People on a beach watch as crew work on the deck of the Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute near the Skye bridgeRoyal Navy Chiefs Left Red-Faced After Brand New £1.2bn Nuclear Submarine Is Left High And Dry Off The Coast Of Scotland -- The Daily Mail
* Commanding officer could face court martial over blunder
* Royal Navy experts launch service inquiry after early-morning accident
She is our most advanced nuclear submarine, described as the stealthiest ever built and packed with state of the art navigation equipment.
But somehow the £1.2billion HMS Astute managed to run aground yesterday.
The Royal Navy super-sub's rudder got stuck in mud and shingle off the Isle of Skye after venturing into the entrance of a shallow bay to take crew aboard.
Stuck high and dry, she languished there under the bemused gaze of locals as red-faced top brass waited anxiously for the tide to rise so she could be freed.
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More News On the Grounding Of The HMS Astute
Grounded nuclear sub HMS Astute docked for tests -- BBC
Nuclear submarine freed after running aground off Isle of Skye -- The Guardian
Navy's nuclear super-stealth submarine stuck off Skye for ten hours -- Daily Record
Grounded UK Nuclear Submarine Freed -- New York Times
British Navy Seeks Inquiry After Nuclear Sub Runs Aground -- New York Times
Sub shows too much to be stealthy -- BBC
Astute grounding 'incredible', say locals -- The Telegraph
The Top Five Most Humiliating Details About a British Submarine’s Capture by Some Mud -- Vanity Fair
FACTBOX-Britain's Astute class submarines -- Reuters