Emergency at sea – the crisis on a nuclear sub that had to stay secret
Emergency at sea – the crisis on a nuclear sub that had to stay secret The nuclear submarine HMS Revenge is arrives at Rosyth naval dockyard in April 1980. BRIAN WILSON Published: 08:21 Updated: 14:19...
View ArticleReactor incidents on new nuclear subs double in one year
Astute-class submarines HMS Artful (left) and HMS Astute (right), at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane. The Royal Navy’s new nuclear-powered submarines have been plagued by 69 safety...
View ArticleBAE gets £201m for fresh design work on new nuclear submarines
BAE gets £201m for fresh design work on new nuclear submarines Replacement for ageing Trident submarines moves closer as BAE gets funding for advance work on new vessels An artist’s impression of the...
View ArticleChinese Submarine Practiced Missile Attack on USS Reagan
Cruise missile targeting of carrier risked naval shootout Song-class submarine A Chinese attack submarine conducted a simulated cruise missile attack on the aircraft carrier USS Reagan during a close...
View ArticleRussian submarine returns after bombing Islamic State in Syria
The Russian submarine that carried out strikes against IS in Syria returns to Russia. (Source: Ruptly) In the war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, Russia had flexed its military...
View Article1,000-Tonne Nuclear Submarine Passes Through Residential Streets In Barrow
1,000-Tonne Nuclear Submarine Passes Through Residential Streets In Barrow The unit belonging to defence company BAE Systems is the heaviest ever moved and was taken to Devonshire Dock Hall in...
View ArticleNuclear Sub Protection Plan For Rolls-Royce
Nuclear Sub Protection Plan For Rolls-Royce The financial woes at Rolls-Royce could result in the nationalisation of its nuclear submarine division, under contingency plans. 13:49, UK,Monday 14...
View ArticleSubmarine inventor remembered 100 years on
Submarine inventor remembered 100 years on Tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the 100th anniversary of the death of submarine inventor John P. Holland and to mark the anniversary a special commemorative...
View ArticleUK – Submarine museum moves a fathom closer
PLANS for a submarine museum in Helensburgh have taken a step forward after an application to alter a former church hall were given the green light. Argyll and Bute Council granted planning permission...
View ArticleVernon ‘Ginger’ Coles (Midget Sub Engineer) – obituary
Vernon ‘Ginger’ Coles – obituary Vernon ‘Ginger’ Coles was an engineer on midget submarines who steered attacks on German warships hiding off Norway Coles returning from Bergen and leaving X24...
View ArticleTsar’s ‘Shark’ submarine discovered beneath the Baltic Sea
A submarine nicknamed The Shark, which disappeared during the First World War, has been found by divers The Imperial Russian submarine known as Akula or The Shark, 1913 Divers have identified a wreck...
View ArticleScottish independence: Where might Trident go?
Scottish ministers say the UK’s nuclear deterrent – the submarine-based Trident – will be banished from Scotland if it becomes independent. The UK government says there are no plans to move it. But...
View ArticleThyssenKrupp agrees sale of Swedish submarine shipyard to Saab
Toy ducks are placed on a sign of Germany’s top steelmaker ThyssenKrupp during a protest at their headquarters in Essen February 25, 2014. Germany’s ThyssenKrupp said late on Sunday it had agreed to...
View ArticleWhatever floats your boat: Kim Jong-un poses aboard rusty submarine
PICTURES of Kim Jong-un standing on a submarine have been released by North Korea. Kim Jong-un posed on board the rusty submarine [REUTERS] Unfortunately for the dictator, the vessel appears to have...
View ArticleVideo – HMS Opossum – Cobwebs 1989
HMS/M Opossum Cobwebs Day 1989. Featuring Lt Cdr Tom Herman and OERA Nobby Clarke Click on the picture of follow the link beneath Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLrgch4OMI Filed under: UK...
View ArticleArgentine Submarine runs aground
Argentine Navy submarine accident According to Argentine media reports, local time on June 15 afternoon, the Argentine Navy Santa Cruz Road (S-41 ARA Santa Cruz) submarine ran aground accident occurred...
View Article‘People were going to die’: submarine crew trapped in searing heat after...
Dozens of crew members were trapped on a Royal Navy nuclear submarine in 60C heat after the air conditioning system failed, forcing HMS Turbulent to dive to 200m to cool down Temperatures on HMS...
View ArticleHMS Tireless returns to Plymouth for the final time before being decommissioned
Picture by Helen Pearse HMS Tireless returning to Devonport Naval Base this evening. Picture by Nick Copson. HMS Tireless returning to Devonport Naval Base this evening. Picture by Nick Copson. HMS...
View ArticleHMS Thetis submarine tragedy: Memorials mark 75 years
Ships join the rescue operation in 1939 The 75th anniversary of the sinking of a submarine with the loss of 99 lives has been marked. On Sunday wreaths were dropped into the sea off Llandudno to...
View ArticleUK – Look inside a nuclear submarine during dockyard open days
HMS Courageous THE GENERAL public will have the chance to see inside a nuclear submarine during two dockyard open days. Devonport naval base will throw open its doors this Sunday from 10am to 5pm and...
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