RN on the Rocks - Again

[RS30]

It could have been worse...much worse!

See link to damage sustained by the USS San Fransico hitting a sea mount at 30kts and a depth of 500 feet!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1330034/posts

[RS30]

A link to details of the USS San Francisco (nowy a bit sico) incident in 2005.

http://www.submarineresearch.com/bull39.html

Very scary stuff!
I understand they are splicing on a new bow section from another boat as they had only just refuelled the nuke reactor and don't want to scrap her.

[Flyingblind]

Thanks for the links RS30, amazing stuff!

Whats taking Hollywood so long?

[Brian Abraham]

Years ago a bulk carrier ran up on a pinnacle in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Turned out to be located mid way between the survey lines that had been run. Before the days of side scan. As late as 1975 we were still updating charts produced by Captain Cook, given the state of the art in his day the accuracy was gob smacking.

[taxydual]

What news of the rock?

[Gainesy]

They let a Rock drive it?

[airborne_artist]

They let a Rock drive it?

Gainsey - you've become a little confused. The vessel hit a Rock. Quite why the Rock was swimming that far out/deep is not yet clear. What is clear is that the Rock is fine. He thought that he'd head-butted a large fish, but was most disappointed he couldn't kill it with his bare hands and bring it back to eat it.

[ORAC]

If he was called Peter they would have been able to spot the church on top.

[Matt Skrossa]

I must admit to a little touch of schadenfreude when I realised that Cornish Searider didn't understand the meaning of schadenfreude.