.
Which given the state of the UK navy was probably about as far as he was ever going to go.However with the amount of Seamen being canned out of the navy,he will most likely find work somewhere else.
Isle of Skye ping
I guess the captain will be renamed Asstoot for that one.
Well, the Brits may not be the masters of the sea any more, but they are still the masters of understatement.
It’s FRee!
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Grounded nuclear sub dragged free
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11609870
The BBC’s Scotland Correspondent Glenn Campbell witnessed the first part of the submarine’s journey back to base.
A nuclear-powered submarine which ran aground in shallow waters off the Isle of Skye has been refloated, the Royal Navy has said.
HMS Astute was towed free by a tug at about 1800 BST and will be taken to deep water where a survey will be carried out on its rudder.
The £1bn submarine, described as the “stealthiest” ever built in the UK, was out on sea trials.
It became stuck on a shingle bank near the Skye Bridge at about 0800 BST.
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