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Old 9th Jun 2023, 01:26
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tartare
 
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Originally Posted by Timelord
No, I don’t think you are. The weapons were transferred off the combatant ships before the shooting began or before they arrived in the area.
Ah - my mistake - noted.
Although not strictly an `accident' and not aviation related - am reminded of the extraordinary story in the book The Silent Deep.
RN nuclear sub Captain climbs into inspection tunnel over reactor on submerged sub, and looks down through viewport into reactor chamber to see that it is almost entirely filled to the brim with sea-water!
Not just the cooling circuit - the whole chamber.
Reactor continuing to operate despite this - testimony to RR PWR engineering.
Trying to find the name of the vessel...
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