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UK submerged nuclear submarine collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar

exclamation-Smsubmarine,-nuclear-underwatUK nuclear sub collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar Rt.com 21 Jul, 2016 One of Britain’s newest Astute-class submarines has docked at Gibraltar after suffering a “glancing collision” with a merchant vessel, the UK Royal Navy announced, emphasizing that the HMS Ambush suffered “absolutely no damage” to her nuclear reactor

The incident happened at around 1:30pm local time on Wednesday, when HMS Ambush was “submerged and conducting a training exercise” off Gibraltar, the Royal Navy said in a statement.
The Astute class nuclear submarine suffered “some external damage”, with the Royal Navy reassuring the public that“absolutely no damage” had been inflicted on its nuclear reactor……https://www.rt.com/uk/352391-uk-nuclear-submarine-collision/#.V5AzHNfAKp8.facebook

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