Submarine

This cave facility in Norway could be the next US submarine base in the Arctic

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A once-secret cave facility in Norway could be the next Arctic base for US Navy submarines, with final talks over a transfer of control over the base said to be underway. Senior American military officials have made multiple recent visits to the privately owned Olavsvern base near Tromso, and a deal to transfer control of … Read more

Did Estonian ferry hit a SUBMARINE before it sank killing 852?

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Nordic leaders said on Monday they would examine evidence from a new documentary that could shatter the official explanation of how 852 people died in a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea. Makers of the five-part documentary series, which was released for streaming on Monday, claimed to have found a hitherto unrecorded four-metre (13-foot) … Read more

Navy releases documents from Cold War loss of submarine USS Thresher

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The Navy has begun releasing documents from the investigation into the 1963 sinking of the USS Thresher, the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history. The first of the documents released were 300 pages from the official inquiry, and reveal that the sub was in ‘dangerous condition’ if it flooded with salt water in deep depths prior to … Read more

Nazi warship sunk by a British submarine 80 years ago is discovered off the coast of Norway

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A Nazi warship sank by the British has been found 80 years later, after a power company stumbled across it while inspecting their underwater lines. The Karlsruhe was returning from the Nazi invasion of Norway in 1940 when it was torpedoed by HMS Truant, forcing the Germans to scuttle the sinking ship. But while the … Read more

Satellite images capture single Chinese nuclear submarine entering ‘Bond lair’ cave complex

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Satellite images capture single Chinese nuclear submarine entering ‘Bond lair’ cave complex – but all other berths are empty sparking fears the subs are all shadowing the US fleet New photos show the Yulin Naval Base on Hainan Island in China For the first time, a submarine is seen entering an underwater cave network The ‘James … Read more

The Nazi spy who hoped to turn tiny Irish village into a secret German U-boat submarine base

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Dr Ludwig Mühlhausen (pictured) settled in Teelin – which has a population of just 250 – in south Donegal in 1937 as he mapped out a back-door route to conquer the UK A Nazi spy moved to a tiny Irish fishing village and tested its bay for a potential U-boat invasion of Britain, a BBC … Read more

Two Royal Navy ships intercept missile-carrying Russian Soviet-era submarine through the Channel

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Two Royal Navy ships intercept missile-carrying Russian Soviet-era submarine in the English Channel – as Moscow is accused of meddling in UK Krasnodar submarine was spotted passing through the Dover Strait by Navy French sea service had tracked the vessel after picking it up  in Bay of Biscay Portsmouth’s HMS Tyne shadowed it first as … Read more

Royal Navy nuclear submarine had near-miss with car ferry packed full of passengers 

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Royal Navy nuclear submarine had near-miss with car ferry packed full of passengers A lookout on the Stena Superfast VII spotted the submarine’s periscope ahead The captain of the ferry ordered a turn to point and narrowly avoid a collision  A report found passengers and crew of both vessels were in ‘immediate danger’ By Tom … Read more

World’s first private icebreaker with its own deep-sea submarine is launched

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World’s first private icebreaker is launched: £79.5m vessel with its own deep-sea submarine is available to charter for £665,000 per week after it was commissioned by Russian billionaire La Datcha, commissioned by Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkoff, is 253ft-long and charters at £665k a week  Icebreaker features a deep-sea submarine, 2 helipads, snowmobiles and on-board sauna … Read more