Posted on 01/07/2022 3:26:33 AM PST by DFG
The Royal Navy has admitted one of its warships collided with a Russian hunter-killer submarine in the north Atlantic in what is believed to be the first collision between Russian and British vessels since the Cold War.
The Russian submarine was lurking 200 miles north of Scotland in 'late 2020' when the crew of HMS Northumberland was dispatched on a 48-hour mission to hunt it down amid fears it would try to tap into or cut undersea cables essential for communication and the internet.
The Royal Navy's Type 23 frigate sailed into the region where the sub was believed to be hiding and deployed its array sonar - a cable covered in hydrophones pulled along behind the hull - to listen for sounds from the sub.
But in what a navy source has described as a 'million-to-one chance event', the submarine passed right behind the British vessel and smashed into the sonar cable being towed behind the frigate.
The collision, which was caught on film by a Channel 5 TV crew, did considerable damage to the HMS Northumberland's sonar device which was raked across the Russian sub's hull, forcing the British crew to abort their mission and return to base for repairs.
In the video of the moment of impact, a crew member is heard exclaiming, 'what the f*** have I just hit?'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well I feel better knowing only the Russians can navigate without hitting another ship. How many USN ships have reportedly had accidents… and how many did that were never reported.
“Bedford Incident” clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBu3JBLWsXE&ab_channel=TributeFlight
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058962/
This isn’t surprising IMO. What is surprising is the Royal Navy has women walking around the ship in towels. May there’s also karaoke in the lounge bar.
Perhaps it was the ship that you were 'stalking' just a wee bit too closely? Hmmm?
Perhaps they’ve reinstated the rum ration?
CC
The sub didn’t hit the ship, it hit the towed sonar array which probably several hundred yards behind the ship.
According to another version, the Russian submarine got a nice piece of the top-secret sonar array.
With all the trannies running around our military, “What the f*** did I just hit?” has a different meaning in the U.S. Navy.
Thank you! Exactly.
Hey-oh!
Well said.
Laz you need to see #9 here!
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“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.”
Winston Churchill
"Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash..." Three noble traditions of the British Navy.
The only thing they have yet to re-instate is the Lash.
Regards,
Awwwww. Killjoy!!!
It’s so much more fun reading what the ignorant post.
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..... KEEEERAASHHH!!!!
“If he fires one, I’ll fire one.”
‘FIRE ONE!’
The US Navy has yet to reinstate rum or the lash.
No wonder there's no more work for cabin boys.
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