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CAUGHT IN A PERFECT STORM. by Odin. After spending 7.5 years in refit at Devonport, the Trident missile submarine HMS Vanguard finally departs Devonport in May last year. Photo: Steve Jagger. The late American novelist Tom Clancy was deeply impressed by the Submarine Service of the Royal Navy, rating it even above that of the US Navy.
Sep 26, 2023 · The craft and its crew are believed to have spent 195 days on patrol, the vast majority of it submerged. Many allege that this sets a record for the longest known patrol by a Royal Navy submarine.
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Sep 21, 2023 · 44. A Vanguard-class nuclear submarine has returned from a six month patrol, a commendable feat that also highlights growing safety concerns surrounding the ageing Royal Navy fleet. The submarine, which recently returned to Faslane, was noticeably encrusted with barnacles and covered in algae after what is believed to have been a taxing six ...
Sep 14, 2023 · It came in the 55th year of Operation Relentless, under which a British submarine carrying the nation’s ultimate weapon has patrolled the world’s oceans unseen, undetected and ready to strike ...
Apr 11, 2023 · A Royal Navy submarine has returned home after completing an historic patrol of the Mediterranean. The conventionally armed Hunter-killer submarine, HMS Audacious was on operations for two days short of a year – a mammoth 363 days away from her base on the Clyde, making it the longest ever deployment for any of the Royal Navy’s new Astute ...
Sep 13, 2023 · This week it was reported that one such British submarine has broken the record for the longest patrol at sea. Its tour is believed to have lasted more than six months. For those of us who grow ...
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Jun 25, 2024 · Vessel torpedoed by USS Seawolf (SS-197) in the Philippines–East Indies area in the fall of 1942. 80-G-33190. Sagami Maru, a passenger-cargo ship, as seen from Seawolf on 3 November 1942. Sagami Maru was loading cargo at the small settlement visible ashore, in Davao Gulf, Mindanao, and was sunk on the spot by Seawolf's torpedos. 80-G-28884.
