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Treble one
7th Jan 2019, 16:40
Reports in the Telegraph saying that the vessel had 30% of its sonar panels missing, when returning from a 3 month patrol.
unmanned_droid
7th Jan 2019, 16:41
Solar powered submarines....that really is innovative!
Treble one
7th Jan 2019, 16:44
Solar powered submarines....that really is innovative!
Especially at those depths! Apologies, now corrected.
Chugalug2
7th Jan 2019, 16:47
AL1. For Solar read Sonar :-
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/06/nuclear-patrol-submarine-suffers-unusual-amount-damage-government/
That doesn’t reflect well on the Navy........
Timelord
7th Jan 2019, 16:58
Is this a story? Every picture I have seen of a submarine that has been at sea for a while has tiles missing.
Not_a_boffin
7th Jan 2019, 17:28
It's probably the carriers fault.....or Brexit.......
FODPlod
7th Jan 2019, 17:36
That doesn’t reflect well on the Navy........
Lighten up.......
West Coast
7th Jan 2019, 18:20
That doesn’t reflect well on the Navy........
Rising to the occasion.
Sorted ... https://www.diy.com/departments/loctite-power-flex-mini-trio-superglue-1g-pack-of-3/1200210_BQ.prd
Lighten up....... :rolleyes:
Its not funny if you have to explain it........
FODPlod
7th Jan 2019, 20:45
:rolleyes:
Its not funny if you have to explain it........
Was that a whoosh?
solar...reflect...lighten. Geddit? :)
Chris Kebab
7th Jan 2019, 21:08
...echo that.
Nige321
7th Jan 2019, 22:37
Extreme ironing required.... :E
That doesn’t reflect well on the Navy........
Somewhat harsh. Part of these submarines' jobs is to get up close and personal with their adversaries, with an inevitable increase in the risk of hitting ice, ships, other submarines etc. The damage may have been caused by avoidable errors, but it's also possible that bad luck played a part...
Radley
8th Jan 2019, 09:00
Bloody hell Pasta!
Oops, sorry, my last post is way off line. I read too quickly and thought Astute/Trafalgar class, which do get up to some "interesting" stuff. Mea culpa.
The business of these boats is definitely *not* to get up close and personal with anything!
PhilipG
8th Jan 2019, 09:42
When is the on patrol French boat coming in? Might be worth seeing how she looks, seem to recall there was a coming together a few years ago.
MATELO
8th Jan 2019, 11:27
Didn't a US Virginia Class arrive in Faslane 2 weeks ago with similar problems.
shotleylad
8th Jan 2019, 11:36
Looking at the photographs it has lost a few tiles which is normal. To think the Telegraph used to be good on RN stories it now seems to be on the same level as the Sun.
teeteringhead
8th Jan 2019, 14:39
Read about the incident somewhere recently, said it was normal to return about 10% deficient in tiles, but this one was about 30% missing..........
Radley
8th Jan 2019, 15:59
Pasta- not having a go. I'm normally quite passive on this forum but this thread got me a bit active. Just thought I'd ping you a dit old chum.
Pontius Navigator
8th Jan 2019, 16:29
TTH, it was the Telegraph.
FODPlod
8th Jan 2019, 16:29
Isn't the underwater environment pun-ishing?
SASless
8th Jan 2019, 18:34
Up Close....and Personal.....yes it does happen!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/nuclear-submarine-collision-cold-war-cia-scotland
https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-submarine-russia-tracked-before-syria-strikes-2018-4 (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/nuclear-submarine-collision-cold-war-cia-scotland)