Is U.K. Navy Playing With Their Submariner Lives?

HMS Tireless. Photograph: Royal Navy/PA

Nuclear Submarines Went To Sea With Potentially Disastrous Defect -- The Guardian

British vessels Turbulent and Tireless allowed to leave port with safety valves sealed off, risking catastrophic explosion, leaked memo reveals.

Two British nuclear submarines went to sea with a potentially disastrous safety problem that left both vessels at risk of a catastrophic accident, the Guardian can reveal.

Safety valves designed to release pressure from steam generators in an emergency were completely sealed off when the nuclear hunter killers Turbulent and Tireless left port, a leaked memo discloses.

Read more ....

My Comment: The impact of budget cuts .... the existing U.K. submarine fleet is starting to feel it.

Grab The Post URL

URL: https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-uk-navy-playing-with-their.html
HTML link code: <a href="https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-uk-navy-playing-with-their.html">bloggernizer: Is U.K. Navy Playing With Their Submariner Lives? "clickable"</a>
BB (forum) link code: [url=https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-uk-navy-playing-with-their.html]bloggernizer: Is U.K. Navy Playing With Their Submariner Lives? "clickable"[/url]