A British Nuclear Submarine Narrowly Avoids a Collision with a Passenger Ship

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The United Kingdom has ten nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are armed with Trident nuclear missiles.

British maritime authorities have launched an investigation into a dangerous approach incident involving one of the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and a passenger ship.

The meeting with the nuclear submarine took place on November 6 in waters near the Scottish coast, but has only recently become public. The trip between Belfast and the Scottish port of Cairnryan could have been fatal...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/a-british-nuclear-submarine-narrowly-avoids-a-collision-with-a-passenger-ship/

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