HMS Astute submarine Skye aground

[Chris Hunsicker]

Date: 22/10/2010 11:32:08

HMS Astute submarine Skye aground


A nuclear-powered submarine has run aground off the coast of a Scottish island, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.

The incident involving HMS Astute happened near the Isle of Skye. There were no reports of any injuries.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We are aware of an incident involving one of our submarines off the Isle of Skye. This is a not a nuclear incident.

"We are responding to the incident and can confirm that there are no injuries to personnel and the submarine remains watertight. There is no indication of any environmental impact."

It is understood that the submarine's crew is waiting for high tide so they could free the vessel.

In June 2007 the mammoth

[Christopher Gray]

Would this type of vessel have an AIS transmitter?  Looking in ShipTrax at the moment, and the only ship on-screen in the vicinity is the Roy Kristian.

[Kelvin Davies]

It gets better.
Yesterday the government announced they were dispensing with Anglian Price to save a bit of cash.
Today, Anglian Prince has had to go to the aid of HMS Astute!

[Christopher Gray]

Yes, I tracked Anglian Prince as she headed for Skye this morning.  Ironically, yesterday the local MP said that "the vessels could prove critical in an emergency".  Prophetic words, and just goes to demonstrate how vital these coastguard vessels are to us.

[Robert J Smith]

Some info here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11606046

Bob