HMS Astute Runs Aground

[Pete]

HMS Astute, a Royal Navy nuclear submarine, has run aground. There is a BBC story at this link. An accident at sea can ruin the whole day.

[Kiwigrunt]

HMS Astute, a Royal Navy nuclear submarine, has run aground. There is a BBC story at this link. An accident at sea can ruin the whole day.

You gotta wonder about some of the names they give these boats don't ya?

[davidbfpo]

Reported that:

A nuclear-powered submarine which ran aground on a shingle bank earlier today has been towed free and is now sailing under its own power

Link (with little detail):A nuclear-powered submarine which ran aground on a shingle bank earlier today has been towed free and is now sailing under its own power

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...g-aground.html

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

Having being exposed to view one wonders if "interested parties" got enough photos, let alone satellite views.

[Pete]

To make it worse it happened on the anniversary of Trafalgar Day, Nelson's victory in 1805 over the French and Spanish. I hope the guy steering the sub had famous last words to save his career, like "Kiss me Hardy."

[davidbfpo]

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]

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.