HMS Astute: world's most advanced nuclear submarine runs aground (off the coast of Scotland)

[Turborama]

Source: Telegraph (UK)

The world’s most advanced nuclear submarine, HMS Astute, has run aground on rocks off Scotland causing considerable embarrassment for Navy chiefs.

By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent
Published: 11:02AM BST Oct 22 2010


Britain's Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute (top)
sails into the River Clyde towards HM Naval Base Clyde in Faslane
near Glasgow, Scotland

The grounding of the £1.2 billion Astute hunter-killer comes at the end of a dire week for the Royal Navy which has seen its carrier force halved, Harrier jump jets axed and warship force reduced by almost a quarter.

It is understood that the boat, which is first in its class, ran aground by its stern in a manoeuvre that “went slightly wrong” after it had dropped some sailors ashore in tidal waters off the Isle of Skye.

As the tide rapidly ebbed it is thought the skipper of Astute, Commander Andy Coles, decided not to power it off the obstruction as it would risk damaging the hull that carries some of the most advanced acoustic tiles that make Astute virtually undetectable beneath the seas.

Navy insiders insisted that there was no likelihood of a nuclear reactor leak or any other environmental issue.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/8079960/HMS-Astute-worlds-most-advanced-nuclear-submarine-runs-aground.html

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[trusty elf]

1. Astute? Whoops!

[tinymontgomery]

2. Opening for a new CO

and possibly a few others such as the XO and Navigator. See three new jobs just created.:sarcasm:

[rasputin1952]

3. All of this, and somone forgot to upload software of charts?

18000 sausages for a 10 week patrol...I have to wonder what the cholesterol levels look like after that...and perhaps another head or two would have been advisable...;)

[Thor_MN]

8. 18000 sausages and the air handling only removes CO2, CO and H2?

They wiffed on the spelling of Asstoot. Should be easy to trail her by the methane and H2S bubbles....

[leveymg]

4. A 12-foot diameter, seven-bladed prop turning at 300 rpm makes "less noise than a baby dolphin'?

British humor.

[Diclotican]

6. leveymg

leveymg

British Understatement;)... But when it came to Subs, the UK have to have the best of the best, both in hardware and in software (humans). So I would not doubt that Astute indeed have a seven bladed prop that can make less noise than a baby Dolphin... And the UK submarine force is smaler than the counterparts in US, and the founds is far less rich, so they have to build the best subs that are aviable.. And I have the feeeling that the Astute Class of submarine is the best the british can offer the world. And UK have a long tradition of making sure their submarines are the finest that is around.. Both the crew and the ships...

Diclotican

[Bossy Monkey]

5. ...To be renamed HMS Astigmatic nt

[formercia]

7. HMS Obstruction.

Other infamous names would include Titanic.

[Javaman]

9. Well, that wasn't very...

Oh nevermind, way to easy.

[Lasher]

10. The brits look pretty smart to me.

I see they're cutting their carrier force in half. We're building another monster carrier right now, already named after yet another loser Republican president.

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. It's hard work driving underwater.

Just imagine the sound of the impact from inside. :scared:

[Blue_Tires]

12. This was bound to happen once Sean Connery defected to the West

[tomm2thumbs]

13. Craigslist: Wanted, Submarine Navigator Specialist - meals & credit - no pay

oh wait, that would be a post for someone making a movie and screwing people over...

my bad