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Major malfunction on Royal navy nuclear submarine plunges warship into ‘danger zone’

The sub was preparing to go on patrol when dials indicating its depth stopped working, leaving commanders to think it was level when it was still diving.

Jerome Starkey – The Sun, November 20, 202

A Royal navy nuclear sub sinking towards its crush depth was saved moments from disaster.

A depth gauge failed on the decades-old Vanguard class vessel, carrying 140 crew and ­Trident 2 doomsday ­missiles in the Atlantic.

Such a catastrophe would also have triggered a nightmare salvage mission to recover the top-secret vessel and its nuclear reactor before the Russians got to the scene, The Sun reports.

The sub was preparing to go on patrol when dials indicating its depth stopped working, leaving commanders to think it was level when it was still diving.

It was entering the “danger zone” when engineers at the back of the 490ft Vanguard-class vessel spotted a second gauge and raised the alarm………………………………………. more https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/major-malfunction-on-royal-navy-nuclear-submarine-plunges-warship-into-danger-zone/news-story/6267e0293fd0b47979b907f1912d5058

November 22, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | incidents, UK