H.M.S Astute collided with rescue tug
Reports state the British submarine H.M.S. Astute was in a minor collision with a coastguard tug Anglian Prince while being freed on October 22, 2010. The collision damaged the sub’s starboard foreplane. The Astute is currently docked at Faslane base.
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