HMS Astute Runs Aground

**davidbfpo** · 10-23-2010

From The Scotsman, citing an expert:

There is an issue with security. A large part of it is above water, and it is the shape of the submarine that determines its underwater acoustics. It is the bumps and shapes of the hull and the shape of any propellers, if that is seen above water, then someone can work out what it sounds like under water - that is the bit that's really sensitive. You have to be extremely careful.

Link:http://www.scotsman.com/news/Skipper...iry.6595602.jp

**Fuchs** · 10-23-2010

That's such a nonsense.
There are unrestricted photos of subs all the time (including Astute) and the only thing regularly hidden from sight are the screws.
The hull shape is boring anyway.

**Rifleman** · 10-24-2010

I expect a Court of Inquiry, possibly discreet and the captain's career is hampered to be polite.

"The simple truth is that not all of us become the men we wish to be." - Lucky Jack Aubrey

**davidbfpo** · 11-04-2010

It does not get better:

A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "We can confirm an incident occurred at the time involving the Coastguard tug and the submarine. We are investigating the matter."
A Navy spokesman said: "There was a collision between Astute and a tug, which resulted in damage to the submarine's starboard foreplane.

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...o-free-it.html