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Old 8th Oct 2021, 13:17
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Originally Posted by andytug
That was the point at which I finally lost it with "Vigil"....I twigged straight off that the listening sonar guy was useless, a trained one would have heard any powered ship coming from miles away (and be able to tell exactly what type it was). Everyone in that control room should have instantly known he was hopeless and he'd have been replaced straight off.

I suspect as said above the reporting of this early (before the sub appears somewhere unexpected for repairs) is to send a message.
Agreed - Vigil was a steaming pile of hoop.

Unfortunately the BBC thinks that the public won't notice.
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