![]() O’Neill, was not content to let the matter rest and demanded more information. However, the Opposition spokesman for Defence and Disarmament and Arms Control, Martin J. The minister dodged the issue and replied: “We follow the practice of all previous Governments and there is no way that we could be drawn into commenting on submarine operations.” Gentleman’s speech could include some reference to what allegedly happened in the Barents sea with the towed array sonar, so that we can discuss the matter on the basis of information rather than newspaper reports?” Image: Royal Navy.ĭuring the next annual Royal Navy debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell suggested to the incumbent Armed Forces Minister, John Stanley, that “it would be helpful to the House if the hon. There were suggestions that the tempo of operations on surveillance missions – in waters close to the Soviet Union’s main submarine bases and weapons testing ranges in the Arctic – was putting an undue strain on the UK’s submariners and their vessels. Questions were asked in Parliament back then. So, was Northumberland’s encounter actually the first such ‘confirmed’?Ī more serious similar episode happened during the Cold War – on Christmas Eve 1986 – when the towed array of the Royal Navy submarine (SSN) HMS Splendid was ripped away by a Russian Typhoon Class SSBN it was trailing. ![]() The Daily Mail’s strap for its HMS Northumberland yarn suggests it was the ‘first collision of British & Russian ships since the Cold War.’ Yet one of its own past stories hinted at possible crunch in 2015, as commented on here in one of my web site blogs. Here’s a recent image of the frigate by WARSHIPS IFR contributor and editorial team member Stephen Jagger. Though it seems that it was the towed array sonar cable of the Northumberland that scraped along the dived boat’s casing in late 2020, not a crunch between vessels. Latest 7th January 2022 UK WARSHIP GETS INTO SCRAPE WITH RUSSIAN SUBĪccording to media reports on happenings in the new Channel 5 TV documentary series on the Royal Navy frigate HMS Northumberland a Russian submarine was in collision with the Duke Class warship.
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